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Some things are worth saving even if it costs more than a new one. I have two Kirby vacuum cleaners from the 1970s (bought one, one was given to me later) that I rather repair and keep using instead of buying new. I don't care that I can get a new vacuum from target for $75 and it will cost me $75 dollars to service the Kirby. The Kirby will outlive me if I keep up on parts and such for it. Both of them pre-date me in the first place. They'll suck the nails out of the floorboards if you let them... no modern household vacuum can do that. On my A/C, I did replace my window units with central air and got a new furnace out of it, but my window units weren't that great at keeping the house comfortable and I had to run 3 of them at the same time just to make it tolerable. Central is so much better than window units.

Guess that eliminates any exhaust-dragging toyotas from your driveway.

Exterior aged well.

All those big (mostly) V8s stuck behind an undepowered aircooled 4. Wow that's beautiful!

30-HP (rated) Nichols & Shepard (Battle Creek MI) steam tractor moving 3-story building. Googling around & guesstimating the building size, it's very likely a minimum of 250,000 lbs, or 125 tons. Take your 35,000-limit 900 LB-FT modern diesel and go sit in the corner.

it came out on a day I was sick and I never circled back around to put it up. But you've essentially written the whole thing. The lower trims are now Voyager instead of Pacifica. One wonders... with the small number of sales in the minivan segment, how do they keep the cars alive. When, as in Ford's case, they were selling 250,000 Fusions a year and couldn't keep it going. That's almost as much as the whole minivan segment alone.

Yes and Yes.

Not by me... Pruis drivers are some of the worst of the crazies.... worse than BMW drivers.

What's in the 'Rocket Room'? ~ Oh - and note GM branding engines by torque (Buick did the same late 50s-mid 60s).

I've always understood the Freeze/Thaw scenario to mean that it was low on refrigerant.

Saw this on the FB...it's funny even if it is a fake story..I can imagine someone clueless about cars saying that.

maybe they deleted their Excel spreadsheets by accident..

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! ??

A Turbo TransAm

FORD MOTOR COMPANY SECOND QUARTER 2019 U.S. SALES SALES BY BRAND Q2 2018 % Year-to-Date % 2019 Change 2019 2018 Change Ford 624,396 650,303 -4 1,189,670 1,227,422 -3.1 Lincoln 25,940 27,807 -6.7 50,915 50,269 1.3 Total vehicles 650,336 678,110 -4.1 1,240,585 1,277,691 -2.9 SALES BY TYPE Cars 110,195 140,226 -21.4 208,460 269,020 -22.5 SUVs 215,898 236,258 -8.6 428,984 439,185 -2.3 Trucks 324,243 301,626 7.5 603,141 569,486 5.9 Total vehicles 650,336 678,110 -4.1 1,240,585 1,277,691 -2.9 FORD BRAND Fiesta 22,173 13,061 69.8 38,116 25,359 50.3 Focus 2,131 40,055 -94.7 12,480 75,101 -83.4 C-MAX 21 2,612 -99.2 38 5,401 -99.3 Fusion 54,668 43,802 24.8 96,351 86,978 10.8 Taurus 2,390 7,893 -69.7 8,121 15,540 -47.7 Police Interceptor Sedan 972 2,123 -54.2 2,871 3,993 -28.1 GT 51 27 88.9 135 67 101.5 Mustang 21,625 23,264 -7 38,542 42,428 -9.2 Ford Cars 104,031 132,837 -21.7 196,654 254,867 -22.8 EcoSport 21,507 17,514 22.8 34,386 23,610 45.6 Escape 72,398 77,277 -6.3 133,100 144,627 -8 Edge 33,314 35,394 -5.9 64,234 68,048 -5.6 Flex 7,206 5,269 36.8 12,763 10,144 25.8 Explorer 35,374 56,674 -37.6 88,680 110,805 -20 Police Interceptor Utility 4,527 9,228 -50.9 13,143 17,901 -26.6 Expedition 21,796 14,484 50.5 43,569 27,934 56 Ford SUVs 196,122 215,840 -9.1 389,875 403,069 -3.3 F-Series 233,787 236,947 -1.3 448,398 451,138 -0.6 Ranger 20,880 0 N/A 30,301 0 N/A E-Series 11,560 11,612 -0.4 22,351 25,505 -12.4 Transit 41,265 41,061 0.5 73,107 71,412 2.4 Transit Connect 10,913 8,816 23.8 19,853 15,454 28.5 Heavy trucks 5,838 3,190 83 9,131 5,977 52.8 Ford Trucks 324,243 301,626 7.5 603,141 569,486 5.9 Ford Brand 624,396 650,303 -4 1,189,670 1,227,422 -3.1 LINCOLN BRAND MKZ 4,674 5,316 -12.1 8,961 9,675 -7.4 Continental 1,490 2,073 -28.1 2,845 4,478 -36.5 Lincoln Cars 6,164 7,389 -16.6 11,806 14,153 -16.6 MKC 5,956 7,393 -19.4 11,743 12,289 -4.4 Nautilus/MKX 8,187 7,242 13 16,022 13,470 18.9 MKT 1,246 730 70.7 2,488 1,242 100.3 Navigator 4,387 5,053 -13.2 8,856 9,115 -2.8 Lincoln SUVs 19,776 20,418 -3.1 39,109 36,116 8.3 Lincoln Brand 25,940 27,807 -6.7 50,915 50,269 1.3

Should I downvote you here? Because quite honestly...with your downvotes...you are really acting like a child!!! I had high respect for you...but now.... With your smug and ignorant post that your sense of smell is poor. You happen to not be interested in new car smell. I am... Im not allowed? You too... You think rust is not a problem in Montreal for cars? You think that California cars are rotted by rust on the same level as Quebec cars? Montreal being the warmest and least cold and inclement weather areas of Quebec... Shyte dude!!! Downvote me all night long... Its you that looks the part of an ignorant soul. Not me. And here you are....buying a car from California... Why didnt you buy it from Vermont? OK...Massachusetts... What about Illinois? Michigan? North or South Dakota? Yeah...you got it in sunny California... Get the phoque out, dude!!!

There is this thing called SHIPPING. It costs $400~600 to ship a car to Northern CA from Southern CA, AZ or NV. About $800~1000 to ship it from the mid-west including Texas. About $1300 from the east coast including Florida. The last two cars I bought, I bought online sight unseen and have them shipped. With the exhorbitant rent and labor costs, buying from local dealers adds about $3000~6000 to the price of a $40K used car. So I buy out of state and pay a few hundred bucks to get it shipped in. If you are so fussy about salt and snow you can get yours remotely too.

I got the 2014 CTS VSport Premium from Texas with 26K miles and not a scratch in 2017 for $33K ($40K off the $73K as new price tag). That's 55% off. You cannot convince me that buying new and driving that first 26K miles at a cost of $40K is a good deal compared to driving the next 70K miles for $18~20K. It has 69K miles on it now and I'll probably keep it for another year to year and a half.

The beautiful thing about the market place is that we do not have to rely on oldhurst442 for a healthy supply of used cars. I have never, ever, had a significant issue with my used cars. I buy at 3~4 sell at 6~7. Usually, they never see the inside of a workshop and if they did it is usually under warranty anyway. I don't even buy particularly "reliable" makes and models (apart from the two Acuras). The last 6 were 2017 Acura MDX, 2014 CTS VSport, 2011 Jaguar XF 5.0 Supercharged, 2008 Acura TL, 2005 M-B C55 AMG and 2000 Audi S4.

Go buy a new car and lose lots of money then. It's a free country -- even Canada is in this regard. We need people like you to buy new so we have used cars to benefit from. I'll never buy new. If I have a billion dollars, that 2014 Boeing 787-9 with 20,000 flight hours will look pretty good especially if it has GEnx engines that was just overhauled.

Just saw a baby boomer couple driving the last year SS sedan. Very lovely, shame they stopped making such an awesome car.

With my tiny garage and the stairs of the split level, I think I'm going to be looking for a new house sooner than later...more garage space and a single story ranch...

My Toronado scrapes the exhaust if I don't exit the driveway at an angle. Oh well, time for a new house.

@oldshurst442 I hope you're not a fan of Montrealer Gino Vannelli. Haha ... as '80s as they came! Actually, he's a McGill grad, as is William Shatner. That's impressive. I found it! Summer of '96 and putting around in a rented Peugeot econobox in Portugal's Algarve ... (I believe it's Alex Natale and not Bob Marley)

It's aged pretty well. I wish they could do the 9-5 also. That was a handsome and unique looking sedan. No, I don't think they'll do wheel hub motors. It's probably just an electric setup to the front wheels and batteries in the trunk/fuel tank area.

They still to cheap leases and cash on the hood. $1,250 cash back right now on the RAV-4 and that is a brand new model. $2,000 back on Camry. $3,000 on Tundra, $3,000 on Highlander. Over at Honda it's almost all cheap leasing or low interest financing. $169 a month for a Civic sedan. $209 for a Civic Si coupe or sedan. $249 with $1,500 down on an Accord. etc. But go to Costco, sign up for an executive membership, and get $500 off almost any car from any brand and a below MSRP price. Kia and Hyundai don't really do "deals" but they'll lease cheap and they give a lot for a trade. So like I said.. they all do it. They just take different routes to get there. Even MB is offering 2.9% interest right now across the entire lineup.

Paying MSRP for any brand is insane.

We have a high-end Lennox system, purchased through Costco. With the executive membership, I got 3% back on the already discounted price.

Full of sh!t, per usual, on topics like this. *Doesn't like Ford* "The Continental is itty bitty and doesn't fit an adult human" *Loves GM* "XT4 offers plenty of interior space"

Yep. My A/C has a dehumidify function and my furnace has a humidify function. I do have to manually enable/disable them in the fall/spring when we switch over, but that's just done on the thermostat.

Not an issue here.

A Bullet Piercing Valve costs less than $10; just make sure it's attached to the low (cold) pressure side. Heat pumps don't work well in areas that receive measurable snow accumulation.

Agreed, BMW drivers are assholes but at least for the most part they drive fast to keep going. Prius drivers get on the freeway, move to the far left and go 20 under the speed limit and then do stupid shit while on the freeway and just about hit everyone. Worst drivers ever!

Benz buyers want 'The best or nothing', so they are waiting on the next 'best' to be available.

We (and by that I mean @smk4565) don't allow for that explanation when its Cadillac or Lincoln, so we shouldn't for Benz either.

Speaking of the Pacifica, haven't seen any mention here about the return of the Voyager name for the lower Pacifica trims.

Around here, they've been putting them in the parking lots of the dying malls.

All this crap made in China. Home appliances were dear when they first came on the scene, and their construction, in turn, served the public well. Brand loyalty was instilled, which ensured a company's longevity. Now everything's a commodity and it is a sad state.

Obviously a lonely girl.

It must all be old stuff then, because other than the GT and a-class, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING is down YtY. Even the cube vans.

“MERCEDES-BENZ! It’s not supposed to make sense!” (TM)

Sponge Bob

Little GTO You're really lookin' fine Three deuces and a four-speed And a three-eighty-nine Listen to her tachin' up now Listen to her whine C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out, GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Aaah, little GTO You oughta see her on a road course Or a quarter mile This little modified Pon-Pon Has got plenty of style She beats the gassers and the rail jobs Really drives 'em wild C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out, GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Aaah, little GTO Gonna save all my money And buy a GTO (turnin' it on blowin' it out) Get a helmet and a roll bar And I'll be ready to go (turnin' it on, blowin' it out) Take it out to Pomona And let 'em know, yeah yeah (turnin' it on blowin' it out) That I'm the coolest thing around Little buddy, gonna shut you down When I turn it on, wind it up, blow it out, GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Yeah, yeah, little GTO Aaah, little GTO

We took ours from Michigan to Florida and back including driving through the mountains on the back roads from Atlanta to Pigeon Forge and I bet it averaged 26 - 26.5 mpg for the round trip. The stop/start did quit working coming down one of those mountains, though. They replaced the battery and reflashed it and it has been good since. The dealership told me I needed to drive it more. I told the guy, more than the 17,500 miles I put on it in the first 12 months of ownership? ? On a side note, don't put bad windshield washer solvent in these. Cost me $320 for a new pump, filter and blowing out the lines. Could have done it myself for $40 worth of parts but just didn't feel like messing around with it. Anyway, they said use the blue stuff only.

I did this : raw Elm slab turned into live-edge countertop / bar.

Went back out to another waterfall this afternoon, Great Falls of Tinkers Creek in Bedford. Several waterfalls are within 20-30 minutes of home. Stopped at Tinkers Creek Tavern for a Lieneklugel and a pretzel on the way home..