Good on gas and rumor has it that it will float in case you live in a flood zone... ;)
Posted on 10/24/2016 1:53:54 PM PDT by Chickensoup
I have been waiting for the election because I have a feeling that Clinton will continue the leftist policies of crawling up gas prices.
However, I have been looking for a car, just in case. My goodness!
Everything out there is chock full of electronics that will make them obsolete soon.
Everything out there looks like a shiny, overgrown bug.
I think I need something a bit more more butch-looking.
I look longingly at jeep wranglers, but I am told that they are unreliable and break big things like transmissions.
I probably should have four wheel or all wheel drive. Because I live on the snow belt, at the end of a half mile drive way. Although the golf did navigate well.
I have looked at the so called SUVs, and they are just cars, none have a truck frame or the ruggedness I had with my old 90's SUVs.
Is there a vehicle out there that is moderately comfortable, good mileage, little to no electronics, and durable?
Not something that I am expected to work on, because aside from playing with the distributor cap on my old MGB, I try to stay out of from under the hood. I just found out there are no more distributor caps. Shocking!
What is a chickensoup to do?
I’ve got a 2015 Jetta TDI but they haven’t given me a ‘turn in’ date yet. Patiently waiting....
What about Toyota 4Runner? I find the current version’s sheet metal rather ugly, but it’s supposed to be quite good off road, OK on road. I have the prior version (2007), and it’s been great.
I am in a holding pattern. I do like my 80 dollar per month fuel bill.
There is a guy down the road from me with a ‘73 Gold Duster with just 39,000 original miles.
All the older cars seem to be so much better than the current crop.
I wish there was an EXCEPTIONAL OLDER CARS WITH EXCELLENT PARTS AND NEW CAR GUARANTEES company.
cash out. buy something old and easy to fix.
I keep a MGB around for just that ;)
‘73 Gold Duster with just 39,000 original miles.
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What a hoot! I would love it, but my driveway would eat it up. I need something rugged butch.
Is vw or the guvmint making you turn it in? I have always thought that vw diesels are very tough. vehicles today last twice as long as 30 years ago. people are regularly getting 300k out of cars with proper upkeep. Just wondering about the turn in.
I live in Idaho. We get major snow each year. Truck country here. Most in my town drive Tacomas. I have a 05 and hubby has a 02.
His is better for off-road and dirt.
Actually if I could have my dream, I would run a old Jeep in the winter and a “B” in the summer.
Good on gas and rumor has it that it will float in case you live in a flood zone... ;)
“consumer reports used car buying guide”
find it, buy it, live it
Given fair unmolested election results, Trump should win in a huge landslide, but that’s my opinion.
Hitlery’a conduct as President and the election results are in question. We have no idea what policies she will bring about. We have no idea how the general public will react. She could continue with the slow painful de-Americanizing of our culture as with obama, or she could go all out. I think she’s nuts, as in Hitler, and will go all out with a vengeance.
About your car? If you are uncertain, hang on to what you have. Voting is just a few days away.
Mazda CX-5
All wheel drive
Fuel efficient
Looks nice
The base model doesn’t have all the electronics
Lots of interior room
Not built by the UAW
By today’s standards - Cheap
There are people restoring old 80’s and 90’s Toyota SR5 4X4 pickups, as well as 1st gen 4 Runners. They’re going to seem a little primitive compared to what you’ll be coming out of, but they fit the bill, especially with the bullet-proof 22R 4 cylinder and 5-speed manual. Pulling top dollar for perfect ones, I recently saw a ‘92 extended cab, practically as new in every way, original but refurbished with OEM to replace any possible wear and tear, it sold at auction for a little over $20K.
About a year ago I bought a 2015 Impala from Car Max. It was a rent-a-car company vehicle, with about 17,000 miles. I had Car Max put in a back-up camera, leather seats and got a guarantee out to 125,000 miles. All for under $20K, registration fee (i.e. sales tax) included).
V-6, 305 HP (faster than my old ‘69 GTO to 60 and in the 1/4 mile by about a second in both cases!!!), but gets 30 mpg on the highway with its 6-speed transmission. PLENTY of room inside for 5 and a bunch of luggage. Reliability will not ever be a problem.
Fuel may be more than a Jetta or other economy car, but you have more safety, more room and great durability. You will get your money’s worth.
Is it the perfect car? Nope, no such animal. But its damned practical, yet fun if I want to punch it on the open road (it hits 100 very fast, and at that speed it feels like its doing only about 75.
No real reason to insist on body-on-frame these days unless you’re a true off-roader. If you have to have one, Toyota 4Runner and Sequoia (even FJ) are good bets. You might get a used Nissan Armada (or Xterra) for less than the Toyotas. I don’t think anything small has BOF except Wrangler.
I have 2015 passat. Registered on VW site for settlement back in August. They are offering 3k over my payoff, and I have 50k miles on it. The judge approved 10/18, signs the order on 10/25. Waiting for actual turn in date now.
Any Subaru or a Mazda CX of your choice with AWD.
These have pretty decent mileage numbers, are comfortable, and all wheel drive.
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