balthazar
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Pontiac built loads of turbo cars, tho usually 6s and 8s. FAR more interesting than tweed-upholtered volvos. So when are you trading up to a volvo?
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^ Walked around one on the Ford lot; it's as offensively teeny / tiny tire'd as the pics look. Why you fawn over these tiny lumpy CUVs, I cannot fathom.
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All the 2-dr sedans & hardtops I've owned/been around were mostly full-size cars. Next time I'm over my buddy's, I'll check out getting in/out of his '66 LeMans 2-dr rear seat. Wife had an '87 Mustang LX but I don't remember if I was ever in it's back seat.
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• Bill- what have you heard RE the Powershift auto @ Ford? • Looked at~ '09 Civic coupe, 44K, $9K A handful of Focii; '14 SE sedan, 48K, $9985 '15 Fusion, 80K, $11,145. On that one, if we put $6K down & financed $6500, monthly would be $150. Too many miles. Rejecting anything showing an accident or over 60K miles. • Our 2016 Jeep Liberty shopping conclusion was re-affirmed, $10K just doesn't buy you much in the way of a long-term car. • Looking thru a couple of car sales sites (Car Gurus), there are a number of Cruzes that seemingly fit the bill. Jeeps are way too pricey- at the prices used Wranglers cost, Jeep should be selling 500K/year. • One Ford/subaru dealer was advertising 'Motor Trend Certified'/warranteed vehicles, that's a new one on me. Wasn't enticing me any.
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Manual trans are like electric cars- no one wants 'em! Looked at a clean, bright red Focus hatch, 2016, 27K miles, $10.9K, been on the lot for 301 days! Stick car.
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I don't find any of the Big 3 truck distasteful- well maybe the Super Duty. Were I to rank them: 1. '19 GMC 2. '19 Ram 3. '18 F-150 4. '19 SIlverado but I could own any of them.
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Holy crap, you know my day was made : just spotted a '59 Olds wagon, silver/ blue/ primer/ patch panels, motoring down U.S. Rt 1. No pic, damnit.
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Distributor on Ford flathead is in the same location, BTW. I think this engine was built just to showcase a very non-conventional re-engineering. Revised cam allows it to breath 'in reverse'.
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what do you see?
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• Volts within 50 miles of me with 50K miles or so are $14.5K and up. • Focus, 2014, 38K miles, $7995 • Focus, 2012, 25K miles, $7700
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• Not buying a 21 yr old kid a luxury car. • Mustang is not something I had considered... have to weigh pros & cons. 2012 V6, 28K miles, $11K, 38 miles from me. • Insurance for now will be on me. • Toyotas are absolutely the bottom of the barrel for me- too many problems in recent years. Won't touch one.
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Going to look around tomorrow / still feeling bewildered.
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I dunno about 'first rate' with the mismatched fenders... People have been building these for years now. Not sure if there is a market for a factory one tho; I'd hold off if I were calling the shot.
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No; Jag's worst nightmare is convincing people to walk into their showrooms.
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What kind of real differences are you going to have in a pickup tho? It must conform to an even more rigid 3-box approach than cars do.
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Not new; additional. Isn't that your usual judgement- more SUVs? V6 S-class?? Price drop?? Is the world ending soon? Should be all V8 and V-12s and start at $150K. Isn't that your usual judgement- more & higher priced?
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And Jag cannot afford to overshoot anything. It's too cartoonish, too Kia-esque. Nose is covered with air intakes & air scoops & air extractors.... puzzling. Doors handles are crazy low- only a few inches higher than the tires. And the 23" rims are pretty visually disproportionate and make it look even stubbier. Some could make a STRONG case that this is 'Jaguar not being what Jaguar is' and trying to be another brand.
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Have to see what configurations, on what bed lengths, and at what option price the MultiGate is going to be. I think as an option (if made so), it's going to be quite expensive- like close to a grand. Bill- what's your off-hip guess at replacement cost for something like this for accident repair?
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