Everything posted by A Horse With No Name
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
..and let's not kid ourselves, people still buy cars based upon price, Carbiz is right. Both the Civic and Impala are (in their own way) worlds ahead of your Dodge or my Scion. That being said I really miss the Concorde I traded in on the Scion. Chris
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
Carbiz-The Impala is still a very impressive car. One of the guys at work has one and I love that thing. In a regular comparo with a "normal" customer, you probably could sell the Impala over the Civic with ease. However...the SI does have its advantadges. Chris
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Mercedes Benz Consumer Reports ratings
Older Benz=sweet Newer Benz=Needs to donate itself to a beer can factory. Chris
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Craziest DAY!
Or crawl... Chris
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One Hopped Up Rabbit
Hate to say this but I like this car. Chris
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Predicting the future of automobiles
In 10 years the kids will be out of the house and I see a Mini Cooper S with a JCW package in the garage. Seriously, I would love to buy a small diesel car like a diesel Astra for a daily. Chris
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T!GH+ WH1P$ fleet update
Confused...selling the Buick also? Still like the Caddy... You need to think Pontiac, son. Chris
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Bought the Civic Si
Just as an aside, do you and your partner live in a Historical part of Houston-your neighborhood looks great! Chris
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
Which is why if the Impala or new Civic were my only two choices the Civic would win hands down. Chris
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
Excellent point about J-body buyers. For whatever reason I have talked to loads of people who have bought them and loved them. My only gripe is that 99.7% are automatics in my area. Actually kind of thinking about buying a manual J-body or Cobalt as a commuter car for my wife. Chris
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
Fuel economy is a real concern about the HHR. My Scion xB may be uglier to some than a red-bottomed baboon but I'm getting 10 whole MPG (real world) better than people I know who are driving HHRs. I like the HHR, but it does indeed need a fuel economy bump. Chris
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So I got to ride in a Civic yesterday
Carbiz, Brian and the rest of us reading this. Do yourselves a favor. Go sit outside of an Autozone or an Advanced Auto parts store and see what rolls into the lot on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Watch what they buy. There are lots of 10, 15, 20 year old domestics chugging along just fine and lots of times their owners are just buying spark plugs and a set of wires or five quarts and a filter. What Carbiz is saying makes sense. The Malibu is a great used car bargain. Sadly, resale is a real issue if you do buy a new domestic as they depreciate heavily at times. However, given the lower purchase price you still can come out ahead. Back to the Civic topic, however... Chris
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April Showers bring out the Classics... in MAY!
Also saw a sweet Yellow 71 Corvette with just perfect to die for Chrome near work yesterday. The rumble from the exhaust sounded healthy. Chris
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Tainted food from China making it into US
...and getting back on the China topic here is a funny, true story. Here in Columbus right down the street from the electrical project my company is finishing one of our rivals decided to put in all Chinese made light fixtures in a 5 story office building. The inspector, who happened to be a really sharp guy, noticed that they were not U.L. listed. Every light fixture from the building wound up going into dumpsters and being replaced with stuff made here in North America. Some of the replacement was made in Mexico, which is alas much better than China. And yes, China does need to screw themselves. Chris
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Tainted food from China making it into US
Shipping is very fuel efficient compared to trucking, though. It might take a long time for this to take effect. Chris
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Divorce.
Hell, the offer for lunch is still on. Not often I get to even see a car like the B-59. Things will work themselves out. Trust yourself on knowing who the love of your life is. It hasn't been easy but I have been with Kim for 22 years now and I knew from the moment I met her that she was very, very special. Besides, this gives you an excuse to buy one more car for the stable because your on the rebound. You have Cadillac, Buick, Olds and Chevy covered (with the 68 Camaro) Methinks you need a Pontiac also. Chris
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Your unattainable dream cars
The French do indeed know how to build sweet cars. Unattainable for me would be a really cool 55 Pontiac ragtop in all black... Or The experience of buying a 69 Dodge Charger R/T brand new off of the dealer lot Or Just being a good enough driver myself to drive a c-4/c5, Solstice GXP, The Sunoco 69 Z-28 SCCA car, or a 1LE Camaro at the absolute utter limit in their natural environment. Chris
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Mitsubishi Motors Announces FY2006 Full-year Results
Mitsu doesn't build a single really desireable car anymore... Hell, the new Evo is even a lacking a manual shift... Chris
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The hidden hybrid PR coup
Perhaps Pontiac Custom S can help us on the cheap muscle car thing. Think you could sneak an LS7 into the plant in your lunchbox and drop it into a Sky? Chris
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The hidden hybrid PR coup
...and yes we had cheap muscle cars (used) until about 5-10 years ago when all of the good stuff from the 60's and 70's (and even 80's cars) started to dry up. Perhaps the whole body in steel thing will pick up and one will be able to build a 70 Nova in Kit form for a reasonable price in a few years. Chris
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The hidden hybrid PR coup
I am wondering how much fuel economy being a hybrid really adds. I drive a Scion xB ( I know, the most hated car at Cheers and Gears) same basic 1.5 as the Prius. last three tanks were 34.8, 35.7, and 38.8 m.p.g. Car has Aerodynamics of a Brick...soft tires, driven reasonably aggressively Question-would the 1.5 in a Prius Body shell without the additional weight of batteries, electrical motors and such, driven carefully perhaps deliver the 41-45 m.p.,g most Prisu owners report? Wondering if Hybrid drive does anything for fuel economy at all. Honda Civic Hybrid, driven carefully, 42 m.p.g from a discussion with someone I know. Another person has the same basic car as a gas 5 speed and drives carefully and gets...40 to 42 m.p.g on the highway. The damned Cavalier in my sig got an honest 44.5 a couple of times when I was real gentle and ran it at 55 without stopping between fuel ups. Methinks perhaps a small diesel is a better bet... Chris
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GM to invest $322 million
I thought the Wrongler and perhaps one other model were built in Toledo as well... And yes, Toledo is a strong Union town with strong U.S. Loyalties. Chris
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Odd Corvette Trivia
BTW, 1955 was a year of a couple of very rare colors-Black and supposedly copper cars were built, but they built more than one of each color each year. Chris
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Odd Corvette Trivia
In addition to the "waterfall" some convertilbes I believe had an opening trunk, did they not? 1987 was the first year of export to Saudi Arabia. 1977 was I believe the first year for a trailer package. Let's see if anyone can get the color question. Yes, the car from the movie was right hand drive. Chris
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Solstice, Sky problems I wasn't aware of...
Actually I was very impressed by the photographs of the plant in the "Lounge" forum about GMT"s vist. Kinda seriously makes me want a Kappa. Chris