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8ender posted:I think thats the A604 and its kin. I love that solenoid clicky sound when cars with them come to a stop. 41TE is derived from the A604, so... yeah! That noise is burned into my brain from the ~8 years of Grand Voyagers we had as a kid, along with the fact that both of them needed transmission replacements before their all-too-short warranties ran out.
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e: ^ hahahaha, chrysler minivans  yeah, we had to replace a lot of those auto transaxles too.If you are getting 9mpg in a cherokee you are doing something horribly wrong or it needs parts badly. For reference, I get no less than 13mpg in one on 33" offroad tires with 250k or more on the motor driving it like I stole it. And no less than 15mpg in the winter driving one on 25" tires (aka 3k rpm at 80mph) also driving it like I stole it. You probably need an O2 sensor, a tuneup, or something similar. One good thing Chrysler got from Mercedes was the NSG370 6 speed mantrans in the later TJs, and I believe some of their 3.7/4.7 V8 stuff and later automatics were Mercedes imposed, but that's about all I can think of.
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In regards to mpg, I'm used to getting 550+ per tank, so ya, putting 30 miles on the car and having it go from 1/4 to empty kind of caught me by surprise. I put 15 bucks in it cause I figure if they're going to give that poo poo to me almost empty, they're getting it back just as empty.
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Geoj posted:Well I stand corrected, I could have sworn I read a well-sourced article stating it used a modified E-Class chassis a few years ago. It sounds like you just have an irrational hatred for the car. The new 300s are quick for basically being tanks, have an auto 8 speed tranny that shifts quickly, the suspension is tight, interior is awesome and they put an eco mode in the v6 base that got me like 35 mpg on the highway driving at 70 mph. They look drat good too, imo. It seriously made me consider buying the 300c.
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veedubfreak posted:In regards to mpg, I'm used to getting 550+ per tank, so ya, putting 30 miles on the car and having it go from 1/4 to empty kind of caught me by surprise. I put 15 bucks in it cause I figure if they're going to give that poo poo to me almost empty, they're getting it back just as empty. I only ever rent from Avis (company policy), they always start the tank full; do other companies really make a practice of renting out cars with 1/4 tank of gas?
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LEts post pics. Hahahaha
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Toymachine posted:It sounds like you just have an irrational hatred for the car.  Sorry, it was rude and thoughtless of me to not seek your approval before making that post and I am truly sorry for offending your delicate sensitivities regarding your taste in cars. Pham Nuwen posted:I only ever rent from Avis (company policy), they always start the tank full; do other companies really make a practice of renting out cars with 1/4 tank of gas? Practically every car I've ever rented had a full tank, and unless you agree to pay for them to refill the tank to full at just slightly outrageous rates upon return they charge you something like 250% of current gas prices per gallon if you don't fill it up before returning. I just had a rental car through Avis and I think the per gallon refill rate (if you opt out of their refill service) was $9.50/gallon in addition to a convenience fee. I like to think someone returned the car with a 1/4 tank, they gouged the gently caress out of them to "refill" it and sent it back out again without actually putting any gas in it. Geoj fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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Jan 29, 2014 19:53
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:LEts post pics. GTA5 screenshot taken by a 12 year old? Geoj posted:
Uh...what? I was just making an observation based on the amount of hate the 200 gets (I never drove it and I don't doubt it blows) that Chrysler's entire fleet isn't a complete heap of poo poo. You seem very invested in blasting the car with fake facts that were disproved by other posters. Toymachine fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:I only ever rent from Avis (company policy), they always start the tank full; do other companies really make a practice of renting out cars with 1/4 tank of gas? They give you whatever the previous renter left in the tank. They tell you to return the car with the same amount of gas as you started with, or they charge you gas at an inflated price to refuel it. As you can imagine the needle tends to drift closer to empty the more times it's rented as people always try to put the bare minimum amount of gas in.
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Toymachine posted:GTA5 screenshot taken by a 12 year old? Unfortunately noy! 
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xzzy posted:They give you whatever the previous renter left in the tank. They tell you to return the car with the same amount of gas as you started with, or they charge you gas at an inflated price to refuel it. Are you renting from airports or other rental car sites? I've rented from Hertz, Avis, and Enterprise and I've never gotten a car with the fuel gauge pointing below "F".
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When I worked at Budget you always got a full tank when you got the car at the airport. We had a big-rear end fuel silo and pump back at the service building and when we got cars back, we'd refuel them there at 2x whatever gas was at the time when we washed/cleaned them if we noticed the needle beneath F.
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:LEts post pics. I too have always wanted to drive a Gundam
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MetaJew posted:Are you renting from airports or other rental car sites? I've rented from Hertz, Avis, and Enterprise and I've never gotten a car with the fuel gauge pointing below "F". Enterprise 1/2 tank on a Tahoe  The return clerk tried to charge me ~$100 for the other half until I read him the rental agreement for twenty minutes. Content: 
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Solar Coaster posted:
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I rented a car from Dollar for all of last week and they gave me a Prius. It came full and I had to put $13 in gas in it after a week which seemed pretty good. I thought it looked like a new model, and only had 19k miles on it, but I thought all the new Priuses had plug-in capability on them. I was staying with a friend in Jackson Hole in a complex that even had plugs every few spaces in the parking lot, so it would have been cool to plug in and use zero gas, but I guess it could have been before they became plug-in capable. Unless that's only an option instead of standard now? Either way, despite my sister owning a Prius it was my first time actually driving one. So to stay on topic the terrible car stuff I'm posting is the acceleration capability of the Toyota Prius.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:
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The Dodge Avenger rental we got while my car was in the shop was the worst car I've driven in a long time. The gas felt horrible and spongy and the shifting was glacial. The steering and ride sucked too, you didn't feel connected to the car or road at all, but it wasn't comfortable either. And we just bought a used Mariner that I really enjoy driving, so it's not just hating everything but sports cars.
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Jan 29, 2014 22:06
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Suck it, lovely rental car havers! It drover a bit lame compared to a 328 I drove just before it, but screaming "PLAY ARTIST SLAYER!" at SYNC more than made up for it.
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buttcrackmenace posted:e: GIS for "Honda logo on xxx" reveals so much awful Curiously, using other car manufacturers for 'xxx' turns up no interesting results. I figure someone would have slapped a Honda logo on a Ford at some point.
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This was before the days of cell phone cameras but I remember seeing a 2nd gen Ford Probe with a giant windshield banner that said "Powered by Ford"... I was too much of a chickenshit to shout across the aisle and tell him the truth though. It's powered by a Mazda engine!
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subx posted:The Dodge Avenger rental we got while my car was in the shop was the worst car I've driven in a long time. The gas felt horrible and spongy and the shifting was glacial. The steering and ride sucked too, you didn't feel connected to the car or road at all, but it wasn't comfortable either. Probably had the lovely 2.7L V6 engine
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Borrowed a coworkers 201x Avenger with the 4 cylinder. Worst thing I've ever driven. Driving it is like belting onto a vegetable oil laden sponge that can sometimes do 80 miles an hour. If it ever decided to actually shift up I was serenaded by the wonderful sound of bad stereo grounding buzz through the speakers. My 2003 Neon wasn't even that bad.
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Can't embed, but this is amazing. https://www.facebook.com/dusty.windust/posts/10201896009815738?stream_ref=1
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:LEts post pics. Lamborghini Gallardo Galaxy Warrior Body Kit http://www.topspeed.com/cars/lamborghini/lamborghini-gallardo-galaxy-warrior-ar112269.html quote:You can spin its name however you want, but the name "Galaxy Warrior" doesn’t necessarily sound like something you’d want to put in your car. Sure, it could pass as the name of the Ultimate Warrior’s long-lost cousin.
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That depends on what image comes to mind when you hear the words "Galaxy Warrior." (That body kit is ugly as sin.)
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veedubfreak posted:So that's what the noise is. I thought it had a bad CV joint. Only 2 more days of this shitpile. It also sucks down gas like that's its loving job. The assholes at Enterprise gave me the car at 1/4 tank and after the 10 mile drive home and 18 mile drive to work it was sitting on E already. Son of a bitch, me too... Of course, that was on my 91 Dodge Spirit. Good to see they got around to fixing that.
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sanchez posted:My bar for rental car satisfaction was lowered considerably after I got an elantra with an interior that smelled so strongly of a mixture of motor oil and sweat it stuck to my clothes after getting out. A 200 would have been welcome. I'm a little late boarding this train, but the last rental I had in the US was an '09 Kia Optima. It looked quite like this:  It was a drat boring car. However, in the week I had it, I LOVED it. It was comfortable, quiet, the stereo was pretty good, and the interior was quite roomy. Was it as fun as my GTI that had just gotten totaled? Nope. It was a really good transportation appliance though. I developed a special bond with that car on the 300mi road trip I took to go buy my next car. I would recommend them.
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I had to rent a '13 Hyundai Sonata several months back, and apart from it being astonishingly ugly looking on the outside, I really enjoyed commuting in it. It had decent power for an NA straight-4 and averaged 30+ mpg while I had it, even though I flogged it every chance I got. The transmission shifted smoothly and quickly, didn't hunt going uphill and even downshifted going down hills without being told. It responded well to the paddle shifters, which made it decently fun once I got used to them. I was pretty impressed by it, but maybe I'm easy to please.
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The point is, compared to the ancient shitpiles we buy and attempt to restore so often here in the forums, almost any modern car is quiet, easy to operate, smarter, and much more fuel efficient. Sometimes new cars lack a little soul, that's all. Except the dodge avenger. gently caress the avenger. They are give-up-on-life cars. The sweatpants of transportation.
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Geirskogul posted:The point is, compared to the ancient shitpiles we buy and attempt to restore so often here in the forums, almost any modern car is quiet, easy to operate, smarter, and much more fuel efficient. Sometimes new cars lack a little soul, that's all. To me, the '09 Kia was a revelation simply because I didn't expect it. This was before people started taking Kia seriously in the States. It was truly a good car..just as good as the late-model Malibus and Camrys I'd driven.
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Geirskogul posted:Sometimes new cars lack a little soul, that's all. And they all look identical 
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atomicthumbs posted:And they all look identical Mainstream cars always have.
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Geirskogul posted:The point is, compared to the ancient shitpiles we buy and attempt to restore so often here in the forums, almost any modern car is quiet, easy to operate, smarter, and much more fuel efficient. Sometimes new cars lack a little soul, that's all. Every time i go to Enterprise i upgrade when all they have is an Avenger. I hate that car with a passion.
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angryhampster posted:Mainstream cars always have. 
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When I wrecked the Volvo I got a 2013 Chevy Cruze with about 3k on the clock. It had the 1.6L turbo I4, full interior with goodies, and goddamn was it a hoot to drive while getting 35MPG. I liked it so much I went to the dealership and priced one out (just a smidge over 22k), but ended up buying an NA Miata instead. Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 12:25 on Jan 30, 2014 |
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The answer is always Miata.
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That car lost millions of dollars by being too far out of the mainstream.
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Terrible Robot posted:I had to rent a '13 Hyundai Sonata several months back, and apart from it being astonishingly ugly looking on the outside, I really enjoyed commuting in it. It had decent power for an NA straight-4 and averaged 30+ mpg while I had it, even though I flogged it every chance I got. The transmission shifted smoothly and quickly, didn't hunt going uphill and even downshifted going down hills without being told. It responded well to the paddle shifters, which made it decently fun once I got used to them. I was pretty impressed by it, but maybe I'm easy to please. I have a '13 Elantra now that I'd describe in the same way. Mine is a 6-speed manual. The shifter snaps into gear and the engine responds quickly. But I think Hyundai's '13 style language is damned pretty. Edit: Oh, and the interior is very nice.
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