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Cars: 2015

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walrus said:
I see a common thread here, 80s vintage GM and Jaqs, you love your dealers service depts? ;)
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I really liked my friend's 1976 Pontiac Trans Am. That was the last year with a true 400 cu in big block. (The 6.6L, 403 came out the next year and just didn't have the same gusto.)

I've never been a Mopar guy, but I do have access to both a Challenger Hellcat and a Charger Hellcat right now. As the owner of the Challenger says, "The car is stupid. Who needs 707 HP" ... with a smile.

The other car that I've considered is a Subaru WRX STI. The problem is size and features. If they made a Legacy STI I'd be in right now.

For a while I was sniffing a Taurus SHO. Again, you can see one of my big criteria is a sedan (hockey trips) with AWD and decent performance.

Again (madly knocking on wood), I've not had significant issues with Jaguars.
 
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My brother, a longtime mechanic, told me if I ever bought an Audi, I can find another mechanic. PITAs.
 
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Hoping to get a new(er) car this fall/winter...currently drive a 1996 Honda Civic. Considering a Honda Accord/Civic, Toyota Camry/Corolla, or Hyundai Sonata/Elantra...
 
The Sicatoka said:
I really liked my friend's 1976 Pontiac Trans Am. That was the last year with a true 400 cu in big block. (The 6.6L, 403 came out the next year and just didn't have the same gusto.)

I've never been a Mopar guy, but I do have access to both a Challenger Hellcat and a Charger Hellcat right now. As the owner of the Challenger says, "The car is stupid. Who needs 707 HP" ... with a smile.

The other car that I've considered is a Subaru WRX STI. The problem is size and features. If they made a Legacy STI I'd be in right now.

For a while I was sniffing a Taurus SHO. Again, you can see one of my big criteria is a sedan (hockey trips) with AWD and decent performance.

Again (madly knocking on wood), I've not had significant issues with Jaguars.
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A 76 Trans am is cool looking but performance sucks. Real muscle cars died in 72. Real real muscle cars were made in the 60s. Today's performance cars stop better, handle better are far more comfortable.Hell cats are unreal, I'd still rather have the original version.
 
walrus said:
Old one and I mean old. Had a Yamaha?? engine I think. My brother owned it. I'll bet the new ones are nice but not luxury type car nice.
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The old Yamaha 3.2.

My parents have a 2010 Taurus (dad being a Ford retiree and all). NOT the SHO, but the interior is pretty darn close. Nice car. I like it. Plenty of room. Make no mistake, it's not a small car. My Fusion isn't much smaller than the old generation Tauruses from the 80s and 90s. The new Taurus effectively replaced the Crown Vic, although they're not nearly the barges the CV's were.
 
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The Sicatoka said:
Throw the 401 option group onto the SHO package and you have a car with features that you don't get until the MB E-Class. That's why I'm interested.
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its still a ford no matter what options you get. like i said bet its a nice car
 
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So tonight while gassing up my car the gas cap door on my car rusted right on out of the car. Given that it's got less than a 1000 miles until it rolls over 200,000, I'm kinda doubting that it's even worth getting that fixed. Thinking it might just be a better option to get a locking gas cap and calling it good enough. from what I can tell, I would about have to take the panel off to replace it, unless there's some sort of trick that I'm not seeing.
 
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bigmrg74 said:
So tonight while gassing up my car the gas cap door on my car rusted right on out of the car. Given that it's got less than a 1000 miles until it rolls over 200,000, I'm kinda doubting that it's even worth getting that fixed. Thinking it might just be a better option to get a locking gas cap and calling it good enough. from what I can tell, I would about have to take the panel off to replace it, unless there's some sort of trick that I'm not seeing.
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It depends on where the failure happened.
If it's just where the body plate meets the swing arm it's an easy fix.
If it's the swing arm that goes behind the main fender body, buy the locking cap.
 
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Had to scroll through a few pages to find this, thanks captcha.
Looking to replace my 06 Acura TSX with a small SUV. Test drove toyotas, Lexus, nissans, and came back to Acura. The RDX drives just like my tsx and is awesome. Acura is nice, without being gaudy like Lexus, and fun to drive. So now that I'm decided, I just need to get my bonus in feb, determine what I can put down, and then stalk my prey
Edit: shopping alone as a female sucks. I actually had a Toyota salesman tell me that the car I had just driven had been there 55 days, but would rise in price in a few months since this is Minnesota and it was AWD....umm..no, it's been sitting for 55 days
 
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