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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:I live just a little bit west of Mississauga and have finally gotten below 1000 per year for my (soon to be 15 years old) Corolla. Kraftwerk posted:Officially I drive 10,000km per year for pleasure. In practice it’s more like 20,000-25,000 a year but they don’t need to know that. Have either of you tried CAA Insurance? I haven’t gone with them but they’ve quoted me and other people I know like 20% of my monthly payment. I have no idea how they do it and no other insurance company can match them. I’ve heard they increase your rates after a year or two but I don’t know.
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boxen posted:Debating getting rid of my Town Car and getting something with a bed and towing capacity, but fully do not want a full-size pickup. If I didn't have a trailer to use the 7500 tow of my Ranger I would have gotten a Ridgeline. Still haven't seen MSRP Mavericks. The Ridgeline being a Pilot-truck makes it drive so much better than any of the mid-sized pickups. It also has space in the rear more comparable to a full-size, the Ranger and Tacoma rear seats are tight, limited leg room, and they don't really fold up great for better storage space. The Ridgeline's fold up great.
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Aug 4, 2023 23:26
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I like the Ridgeline. Honda made a truck to do the things most US truck buyers actually use them for. The problem is much of that market is too proud to admit it, imo.
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Aug 4, 2023 23:39
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Ridgeline is fine, but it’s just ugly as sin to me. But I don’t need a truck, so I won’t buy one.
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Aug 4, 2023 23:43
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I like them a lot, but I'm also a Honda fanboy so 
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Aug 4, 2023 23:49
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Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats. I had a Town and Country for a rental once and it was amazing. Pure road trip machine above the cargo space.
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Aug 4, 2023 23:59
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(Ridgeline chat) The newer grill makes it look a lot more truck'ish. My dad has a 2018 Black Edition, which I think looks pretty cool, but I get why some manly men with cowboy hats cant deal with the early year second gens. Being around a Ridgeline with someone new never gets old. The interactions usually go something like this: "You call that a truck? /Is that your wife's truck? Do you love men?" /etc Then that person later getting blown the gently caress away by something the Ridgeline has or does. Examples include: -Holy poo poo your telling me you can fill the hidden trunk thing with ice and use it for tailgating? -It has build in speakers in the bed? -The ride in this is so loving nice -Your getting how much for MPG? -You can just make the back seats fold weird and you fit your whole mountain bike inside the rear cab? -Wait you can lay down full sheets of drywall or particle board in the bed without having to gently caress with wheel well humps? -It came with all those tie downs build in? -Unhooking the tailgate on the side and swinging it open to gain easier access to the bed to load or unload heavy or awkward poo poo. -Unhooking the tailgate on the side and swinging it open so you can just shovel rock or dirt directly into a wheel Barrel placed underneath it. -This is actually really nice but what if I needed to pull a space shuttle to a museum? See that's why I couldnt get a ridgeline. Someday I might, and thats why I need a F350.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats. Not wrong. I'm definitely leaning towards liquidating my two fords and starting again from scratch with airbrakes. .... and use a hacked junkyard-class prius + trailer + 5kW inverter for anything smaller than.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats. I wish we had small sized mini vans like the Mazda 5 used to be. I check classified for those still as you could get them with a manual.
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Russian Bear posted:I wish we had small sized mini vans like the Mazda 5 used to be. I check classified for those still as you could get them with a manual. I miss both of our old Mazda5s so loving much. I sold my 06 to a friend when it got rocked by hail and bought a 12 to replace it. Some old lady t-boned my wife one morning in 2017, and that was that.  They were perfect sized for us. I might try getting one of the last model years out there for my daughter when it comes time for her to drive. Edit... Holy poo poo they came way back down in price https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/...mpaign=atempest Franco Caution fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Aug 5, 2023 |
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Most people think they need a truck but they really just want a mini van with fold flat seats. But what they actually need is a miata
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I’m in the other camp of “Ridgeline is rad as gently caress but I already have an 80’s/90’s small truck” e:not like those people but new vehicles anyways
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Kraftwerk posted:
When I finished college in 2003, I moved from Lindsay to rexdale for work. My rates went up considerably.
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Ridgeline is on my shortlist, cause 5k towing will do what I need and I also love Honda. But they're weirdly expensive around here so I'm being pushed to ranger/canyon land. All the affordable Ridgelines have branded titles.
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Aug 5, 2023 02:27
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I'm personally waiting for the rumoured Maverick competitor from Toyota to come out in a couple of years.
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I'm personally waiting for the rumoured Maverick competitor from Toyota to come out in a couple of years. What's the point, each dealer will get 3 trucks and sell them with $15k dealer markup.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:Ridgeline is on my shortlist, cause 5k towing will do what I need and I also love Honda. But they're weirdly expensive around here so I'm being pushed to ranger/canyon land. All the affordable Ridgelines have branded titles. I haven't looked used but Ridgeline MSRP seems a solid $3-4k above what a normal CUV costs for the equivalent trim level.
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:I live just a little bit west of Mississauga and have finally gotten below 1000 per year for my (soon to be 15 years old) Corolla. not to mention living in brampton also, i have a 2019 ridgeline and it's great unless you're big towing or offroading it's all you need Wistful of Dollars fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Aug 5, 2023 |
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Ridgelines (2nd gens at least) also drive better and are roomier than tacomas because they’re unibody stretched pilots. And having the trunk is really nice. The stereo in the non upgraded ones is easily the worst modern factory stereo I’ve ever heard.
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mobby_6kl posted:But what they actually need is a miata with a tow hitch
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I'm personally waiting for the rumoured Maverick competitor from Toyota to come out in a couple of years. Tundra, Tacoma, Tukwila
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boxen posted:I've actually considered the Santa Cruz, I like the styling except for the grill but I'm not sure I trust Hyundai enough to buy one yet though. For something new that I might trade in a few years (vs owning for the next 10-15 years) that might not matter however. Hyundai makes really good really reliable cars they are absolutely toyota-level reliability at this point, i wouldnt be concerned at all.
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By all accounts though their customer service sucks fuckin poo poo
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The Theta II and Nu engine failures over the last decade are enough for me to strongly recommend against buying any 4-cylinder Hyundai product.
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Godzilla07 posted:The Theta II and Nu engine failures over the last decade are enough for me to strongly recommend against buying any 4-cylinder Hyundai product. This plus the insane decision to make their cars witout immobilisers
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mobby_6kl posted:But what they actually need is an FTFY
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Godzilla07 posted:The Theta II and Nu engine failures over the last decade are enough for me to strongly recommend against buying any 4-cylinder Hyundai product. The Kappa engines series is really drat good, though. Smooth as butter and by all accounts very dependable.
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KozmoNaut posted:The Kappa engines series is really drat good, though. Smooth as butter and by all accounts very dependable. I don't know that I'd call them smooth as butter because it's very moany, grumbly, and just feels like a dirt cheap simple 4 cylinder in every way, but they do seem to have been very reliable. I think it's just a case of simpler is better.
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You must have driven a broken one, I dunno.
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KozmoNaut posted:You must have driven a broken one, I dunno. There might be something less refined about the hybrid configuration that makes it extra groany in our Niro, but my Mom's Soul with it wasn't exactly the pinnacle of refinement. It's fine, but I just wouldn't call it super elegant. Edit: I guess there's also the psychological jump from electric silence to the BWAAAAAAAAA of a 4cyl running on the freeway.
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Well yeah, it's certainly not EV smooth or quiet. But at 60kph in 5th or 110kph on the motorway, it's the smoothest car that I or my parents have owned.
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Bulk Vanderhuge posted:I'm personally waiting for the rumoured Maverick competitor from Toyota to come out in a couple of years. Same, but then this will probably happen Twerk from Home posted:each dealer will get 3 trucks and sell them with $15k dealer markup. Then I'd have to wait a few more years after that for poo poo to calm down to get one at a reasonable price
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:insurance that covers every situation except damage to my own car caused by myself. This is the expensive situation you want insurance for
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Franco Caution posted:(Ridgeline chat) I've got a 22 Ridgeline and this is all 100% true. Probably the best vehicle I've owned from a versatility standpoint. The only thing my F150 did better was towing, but I'm pretty content with my popup and even if I decided I wanted a travel trailer I could pull most trailers under 30 feet. Cons are the infotainment seems a generation or two behind, and the 'premium' stereo is pretty meh. The refresh this year is just adding a trailsport trim I think. Next year is supposed to be the actual refresh.
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Honda's infotainment has always felt 5-6 treats behind everybody else, as far back as the early 2000s.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Same, but then this will probably happen By then you will be able to buy them used for more than people paid for them new!
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How are Toyota salespeople surviving when they have jack poo poo to sell?
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I missed it when it released, but about 2 weeks ago the IIHS released their 2020 model year death analysis: https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-model They offer up the ability to look at death rates by model, both to occupants within the car, and for the first time ever, they're comparing the drivers of other cars in collisions with these models! They do this report every 3-ish years, so we haven't gotten one of these since 2017 model years before this, and this is the first report to include Tesla vehicles, which had not sold in sufficient quantities for the IIHS to bother looking at them previously. https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/latest-driver-death-rates-highlight-dangers-of-muscle-cars Long story short, there's some clear outliers, interestingly enough almost entirely from Stellantis brands. Dodge and RAM branded vehicles kill a disproportionate amount of people both inside their cars, and in other cars colliding with them:   In general, this shows the same trends that we've seen in basically all previous years: Having money is protective against all sorts of death and injury in the USA. The cars that rich people drive have the lowest levels of death, even if they aren't expensive cars. The cars that poor people drive have higher death rates. Look at the Altima, a clear outlier with a dramatically higher death rate than any other midsize or even compact sedans. Larger vehicles are safer for the people inside them, but more dangerous for everyone outside the vehicle. And how did Tesla fare in its first appearance in what is a very long-running, high quality road safety research effort?  Completely unexceptional! Moderately more dangerous than other midsize luxury vehicles, but not that far from the average vehicle overall rates or midsize sedans and compact crossovers in general. This is bad compared to other EVs, like the Bolt and Leaf which have consistently been among the lowest-death vehicles. It looks like people use Teslas just like any normal gas car, while Leafs and Bolts get used as specialized commuter vehicles with a very low risk profile.
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