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Camaro. /thread
You can always buy a prius.... jk don't do that to yourself
I'm also looking for the wife,all options on the table at present.
Just had a ride in the Mazda 6, very comfortable,however kind of a loud interior. Owner said car was getting a couple of gallons more than advertised. I'm also looking for the wife,all options on the table at present.
Great car. Poor execution. Which always surprises me, since Germans are usually so proud of their quality.
Always been that the Germans have had OK engineers and the world's best marketing departments. Can't blame em, if I had to choose for my own company I'd take the best marketing guys and OK engineers over the reverse.
I bought a '14 ford focus this year. I love that car.. driving it from CA to vegas, i averaged 42MPG. The other day on my way to work, i averaged 53 MPG. It's comfortable, the fit and finish is as good as any japanese car, and the price was definitely right
Ford has found the magic that continues to elude GM. The quality of my F-150 and Lincoln MKS match that of my Lexus.We own an F150, an Expedition, and an Escape. When I travel I've rented the new Explorer, an Edge, and a Flex. I found all of them to exceed the fit and finish the GMs and Dodges that I have owned, and were on par with the Land Rover I used to own. I would happily buy any of them.
I was kinda looking at the BRZ as well. Looks like a fun car to drive. Plus I'm single so I'm not hauling kids.
Philadelphia.
I have a 1998 Honda Accord with 223,000 miles and everything works on it. It's not exactly fun to drive by any means but I have no passion for driving so I don't care. I never have problems with the thing.
There is no doubt, when and if that car gives up, I will spend about $3,000 on the nicest Honda Accord I can get for that money. Really the cheapest way to drive.
That said, I personally don't think Honda's quality today is what it was in 1998, and I think the American cars have came a long ways as well. They truly built junk in the 90s.
Similar Honda success here...
2004 Element
270k miles. Hope to hit 300k within the next 12 months.
Mobile 1 every 10k
She's been pretty trouble free. Some minor issues like anti-sway bar bushings, but otherwise just tires and brakes.
Even with WI winters, I think the exhaust is just starting to get a hole now.
I did have some rust above the windshield recently and that started a crack, but got it fixed. Cheaper than a car payment....
Ford has found the magic that continues to elude GM. The quality of my F-150 and Lincoln MKS match that of my Lexus.
Corvette is the ONLY GM car I would buy.My C6 six speed Vette would beg to differ
I've driven multiple Subaru vehicles and have never really understood all the Kool-Aid drinking fanboyism about them. The never ending head gasket problems do nothing to sway me as well. Seems like an average Japanese economy car to me.
When we lived in snow country, our Outback was terrific. Snow and ice just didn't matter. Once we moved to the Sunbelt, it became our courtesy car.
After two pilots had the hood flip up on the highway, shattering the windshield, and the interior sun rotted out, I sold it to an employee for next to nothing. That damned thing is still running strong, two years later.
But, yes, when it was fairly new we had to replace the head gasket. That was a real design flaw that should have been fixed for free, but wasn't.
Big Mazda fan - on my ninth.
I like Subarus, but if no need for AWD, then why? Head gasket issues largely dealt with post-2005. Less precise than Honda or Mazda, a feeling of greater durability.
Hondas are most expensive, and perhaps a bit more fragile than the Mazdas. I enjoyed all of mine. Hardest to work on.
Can't go wrong with any of them, really.
I like a small wagon, which makes Mazda3 and the Impreza top choices. (All new Subarus have bloated ridiculously, but the Impreza is still the size of the old Outback.)
The BRZ is one hot set of wheels, for sure.
My C6 six speed Vette would beg to differ
Corvette is the ONLY GM car I would buy.
GM issues 2 recalls, stop-sale orders for 2015 Corvettes
About 2,800 cars being held back for airbag, brake cable problems
http://www.autonews.com/article/201...2-recalls-stop-sale-orders-for-2015-corvettes
GM must employ some really BAD engineers and quality control specialists..
GM has the same problems with suppliers as everyone else has been having lately, especially with airbags. It could be argued their QC is working much better, as they are holding cars to get fixes before they get to consumers.
Ford has found the magic that continues to elude GM. The quality of my F-150 and Lincoln MKS match that of my Lexus.
Profitability without trashing bondholders and no bailout?
I think Karen's Ford (Lincoln Mark LT) has average fit and finish.
You should see what it takes to replace a heater core on it. The entire dash and steering wheel come out to get to it.
Lexus is just a Toyota, right?
I'm a complete truck guy, as you saw from my list above, but I think the new Camaro is pretty good looking. Is the muscle car back?Corvette is the ONLY GM car I would buy.
I'm a complete truck guy, as you saw from my list above, but I think the new Camaro is pretty good looking. Is the muscle car back?
I hope the young guys that buy them laugh their asses off at the other young guys who try to muscle up their little Honda Accords with loud mufflers and fancy lights, and fail miserably.
Even funnier are the guys who try to turn pickup trucks into sport cars. Or, funnier still, when they spend $70K on a pick-em-up truck and try to turn it into a semi-tractor truck wannabee.
We have a neighboring business owner who has (I kid you not) an $80,000 PICK UP TRUCK. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen!
Corvette is the ONLY GM car I would buy.
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Mustang yet. They're good all around 2 door sports cars with a much higher fun factor than most imports I've driven in that price range.
I also have a truck, a 13yr old F-150 Supercrew 4X4. It WILL NOT DIE! Durable as an anvil, I've towed and hauled countless things with it and drive the crap out of it, and it just doesn't care. Set the cruise at 70 on the highway and it's still as smooth and quiet as the day I bought it. No shakes, shimmies, squeaks, or rattles. Tough vehicle. If it ever does die, I'll go back to Ford and buy another.Also, a word on trucks.
I tested a few sporty cars (cheap and expensive) before settling on my Mustang GT 5.0 (coyote). It's a really nice car and the performance is unreal. The V-6 cars are very good as well, and get 30mpg on the highway. I test drove: Toyota/Subaru BRZ twins, VW GTI, Mazda Miata, Nissan 370Z, BMW 335i, Mercedes C350, Focus ST. The BMW, Mercedes, and Mustang were a clear cut above the rest as far as overall execution and feel of quality. The Mustang was #1 as far as performance as you need to buy the $70k M3 or AMG versions of the Germans to have similar performance.
I also have a truck, a 13yr old F-150 Supercrew 4X4. It WILL NOT DIE! Durable as an anvil, I've towed and hauled countless things with it and drive the crap out of it, and it just doesn't care. Set the cruise at 70 on the highway and it's still as smooth and quiet as the day I bought it. No shakes, shimmies, squeaks, or rattles. Tough vehicle. If it ever does die, I'll go back to Ford and buy another.
I would like to own a Corvette at some point.
You compared a 370Z, BRZ, GTI, 335, C350....to....a focus?
Lexus is just an amazing car. Ours ES300 is now our courtesy car for fly in hotel guests, and -- even though it is 13 years old, with 120K miles on it -- it doesn't have a single squeak or rattle. I don't know if they put teflon sheets between the plastic pieces, or what, but EVERY car (even my new Lincoln) has plastic/leather squeaks on rough or uneven roads.
But not my Lexus.
That said, I'm very, very happy with my Fords. Even my (ancient) '93 motor home is built on the Ford E350 chassis, and it runs like a top. And the Lincoln MKS is simply in a class of its own WRT comfort.
WRT maintenance, however, I sure as heck am not looking forward to all that fanciness getting old and breaking. The list of weird/bizarre luxury features that can (and will) break includes headlights that track the steering wheel, automatic bright lights, automatic windshield wipers, proximity radar, air conditioned seats, yada yada yada. I wouldn't even know where to begin to fix ANY of those things!
Focus ST, not the regular Focus.
http://www.ford.com/cars/focus/trim...28029&ef_id=VCrMUAAAASbqk8hP:20141001130638:s
252hp turbo 2.0L, sport tuned suspension, 0-60 in 6sec, top speed in the 140's, a viable contender to the GTI and other hot hatches. Good enough to be on Car and Driver's 10 best list.
http://www.caranddriver.com/ford/focus-st
Still a focus. You take the cheapest car ford sells and hop it up, under it all its still built a focus, its just a OEM way of doing with teenagers do to their economy cars, put a turbo on a economy car, it still an economy car.