Posted on 10/24/2016 1:53:54 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I live in the woods. Everything is far away, no business write off there.
I don’t whine. I am planning.
Wunderbar indeed! While I live in a Southern State (FL), Takata is talking about bankruptcy as well. I may need to think this again!
Hope they don’t waste those engines ...
*** “I live in the woods. Everything is far away” ***
I am So Jealous
I Love my truck have an old 2003 Dodge 2500 4x4 w a Cummins ... only thing I would have done differently at the beginning is a Manual Trans vice the Auto which is going to cost me about $4,000 sometime in the near future
They are supposed to sent them all to the crusher
Sounds like you need a Land Rover.
No I think it was the second year. or third.
Go ahead.
Leave me to die
alone
in the rain.
I suspect that the Golf is more at risk form your driveway than a '73 Duster would be. However, if more ground clearance and all-wheel drive are high on your list, go test-drive a Subaru Outback.
My MG had the Lucas electrical system and slowly I had it replaced with equipment and wiring that actually worked.
The golf has a surprisingly tough suspension. I am bringing it to a local lift to have the underneaths assessed.
That will factor in.
Did try the suubies, no longer rugged cars. Look like old lady cars for the quilting club. Shiny and sweet. Tin foil-ish.
I think I am going to have to go tougher. Just to keep up my reputation as the top chicken.
just saw this story on reliability:
Consumer Reports: All-new cars have more problems
Of the bottom 7, 5 are Fiat-Chrysler-Jeep products. (The other two at the bottom are Tesla and GMC).
http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/24/autos/consumer-reports-auto-dependability/index.html
Subaru seems to be moving strongly the wrong direction.
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So the EPA bast**ds are doing to cars what they have done to appliances, made them less effective and useless. So they don’t do the job as well, or for as long.
Sounds like my aunt’s old TR6. It was a sharp looking little car but it collected a lot of dust sitting from being dead.
I’m re-wiring my old Jeep to get things working and to make it future friendly.
http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Todd4077/library/?sort=3&page=1
is it rugged?
Depends on how you define "rugged".I'm a "cruising at 70MPH" kinda guy because that represents about 95% of my driving.The "d" is an amazing highway cruiser but if you use "rugged" to mean "off road",I've never tried it but my guess is it's not.But apart from routine maintenance it's only visited the shop once so in that sense it is rugged.
Keep the Volkswagen and if you can, ignore the diesel bs. Drive it into the ground.
Great cars.
Cheers,
Jim
And, being a Mazda, a blast to drive.
But get the bigger engine.
Cheers,
Jim
The dealer offered me $12,000. I turned him down told him if he wanted to give me the value of a Rubicon, we might talk. My Sahara has Dana 44’s front, and rear.
Well, one thing cars do do better than they did a generation or two ago, is last. A new car needed to be cycled after 2 or 3 years, then if someone was handy, they could keep it running another 4 or 5. Now, cars should be expected to run as good as new for 10 years / 120,000 miles (at which point I'd replace the belt and go for another 5, but most will go into the used car pool). Even the hybrids or plug ins should go 5 to 7 years on the factory battery, at which point they may not be worth maintaining.
I've got a car that looked rough when I bought it used 6 years ago and looks like crap after a bad hail storm, but with 160,000 on the odometer purrs along at 75 mph. I try to take it in for service every 30,000, and have told the garage I'll probably get rid of it at about 250,000 rather than replace the belt a second time. So if you need a good car in about 6 years....
“And, being a Mazda, a blast to drive.”
Oh I love it. Great ergonomics in the driver’s seat. Lots of leg room in both front and back and the more truck-like suspension is good on rough roads. My only complaint is that there is sort of a large blind spot where the front roof pillar descends to the body.
I have the smaller engine. The only option is the 6 speed automatic. The highest speed limit here is 45 and most places it is either 25 or 35. I don’t need the car to go very fast. LOL
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