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  1. A Horse With No Name
    I still think you either need a beater compact you enjoy and a nice truck, or a nice compact and a beater truck to go camping or wheelin' in. Despite Chevy's excellent ( and long out of production) El Camino, you can't really marry a car and a truck, and you have a need for both. You cite insurance as being problematic for having two cars, but it costs $39 a month for my Miata insurance, it's on a 7500 mile a year full coverage limited use policy. I think your first thing is to check on insurance, and then look at the USED truck market. Given that gas prices will rise, I think a new Sonic would make sense, but also be aware, small cars have a wicked depreciation curve and you change cars like you change underwear....you will find yourself getting financially underwater rapidly in the sonic, I think.
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    Mazda will fail, Suzuki will fail, and lots of other companies will fail. I think with the trouble in Europe, BMW may be in big trouble. even the BMW fanboi's are having problems with their cars, and it's becoming obvious that the emperor has no clothes at BMW.
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    Good luck, I really hope it works out for you. You need a break!
  4. A Horse With No Name
    Thanks. We ought to have a historical section of C and G in my opinion... It's hard for someone like myself who would like to know more about these cars to know where to start. And I think the historical section should have a sub forum on porototype/show cars like the Norsemen...
  5. A Horse With No Name
    I really hope they succeed.... And BMW's can run on dirt. Lots of them ran as rally cars in various levels of European rally, E30 and E36 Chassis BMW"s are common at Rally cross type events and in US road rally events...
  6. A Horse With No Name
    So many vehicles are modified in a tasteless sense just to change things...this is one of them!
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    I've driven the base car, it is a bit awkward in some ways, wife hated the base car when we went for a test drive. Abarth is very interesting, but a little underwhelming based on where they started. They need a slightly larger car IMHO....although all of a sudden I am seeing Fiats everywhere...
  8. A Horse With No Name
    Again waiting for the diesel...and methinks 4 cyl is the wave of the future....
  9. A Horse With No Name
    I really probably would not find it too stiff. Glad your passionate about selling the K...guys at the local Suzuki store seem like they could care less...
  10. A Horse With No Name
    I'm living that sort of life, sorry to hear we got trapped in this screwed up dimension together. Not that I mind your friendship while we mutually suffer....
  11. A Horse With No Name
    Interesting....I wonder if it will feel more cheap inside like the Dart? Dart is a nice car, but I think if Barracuda comes back it should be something special.
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    So Dwight, let me ask you one question...why the hell are carmakers building DOHC and turbo motors if simple pushrod motors will do the trick more easily and more cost effectively? They don't randomly upgrade to a higher form of leather for the interior, or put ten coats of paint on a car rather than three just for the fun of it...so why DO they build the DOHC motors?
  13. A Horse With No Name
    Methinks we are getting a little off topic....
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    http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/pebble-beach-faux-pas/53459/page1/ I guess I need to write a column on this stuff for our sister magazine, Classic Motorsports, but I will share this with you guys first. I am always nervous out here representing at Monterey and Pebble Beach. Those of you who know me, know I am much more comfortable in a junk yard, than at the Rolex dinner. So last night, I am talking to long time friend and GRM supporter, and west coast Ford P.R. guy, John Clinard. He is standing and talking to another guy as well and I nonchalantly ask this guy, if he too is a Ford Guy. He quickly retorts, “no, I am a Chevy guy... what do you think!?“ John Clinard looks over at me and says, “Tim, I would like you to meet Edsel Ford" After much embarrassment, I end up talking to Edsel and his son, Henry Ford III for half an hour. Hard to believe these guys can be so down to earth.
  15. A Horse With No Name
    http://www.leftlanenews.com/chrysler-to-replace-challenger-with-barracuda-in-2014.html And why can't I start a new topic in the Chryco sections?
  16. A Horse With No Name
    6.0 would be a big selling point for me if I were using it like you use your truck....WTF happened to Arkus?
  17. A Horse With No Name
    Would like more input on AWD handling and fuel economy, please. From Olds prev. experience, reg's experience with customers, and MM's experience with the Kisashi....
  18. A Horse With No Name
    Too bad, keep looking...and how is Arkus doing?
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    Which is exactly my point. Having DOHC doesn't matter if the car is lame and having pushrods doesn't matter if the car is awesome. The configuration of the valvetrain does not matter as long as the car performs in a manner the customer expects. And I am agreeing with you....we just bought a car three months ago. OHC VS OHV isn't even on the radar in terms of what we were looking at, and I am a car guy.
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    Sorry to hear about Arkus....I wish him well. But here in Ohio Farm country, $2800 doesn't buy much of a 4wd truck....
  21. A Horse With No Name
    Loki, let's go racing bud... Rallycross is like autocross, only on dirt. Since you obviously believe that the government should fund nothing.....your Monte Carlo should be set up perfectly to run in a dirt field and nowhere else. After all, driving on a government funded interstate with that car would be hypocritical.... So let's let em rip...when the green flag drops, the bull crap stops....
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    quote] [quote name='Oldsmoboi' timestamp='134525 Cadillac has been 90% DOHC since 1992 and 99% DOHC since 1997. Perhaps there is another reason for the difference or do you just wish to wish to continue to harp on the inane? Oldsmobile was the division inside GM with more DOHC models than any other outside of Cadillac..... It really helped them. In fact, I'm probably buying a 2012 Toronado tomorrow. In all fairness, the cars that the OHC Olds motors were married to were pretty lame, though. OHC Olds V8 was the starting field at Indy at one point, so you can't write off that motor entirely. I appreciate Dwights viewpoint, however, I am pretty much with Hyper on this....carmakers are going OHC for a reason, which hasn't been discussed. Also, the move to 4 cyl motors hasn't been discussed, nor has the fact that everyone is downsizing. Hell, even Bently IIRC went from a w12 to a V8 twin turbo... And I really think Hybrid is going to be the role of the future, like it or not. Porsche has already started using 911's in racing with hybrid drivetrains, and I read about Rolls Royce bringing out a plug in Hybrid in 2014....
  23. A Horse With No Name
    It's also roomier than the Focus, which is a little tight inside. Golf/GTI, Kizashi, Dart...all roomier than the Focus inside.
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    blu, the difference is that you and I prefer to let someone else do the wrenching, Camino has more than one vehicle and isn't afriad to wrench himself. I say go for it....my friend Mark, one of the guys I race with, just paid almost 5K for an ultra-clean reg cab GMC stepside with 189K on it, similar age to the truck your looking at. Mark's last truck had 558,000 on it when he sold it. Neighbors of mine got almost 800K out of an F-150 4WD....
  25. A Horse With No Name
    Awesome, any more info on this replica would be welcome!
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