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nrd515

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  1. My friend bought a torred Challenger R/T, stickered at $34,950, for $22,550 last week from one of the Cincinatti dealers going away. He made the offer the day before, they said no way, but they called him the next morning, and told him the deal was on if he came in before noon, and the owner "found his mind". An hour later, he was driving it off the lot. He had nearly bought an almost identical car a few months ago for $30,000, and was sure glad he didn't! He got a call from another dealer a day later, asking him if he was interested in a black one that went for $1000 more for about 13K off the sticker, and he told them he had already bought the other one. They tried to get him to come back and "talk", so they must have been pretty desperate.
  2. A friend's dad had one, he loved it, drove it until it literally fell apart when going over train tracks, and was unrepairable unless he wanted to spend insane money to do it.. He looked for another one for a long time, finally wound up with an S10 ZR2 (?) that had been keyed up at a friend of his used car lot. He got it for almost nothing (They knew each other 50+ years, and were best friends, so I'm betting there was NO money paid), and he had a not too bad Earl Sheib paint job sprayed on it, mostly to keep it from rotting, and has been driving it since. He would buy a new Rampage, if it was anything like the original. He was kind of hoping the Pontiac version of the Ute would have been built, but that's a dead dream. I figure he's got time to go through about one more car before he has to hang up the keys.
  3. I think the greenhouses are just right now, the giant greenhouse "thing" carmakers had for so long seems to finally be coming to an end. It was one of the main causes of "Just plain ugly".
  4. Hi everyone, first post! I have owned quite a few GM vehicles, the first being a 72 Cutlass, the last being a 2000 Sierra pickup. Only the Cutlass had any really bad problems. Right now, there are only a few GM vehicles that really get my attention: The Solstice..not my kind of car, but looks good. The big SUVs are something GM does better than anyone else. I really like the Tahoe/Yukon, but a truck is much cheaper, and does what I need to. Corvette: I wish I could afford one. I didn't like the older ones from 74 until 98(?) too much, but they sure got faster as time went by. HHR. not a huge fan of the drivetrain, but looks ok. Avalanche: I would have bought one in 03, but they got too much more for it than a normal pickup, so I passed. Right over to the Dodge dealer and bought a 2003 Ram Quad Cab. I was going to buy another Sierra, but dealer games irritated me, along with the ABS problems GM trucks have, and I jumped. The Chevy frontend is truly bad, and GMC was the only option. I have to admit, I like the Ram better than ANY previous car/truck I have ever had. Had a rear end problem, fixed under warranty, and warped rotors (Can't anyone make stock rotors that don't warp?), that's about it. The Caddies: In general, they are all pretty decently done. I could live with any of the rear drives if I had to. Hummer. A friend has a H2. Too slow for me, but he loves it. Buick: Well, They havent made anything I would want for almost 35 years, so I don't know what to say about them. Pontiac has had nothing I care about since the T/A was killed. As far as class leaders go: In fullsized pickups the F150 looks great and I really like the interior, but the bed is too high for much use as a truck (I do use mine for hauling once in a while), it's slow, and judging from a neighbor and a friend, has a lot of tranny failures. How Ford can keep having transmission problems is something I don't understand. The Titan has the best engine/trans combo, though I think the hemi would be even better with a similar transmission. The truck itself is not great, to put it mildly. My friend has one, leased it (Yay for him!) and it's falling apart. It makes noises when you go over a rough set of train tracks that are downright scary. Somthing is going on in the back of the cab, but the dealer and a few other people who have looked, cant find the cause. The Dana 44 Rear doesn't seem strong enough either, as he has had problems with it twice in 30K. The Tacoma is about the only small truck worth looking at anymore. The GM twins are goofy looking, and seriously lack power. The Dakota is one ugly truck since it's latest redesign and the Ranger is so old it's ridiculous. The mid sized SUV crown has to go to the 4Runner, mostly due to the Durango being one of the most insanely ugly things made since the Aztek. It's too bad, the Durango drives great, is built like a tank, but that "styling", yuck. The Trailblazer and clones are ok, but not great. As far as cars go, there aren't a lot out there that I'm interested in, that are in my price range anyway, but if GM gets the Camaro right, I will probably be there. But, if they blow it, the Challenger (anyone really think it won't be built?) will be there at the local Doge dealer, and so will I. The Charger was a huge dissapointment. If they hadn't blown it, I might have one now.
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