How about a V10?
Posted on 07/09/2010 2:39:17 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
DETROIT — A decade ago, the PT Cruiser roared onto the road with trendsetting looks and Al Capone swagger. In a sea of bland Honda Civics and Toyota Camrys, it was a retro hit. Chrysler could barely keep up with demand.
On Friday morning, the last Cruiser rolled off the assembly line in Mexico, finally killed off after years of declining popularity. Chrysler sold just 18,000 last year, compared with nearly 145,000 in 2001.
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When the Miata’s first came out I called them a “reliable MG”.
yea, and then they got down to selling them for 18k
Sorry, but one of the most light loafered cars made that could have been good. Only the outward styling was even close to cool and the enemic handling and poor performance was worse. IF....they had put a hemi in it and good suspension..maybe.
I have had a Chrysler mini van since 1986. I am on my third, a 2005 Town & Country Limited with 72,000 miles on the odo.
The 3.8L in this van takes almost two quarts of synthetic oil between my 4000 miles changes and Chrysler says this is normal and looking on the Web shows likewise.
My other two Plymouth Grand Voyagers used about one-half quart of regular oil every 3,000 miles change.
I still love my T&C and the Stow-N-Go seats are better than sliced bread!
How about a V10?
Back in the day(1940s to 1950s)I was told by many adults that 1 quart to 1000 miles per quart was the minimum acceptable oil usage of a motor vehicle. 750 is terrible.
Agreed.
I have a TR7 and wish I could afford a Miata. A friend of mine has one and it is a great vehicle.
“There are a handful of states that it is actually illegal to place them in the front seat, if the vehicle has a rear seat.”
Thankfully Texas is not one of them...otherwise my youngest kid would have been fried several times over, in our hot climate.
One of the first things I do with my new car purchases is order a full set of EBC Drilled/Slotted rotors and ceramic pads. With the heavy brake use here in the DC area they keep the heat down and work wonders for getting the best stopping out of your car.
Just remember to use shims to keep your brakes from squealing.
“I agree. Japan has a culture of craft excellence that shows in the quality of their manufactured products. American culture values flash, low prices, and perceived status over quality. Hence the typical American car: a bloated, cheap piece of obsolete junk, designed to appeal to the taste of the average trailer trash loser who thinks he can buy a race car, or a brain-dead suburbanite who thinks his family is safer because they’re inside a fake military vehicle.
Add to the bad design the fact that American cars are put together by overpaid losers who couldn’t care less if what they’re making is actually any good or not and it’s no wonder our cars suck, and have always sucked. (Yes, classic car fans, even those cool old rides with the tailfins and hood scoops sucked: they were kludged-together, inefficient deathtraps.)
For me, it’s Toyota or nothing. “
Very well spoken...although my requirements are a bit less selective. For me, if it’s not UAW-built, I will consider buying it. Obviously Toyota’s fine, so is Nissan and Honda, to some extent, and, of course ANYTHING actually built in Asia.
To those UAW people, perhaps you should think a bit harder before you keep up your “screw the man” attitude.
Which model? Mine is a red '85 Celica GTS with 130k. It's still a solid, tight feeling car, and believe it or not it gets compliments all the time.
Did any of them seek legal recourse? You'd think there'd be some way they could get relief (as the Courts say). I couldn't believe there wasn't a real outcry over that . . . guess not too many of the MSM were bondholders (or were they warned ahead of time?)!
And my phrasing while checking the driver's licenses of a long-distance hauler driver team led one to exclaim"he's a DI,kill him!".
300 inline six was very good engine,power and thrifty with gas.
You weren’t on Parris Island in 1989, were you?
“I agree. Japan has a culture of craft excellence that shows in the quality of their manufactured products.”
If you visit Toyota’s Headquarters you will find 3 pictures in the Lobby.....One of Papa and Sonny Toyoda flanking
both sides of a larger picture of an American.....Walter E Denning. The annual Japanese Industrial Award for Excelence is named for Mr. Denning.......
The Japanese Culture of “craft excellence” was taught to them by an American.....LOLOLOLOLOL
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