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Vehicles / bikes 🏍 Car Talk

Faust_Motel said:
This. They look terrific but are just non-competitive as an EV. It won't be that long before VW cannot trade on Boomer nostalgia anymore- because they won't be driving or driving enough to be buying new cars in volume.

In 'Merica, the VW would be a terrific hybrid for a family that wanted something more interesting than a conventional minivan. That said, my SIL's Toyota Sienna hybrid is a dang spaceship and a terrific car if you can check your ego enough to drive a minivan.
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Having had two minivans at the same time for 5 years, I’d love to have a minivan again.
 
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arcplans said:
Finding a decently cheap manual vehicle has been frustratingly hard. Looking for one for my son. I am going to have a used vehicle lot by the end of the spring of next year between mine, my daughter's and his car.
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My 94 Jeep is for sale. It's got a 5 speed and everything you would want to go off roading and has beefed up body armor and sport bars added to the roll cage. I don't have space for it since I got my '67 Pontiac Catalina.
 
dw914er said:
My 94 Jeep is for sale. It's got a 5 speed and everything you would want to go off roading and has beefed up body armor and sport bars added to the roll cage. I don't have space for it since I got my '67 Pontiac Catalina.
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Sell him a 914 for the boy. Sound decision for a new driver teen boy. 😉
 
mendelman said:
Sell him a 914 for the boy. Sound decision for a new driver teen boy. 😉
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My college girlfriend's little brother got a 914 as his first car. With the six. Ripped it in half on a tree in the first month of ownership (he was ok but I think even now 30 years later occasionally a piece of the windshield works its way out of his forehead).
 
dw914er said:
My 94 Jeep is for sale. It's got a 5 speed and everything you would want to go off roading and has beefed up body armor and sport bars added to the roll cage. I don't have space for it since I got my '67 Pontiac Catalina.
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Bro we went to dinner and all and you never mentioned this!
 
We saw this as we were walking into the restaurant for dinner last night.


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Back in 2018, my MiL gave our middle son her car, a 2007 Focus. He drove it until few months ago, and 50,000 miles, when he bought another car. Since it was given to him, and now sits most of the time, MiL would like to use it so we will likely just give back to her.
 
Had a brand new Buick Enclave rental for the trip in Maine. Drives really nice but some of the safety features are actually annoying as crap. I turned off as many as I could. I don't need flashing lights, buzzers and seat vibrations every time I turn a corner. The headlights are atrocious. It's like there is a clear line of light/no light with them and they don't extend that far. Very unnerving for me not being able to see as far in the dark as I'm used to.
 
MD Planner said:
Had a brand new Buick Enclave rental for the trip in Maine. Drives really nice but some of the safety features are actually annoying as crap. I turned off as many as I could. I don't need flashing lights, buzzers and seat vibrations every time I turn a corner. The headlights are atrocious. It's like there is a clear line of light/no light with them and they don't extend that far. Very unnerving for me not being able to see as far in the dark as I'm used to.
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Y'know how there's certain car models that seem to correlate to certain driving styles? Not do much the Enclave, but those little Buick things- the Encore? Terrible drivers every one. I wonder if it's the combination of cheap, entry-level car and too many bells and whistles distracting said driver.

I'm also pretty sure ford C-Max's come with a pawprint "Who Rescued Who?" sticker from the factory.
 
The Terminator said:
I would try and get a surviving Dieselgate era TDI with a manual. The newer TSI motors are fun with that low-end torque but is not the real thing i.e. an oil burner that goes chatter chatter click click and smells like a bus at the tailpipe.
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Be that as it may, I'm not interested in a diesel. My household and I don't drive long enough daily (on average) to warrant the 'benefit' of a diesel.

This linked one seems like a really cost-effective way to get a small wagon again. Small wagons are fantastic.
 
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mendelman said:
Be that as it may, I'm not interested in a diesel. I and my household don't drive long enough daily (on average) to warrant the 'benefit' of a diesel.

This linked one seems like a really cost-effective way to get a small wagon again. Small wagons are fantastic.
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mendelman said:
This linked one seems like a really cost-effective way to get a small wagon again. Small wagons are fantastic.
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^ Small Wagons that I would be looking at ;)
 
@The Terminator

Leaving work yesterday, a scruffy, but decent looking driver early 90s Olds Ciera wagon was parked in the garage near my car.

Like this one just a little more worn:

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Awesome Love It GIF by ABC Network


Also see the 1992 Subaru Loyale 4 sp manual 4wd wagon I had during part of college:

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