regfootball
-
Posts
21,732 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
28
Content Type
Forums
Articles
Garage
Gallery
Events
Store
Collections
Everything posted by regfootball
-
Trailblazer name, nice idea....... the third row thing, is dependent on price, the judgment of it. The mitsubishi outlander has one and you can buy those for less than 20 grand new. You are not going to expect it to fit everyone. A chevy traverse is often north of 40k and at those prices, you damn well better get a third row that fits adults with plenty of room to spare. Nissan Rogue has a third row, I don't know how useful it is. I think they could keep the Equinox interior close to the same size, but only shrink the wheelbase 4 inches or so, and the over all length 8 inches or so, better engineering, no v6 and lighter weight more optimized i think they could preserve what makes it so popular. I saw my first new Pilot this evening (getting dinged up by kids in the school parking lot). It looks to me they have a nice size for it and Honda has always been able to maximize interior space compared to exterior. They may have a winner here again finally. There is a rather large gap in size though between the Pilot and CRv..... -
at that money I go Focus ST......or say fk it and get a 2016 Camaro and a winter beater. I don't care how German it is or how nice to drive it is, it's not a flashy looking rig and its still a VW.....
-
Wife wouldn't live without the 3rd row, why we have the minivan now, an even bigger 3rd row after the Taurus X.. My logic, the van will get the same or better mpg than some of these smaller crossovers, and it does (albeit without AWD). We use the third row a lot. The largeness of it means you can put adults back there too. I think the Equinox sliding second row is the bomb. You can haz leg room or return it to the trunk. You really can use it as a family rig. You'll see my reader review on the latest Crv in that forum. My fear is the Equinox is to become that. A cracker can / POS. Not that the CRv isn't roomy, it just doesn't feel substantial like the Equinox twins. But this new model under the Traverse will probably be a three row Equinox. Remember the Suzuki XL7? that was a stretched first gen Equinox (I sold a few of them used). The third row was optional. Packaging wise it was not too bad, and it certainly was not as gargantuan as the Traverse. My Aztek was a Rendezvoux cousin, and the RDV had a third row option. The packing of those two vehicles were pretty good. I hope what GM doesn't do here is make a TRIBECA sized 3 row vehicle......... Trax is a nice size just needs more width / girth.........
-
they'll try to downsize the Equinox and sell it for a higher price. LOL. The Equinox sells right now because of the size advantage. For a lot of folks its the perfect size. This is money grab by GM. And a three row that is smaller than the Traverse? Again, it sells like it does because of its size. Maybe GM can find a sweet spot where you get something less of a barge but with the usable third row, but to me what they have now works. We'll just have to see if they do this right. I like Ford's setup, the Edge is quite large and the Escape is just enough.
-
You're missing the key point, there is no luxury driving experience here. It's trying but nails no part of it in any way that you could hold a candle to a real luxury car. To be honest, the styling might actually be the characteristic about the car that is closest to the luxury realm right now. The ride and drive is not on par with Buick even. The interior quality and luxury is not on par with an Acura. There's a reason the grille lacks a bombastic logo. They want it to be faceless so you imagine whatever logo it is you want on there. I want to be clear here, it's a good car but doesn't cross into the bottom end of luxury even. But as a step up option to the Sonata in a cheap lease I say go for it. If I lived in CA and just wanted something unique with RWD I would consider it. Absolutely though a Regal GS ATS I would get before this
-
Nissan News: Nissan Boosts Production Of Rogue, Adding Two New Models
regfootball replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
anything that takes sales from the crap crv is fine with me. and yes, i would never juke but this littler rogue i might check it out -
it will have close to 4 years of production under its belt before it hits the 17 cruze.....
-
Nissan News: Nissan Boosts Production Of Rogue, Adding Two New Models
regfootball replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
The Rogue Select is sort of Rogue now, like it's the Rogue Rogue -
GMC News: GMC Refreshes the Sierra for 2016
regfootball replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in GMC Trucks
looks good but really the interior needs an upgrade too. -
it's the 1.6 Euro diesel that's already in the Mokka and possibly Astra........
-
Well played
-
Nice thread start, ocnblu This car is the bomb. I hope they keep the price in check. I guess the cheapskates like me get the 'limited'. Wish the diesel were available at job 1 The rear heated seats are a great thing. That was one of the big factors that led us to get the chrysler can instead of some others. It was more available at a lower price along with the heated steering wheel. Why should the kids freeze in the back? Elantra has rear heated seats available for a few years now.
-
2017 Buick LaCrosse Exterior Completely Uncovered
regfootball replied to vonVeezelsnider's topic in Buick
Neither this or the 'verano' pics that came out of China have much sizzle. Remember the chinese cruze was supposed to be what we would get and look at how GM is giving is a much sharper looking vehicle. I think there needs to be more drama here in the design. But I guess we'll see. The Envision spy shots look quite generic as well. -
i think because there will be a 2017 diesel, i do believe GM is willing to do what they can to make sure the current diesel owners are taken care of. I do think they are using the Cruze to pick into some of VW's diesel niche, purposely. By the time the 17 model is available, it should have about what, 4 years of road service in Opels and the like. I would hope then that it won't have any glitches when it hits the US market.
-
do they still sell the Xa too? or is the Xd that is the small piece of turd
-
I live next to an area that lots of wealthy tribal folks. This is not a political thing, just saying i see a lot of expensive metal around where i drive due to the cash flow and it is interesting to see what those folks drive. Someone had a custom painted BMW X6. it was painted Barney the dinosaur purple blue in Matte, was quite hideous but i bet it cost an arm and a leg. Point being, i doubt they bought the hefty X6 due to its driving machine capabilities. But BMW is a great label. I see lots of X1, X3, X5 and 3 series. A new 5 series or 7 series is a rare sight anymore. I would bet the CT6 might sell pretty well out of the gate even against the new 7 series. Audi large sedans are what i see most often recently in addition to the years of S classe.....
-
Trax is more mainstream in character than the Renegade so i believe it will compete well. Cadillac I think will quietly do things with the CTS and ATS pricing when the CT6 comes out to make them move in better volume and little bit lower price. Caddy will probably stick hard to the prices it throws on the CT6 sticker for quite awhile. GM is increasingly weak in deluging the crossover market. All the little niches of that market are getting filled now and more and more inroads from Asian and German marques. GM should continue full investment in the truck lines, don't take success with trucks for granted. Low gas prices are helping keep people away from the smaller models. I still believe people buy larger and more powerful as much as possible unless oppressed by fuel cost, car cost, or government mandates.
-
most of FCA's product line is still ancient. thus it goes for "a good deal" that's why i have a Chrysler van now. Not because it was top of the line. The 200 is doing admirably also being new, but i do think Chrysler is smart and is knowing you gotta keep the payment book low on those rigs to move em. Jeep really props Chrysler up is the real truth when it comes down to it. If GM had nuts, they could put a $h!load of resources into GMC and become as much of a juggernaut in that way. 500x will keep Fiat from shutting its doors here but at some point Fiat needs a volume model aside from that. Trust me i can tell you all about a brand not surviving one or two products.
-
love this thread!
-
Nissan News: Nissan Kills Off Pathfinder/QX60 Hybrids
regfootball replied to William Maley's topic in Nissan
woot, like both your posts -
I got a chance to drive a couple Smarts when i was selling. There is an interesting appeal to them. In your case, it was a Smart purchase. Congrats, and i have noticed there are really good deals on lightly used ones. For the right situation, a great buy. Congrats. I'd like to see a Smart car with a Ford 3 cylinder Ecoboost engine in it. Sidebar, a dealer here had a brand new 2014 Spark LS manual advertised for 8995 recently and it must have sold. That would have been a great buy also......although I would want an auto on a car that small like the smart.
-
2015 Chrysler Town and Country
regfootball replied to regfootball's topic in Member's Rides Showcase
just posting some recent mpg readings. Did a trip a couple weekends ago. Tank was about 85% empty...refilled with non ethanol, 91 octane. I.e. pure gas. Now more in a bit on how i think the fuel mileage or the odometer is off. But anyways Three separate sections of the tank I reset the mpg, and here were those readings 80 miles @ 28.7 mpg 163 miles @ 30.0 mpg 55 miles @ 32.6 mpg Those sections were a mix of 2 lane rural roads at about 60-65 mph with some stop lights and towns mixed in. But i would say at least half the distances were interstate at 70-80 mph. There was some in town running mixed in there also. When I refilled i had 309.4 miles on 10.75 gallons or 28.78 mpg. NOT BAD for a 4500 pound brick with about 600 pounds of people in it as well. I decided to keep the pure gas experiment going at that fill so I filled it to the brim again. The next tank was mostly city driving in town here by my wife who can be hard on the throttle. The display said 24.4 mpg. But I refilled it, 302 miles on 13.33 gallons.....that is only 22.65 mpg. Still quite good for a barge like that that drinks fuel if you run the tach up over 1700 rpm. I have suspected that there is something up with the odometer or the accuracy of the fuel used. All my other recent GMs and Fords have been virtually dead nuts on with fuel used on the computer vs when i filled the tank and did the math. This is a Chrysler though, so I naturally don't trust it. If i add the two tanks though, that is 611.4 miles and 24.08 gallons. That is 25.4 calculated mpg overall for a vehicle with EPA rating of 17/25. That is with a lot of in town driving, and the remainder at high speeds. That is pretty good. But it also shows you the benefit of pure gas that is not ethanol tainted. -
here, gas was 2.69 today, diesel 2.71. Z's, what have you seen for price difference recently?
-
hard to rip BMW with what is surfacing on the C7 vette, but yeah, who in their right mind would sign up for that.
-
really if you want space, the Passat is the way to go. The sales numbers reflect how space and price are valued compared to the CC. Not sure why but when i was selling cars, a guy i worked with had sold VW for awhile. He said the CC's the customers complained about how bad they were in winter. Odd for a front driver. I am guessing the tires OEM were an issue. Could be why people never re-leased them for example. On trades their trade in value did not come close to the residuals that were assigned to them either. VW had buyout penalties on the leases if you tried to trade them in so you usually were stuck holding on to them til the very end.
