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frozenphil posted:Ugly, too expensive, and only marginally better performing than the 2011 Mustang. I can think of a lot better things to spend $150k on. Let's be honest, it's because it doesn't have an slushbox, right?
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frozenphil posted:How does this argument stand up in the face of the Mustang dominating the BMW in Grand Am road racing? I'm sure you can go pick up a Mustang (gotta be with the automatic though, right?) from the corner dealer and then go start whipping BMW's in Grand Am.
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May 15, 2010 01:00
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frozenphil posted:Part of the settlement is they pay for half of the job to get the new material pads swapped in. I'm going on my third set of rear brake pads inside 50k miles. You can always refuse to take part of the class-action, of course that means filing your own suit.
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Jun 7, 2010 23:01
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IOwnCalculus posted:The guy in charge of things at Hyundai is a loving genius (emphasis mine): It's a good idea, but they need to put at least SOME money in to the dealerships to attract the bigger dollar clients. They do need to go to a dealer at least ONCE, right?
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Jun 15, 2010 21:30
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IOwnCalculus posted:Sure, and I doubt they're going to be doing it at the exclusion of dealership improvements - they'd be foolish not to, but if you ask me this really does trump every service waiting area ever. Not disputing that, certainly.
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Jun 16, 2010 06:41
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Garth Fader posted:
Really, you couldn't find a picture of an ACTUAL Taurus?  Click here for the full 1134x791 image.
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Jul 3, 2010 01:57
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Garth Fader posted:My bad, i don't really keep up with domestics at all, but still they barely have anything in similar. Maybe if you squint at the thumbnail, but even then it's a stretch. Technically Rover was a "domestic" there for a while (owned by Ford), although now they're owned by Tata. I'm just being an rear end in a top hat now though.
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Jul 3, 2010 02:07
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Naky posted:RAD. Though I don't particularly trust LEDs just yet for my headlights. It's early tech even at this stage though so I'm sure it'll improve. Really? LED's have an effective service life that is FAR longer than any other bulb on the market.
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Jul 30, 2010 03:34
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2ndclasscitizen posted:And launched it just as the global economy went south. And they didn't sell them in North America from what I recall.
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Oct 11, 2010 07:37
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Lazareth posted:http://jalopnik.com/5660934/scion-fr+s-is-the-new-toyota-ft+86 Soo much fail. It makes sense really, given that Toyota is now all about boring appliances rather than enthusiast cars.
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Oct 12, 2010 20:38
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rscott posted:I see a whole bunch of them around Wichita, in fact one of my co-workers drives one (that's hellaflushed out with 18" rims) There's a couple million of the drat things here in Seattle as well. That and loving Priuses.
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Jan 28, 2011 01:36
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Jork Juggler posted:This car is not the finished product. It is much closer to production than the last mule photograhped, but it still has tacked-on front and rear fascias from the current model. You can tell that the curve of the front wheel arch is not continuous and there is a second seam between the rear fender and rear bumper. It's a test mule. So, the body cladding might change slightly. The roofline won't.
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Jan 28, 2011 06:26
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travisray2004 posted:
I think it's actually the highest rated of them on Rotten Tomatoes. Of course, that might just be "this one is pretty good by the (terrible) standard of the series".
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May 8, 2011 12:26
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el topo posted:If I'm ever in the market for a fashion accessory I'll keep it in mind... How is this any different than the previous model?
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dissss posted:Leaving Porsche aside I'd say the similarities between Volkswagen and Audi products are pretty widely known and in some cases actually overstated. I think you're seriously overestimating the general knowledge of the American car buyer (not surprising, I suspect you're European since you mentioned Skoda and the Polo). Most Americans don't understand the relationship between Acura/Honda, Infiniti/Nissan, Lexus/Toyota for one, and the only reason they know the link between the GM brands and Ford/Lincoln is that GM insists on putting those stupid badges on all of their cars, and they both sell the different nameplates at the same dealerships.
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Jun 10, 2011 01:51
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el topo posted:True, but their vehicle range seems to encompass everything but the kitchen sink. http://www.bornrich.com/entry/mercedes-new-viano-marco-polo-camper-van/ Mercedes camper van. Guess what it has?
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Jul 7, 2011 23:28
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oRenj9 posted:My money is on them making a Mini fighter. They are going for a Yaris sized sporty car with a small displacement boosted engine. Introducing the new Subaru CRX!
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Jul 20, 2011 00:41
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InitialDave posted:Ugh. No one needs a bloody van just because you have a couple of kids. If a hatchback really won't handle all the primary-coloured plastic detritus you've suddenly decided you absolutely must carry everywhere, buy a Skoda Yeti: AI: Own a minivan? Get back to Sports Argument Stadium, you loving SOCCER MOM.
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Jul 20, 2011 23:44
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Would now be the right time to start posting pictures/links of people running 12's in their turbo minivans? Or I guess those don't count towards the SUPERIOR DRIVING EXPERIENCE.
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Jul 21, 2011 01:32
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NOTinuyasha posted:GM CEO confirms the diesel Cruze for the 2013 model year. "The only U.S.-market compact car with a diesel now is the Volkswagen Jetta." I think Audi, Mercedes, and BMW would like to have a conversation with this guy about his "research". Hell, he's even wrong about Volkswagen, I'd say the Golf is a more "compact" car than the Jetta.
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Jul 23, 2011 20:55
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Skyssx posted:Just like the new Jetta TDI, but (probably) less reliable and less likely to spontaneously combust? Isn't spontaneous combustion sort of how a diesel works? 
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MrSaturn posted:(Full disclosure: I work for Big Bill, but) Seconding this. Sync is amazing compared to a lot of the generic bluetooth integration in a lot of cars. I haven't used it with an Android phone, but if you've got an iPhone/Windows Phone, it really is a great experience. It's "Big Ballmer" now. There's a lot of talk about Sync not being so great with WP7, (no USB, bluetooth doesn't work with voice commands). Fake Edit: Looks like most if not all of the Sync issues might be fixed with Mango.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:you should really be rollin 8 and 4 all the cool kihds are 12 and 6 is the best, you all know it.
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coolskillrex remix posted:Why is autofieldguide so impressed that they supercharged a 3.8l v6 with 306 hp and got 150 more horses. Is that really that amazing... really. Might be nice if they did that on a completely stock engine then offered it as a cheap kit, but they upgraded the fuel pump and fuel injectors. Seems ho-hum to me. 150 HP with a supercharger pushing a very low amount of boost and a simple modification to increase fuel delivery is pretty impressive. They also noted that increases in boost (and therefore higher horsepower) is going to be simple.
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Cakefool posted:I need this for my volvo. Now I have the idea to sneak over to 14"'s place sometime and stick a bunch of horrible wood accents on his car.
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Stealth Like posted:The ones in the newer BMWs have basically everything in them now with full color: This should make it even easier for people to drive their cars on to railroad tracks and off bridges.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Honda put out this ad which pays homage to Ferris Bueller's Day Off by giving Matthew Broderick a CR-V. "Remember that 80's movie where you called our car a piece of poo poo?"
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Seat Safety Switch posted:After looking at a few more pictures, it looks a lot better, like a Panda. That yellow low-angle shot is definitely not its most flattering angle, and the fixation automakers still have with chrome is perplexing. Fogs, turn signals, headlights.
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Fucknag posted:RE: FWD turbo V6 cars, is everyone forgetting about the Ecoboost? 3 of 4 vehicles with it are transverse FWD platforms. Or the 3000GT?
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kimbo305 posted:It's a newer platform and at the very least has good crash ratings. What specific beefs to you have with it? No combat lasers.
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Automotive Insanity: Read about a new cupholder you like? sperg about it here, in the cupholder-thread!
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grover posted:The combination of unreasonably slow speed limits and drivers that, inexplicably and en masse, strictly obey them, is absolutely infuriating. Why does everyone in Seattle drive like it's raining even when it's not? Tweeting/texting with one hand, coffee in the other. gently caress, I've seen people loving reading newspapers on the road here.
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KidDynamite posted:Well there goes any hopes of the Evo coming back. Sigh. There didn't seem to be much chance of that anyway.
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Elwood P. Dowd posted:When I say 'true SUV' (never said traditional) I'm saying it's a sport utility vehicle. Not a '88 Bronco 4x4. Not a Sport Utility Vehicle. It has some off-road capability (maybe more than the new Explorer and Pathfinder, certainly more than the Flex or the Odyssey) and a no-frills interior. I think it's a vehicle that isn't designed to shuttle kids around, though we bought it in part because once we acquire those it will be able to work for that, too. The term "Sport Utility Vehicle" existed before there was a vehicle that you could realistically put four-wheelers or whateverthefuck "in the back"
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Cream_Filling posted:Dunno, sounds like a good opportunity for a truck and ute event. Motorcycle in the bed, boat trailer at the back.  Why not make it so the ute IS the boat?
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Xguard86 posted:IDK then you lose dudes scrambling to get their boats in the water. Its like how pit stops are half the fun of racing. You've also got a blooper DVD of terrible mistakes that is guaranteed to sell. Yeah, but instead you get the added fun of dudes scrambling to try to keep their "boats" from sinking.
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Could we shut the gently caress up about this automated driving/safety features spergfest and get back to new cars?
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Dec 22, 2012 08:03
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blk posted:Jalop is saying that this is the new IS (with an F sport package). A lot of comments are hating on the styling, but I think it's a big improvement over the current one. The interior looks nice, too. Well, that means it'll be slower, so we'll see more of them getting destroyed by pussy shrapnel they'll be unable to avoid.
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PT6A posted:Really? I was curious what the difference was in Canada, and the difference between a base-model Hyundai Accent hatch and the least-equipped automatic model is $3200 going by MSRP, with the base model coming in at $13,700. That's more than a 20% increase. I get that there are disadvantages to having manual transmissions in a rental fleet, but I still think that's a pretty significant difference. If I want to rent a nice car, I'll pay for it. If I just need to get from point A to point B, I'm going to decide based on cost. Federal minimum wage in the US is 7.25 an hour. Let that sink in for a second. Here's the infamous "McDonald's budget" that's been floating around:  Note "Income (2nd job)". It's ASSUMED that you have a second job if you're working minimum wage in the US, minimum wage is not a living wage. Okay, note the "monthly spending money", $800. You see what's missing from "monthly expenses"? Things like food. Gas for the car that was budgeted for. Toiletries and household items. And good luck getting health insurance for $20/mo. How on earth is someone going to finance a trip anywhere when you're quite literally living paycheck to paycheck?
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Snowdens Secret posted:Yes because 100% of the working population in the US is doing nothing but working minimum wage jobs at McDonalds. This is AI, pretty much everyone posting here has somehow found enough disposable income to sink way more money than even a Euro vacation would cost on a car/cars/other toys of questionable merit. This is a dumb derail. Don't be willfully dense. Wage stagnation has been a serious problem in the US, even outside of the fact that the minimum wage is totally unlivable. Someone asked a question about tourism, and the fact that US wages have been in a death spiral for the past several decades is a serious answer.
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