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Cars: 2015

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Ram trucks were the notable outlier (just the Ram line, not the Jeeps). Ram 1500s were the only FCA vehicle they make that landed in the top 10.
 
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My Forester is in the shop since some dumbass Ran into me a few weeks ago. Have a VW Tiguan as rental and really like it. Drives very nicely - too bad I won’t ever consider buying a VW again
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Wranglers are NOT reliable. Jeep has one of the worst reliability ratings out there. The numbers just don’t agree with you.

Camrys are reliable. Civics are reliable. Jeeps and most other American cars aren’t even in the same league.
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The older Jeeps (with the AMC engine/parts) are rock solid. Every third vehicle at Tech was an 80's/90's Cherokee for a reason.

After Chrysler took over...yeah, not so much.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
My Forester is in the shop since some dumbass Ran into me a few weeks ago. Have a VW Tiguan as rental and really like it. Drives very nicely - too bad I won’t ever consider buying a VW again
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Had a VW Tiguan back in 2011-2013. Really loved it, but upgraded to the Touareg. Never had any issues with either, apart from this dieselgate thing with the Touareg, but I've been satisfied with the emissions fix since I had it done in the spring.
 
walrus said:
You dont need consumer reports to know Fiats are junk
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"I'd rather have one of these cars that *we* made *together,* by hand. Your guys and my guys, together. You know why? Because those cars stand for something. Those cars stand for something pretty great. I'm proud of those cars. I'm taking one.

Gentlemen, I'm going home in my new car!"

<img src=https://i.makeagif.com/media/2-23-2015/uo9uKv.gif>
 
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walrus said:
You dont need consumer reports to know Fiats are junk

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Fix It Again, Tony.

And my Wrangler was awesome. Had it 15 years (it was 2 years old when I bought it). Very little issues. The rest of the Jeep line is indeed crap.
 
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Outside of the last two years, Wranglers have scored average or worse every year since 2000.

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Consider yourself lucky.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Outside of the last two years, Wranglers have scored average or worse every year since 2000.

3 - 2000
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Consider yourself lucky.
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Don't how far back that goes, but mine was a 1999. Heck, it still had the stock cassette player in there. :D
 
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The new Mazda 3 was unveiled in LA this week. Very minimalist styling, I'm betting people will love it or hate it, or of course not care. :D

More of note is that the top trims will have the new Skyactiv-X engine. It incredibly lay terms it combines the technology of standard gas and diesel engines. Uses ultra-high compression and ridiculously complicated timing. Compared to their 2.0 and 2.5 naturally aspirated 4-bangers, anyway.
 
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state of hockey said:
The new Mazda 3 was unveiled in LA this week. Very minimalist styling, I'm betting people will love it or hate it, or of course not care. :D

More of note is that the top trims will have the new Skyactiv-X engine. It incredibly lay terms it combines the technology of standard gas and diesel engines. Uses ultra-high compression and ridiculously complicated timing. Compared to their 2.0 and 2.5 naturally aspirated 4-bangers, anyway.
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The problem I have with the high compression stuff is that it requires higher octane fuel. That's not always available in CO - 85 is considered "regular" and even 91 can be tough to come by (my local station calls 89 "premium.")

Granted, the thinner air at altitude means you can run the lower octane stuff on average cars, but I wouldn't be comfortable putting 89 in something that calls for 91 minimum.

Then again, I see Nissan GT-Rs around here which are infamous for getting fussy if you feed it anything less than 92, so I dunno.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Saw a Kia Stinger in traffic yesterday.

That look keeps growing on me - very Tesla-esque. Looks like if Samsung made a car (makes sense, I suppose.)

With sporty sedans going out of vogue in favor of Moar Bland AWD Crossovers With Decent Seating And Cargo Room I bet I could get a smokin' deal.
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According to Wiki, the Stinger is made in Kalingrad as well as South Korea. Does this make it the car of choice for Republicans? :)
 
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Twitch Boy said:
The problem I have with the high compression stuff is that it requires higher octane fuel. That's not always available in CO - 85 is considered "regular" and even 91 can be tough to come by (my local station calls 89 "premium.")

Granted, the thinner air at altitude means you can run the lower octane stuff on average cars, but I wouldn't be comfortable putting 89 in something that calls for 91 minimum.

Then again, I see Nissan GT-Rs around here which are infamous for getting fussy if you feed it anything less than 92, so I dunno.
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This engine, that SoH mentioned should not have the same low-octane issues as standard spark ignition engines. The lower octane fuel will auto-ignite at lower pressures, which is why it normally should not be used in high CR engines. But in a compression ignition engine, you want the fuel to auto-ignite due to high pressures. Theoretically, lower octane fuels would be better than high octane for this engine, but in reality, that completely depends on the design targets the engineers at Mazda used when developing this engine.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
This engine, that SoH mentioned should not have the same low-octane issues as standard spark ignition engines. The lower octane fuel will auto-ignite at lower pressures, which is why it normally should not be used in high CR engines. But in a compression ignition engine, you want the fuel to auto-ignite due to high pressures. Theoretically, lower octane fuels would be better than high octane for this engine, but in reality, that completely depends on the design targets the engineers at Mazda used when developing this engine.
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Check out the big brain on Brad! You a smart mother f*er! /PulpFiction
 
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Mazda has been working on this a looooooong time. Pretty much right when the Skyactiv motors were coming out. They made a calculated decision to put it out in the 3 first. While I sells well, they only have about 2% of the global market in the class. No way they were throwing it into the CX-5 or CX-9 first. Also why they went ahead and really took a leap styling-wise.
 
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state of hockey said:
Mazda has been working on this a looooooong time. Pretty much right when the Skyactiv motors were coming out. They made a calculated decision to put it out in the 3 first. While I sells well, they only have about 2% of the global market in the class. No way they were throwing it into the CX-5 or CX-9 first. Also why they went ahead and really took a leap styling-wise.
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Was looking at the '19 Miata (which has/will have the older Skyactiv) and was curious about the 91 octane preference.
 
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