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Especially when you're asking for help spending your parents money on a car, you spoiled twat.
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03-10-2013, 07:28 AM
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How can your identify be wrapped up in what you drive these days? It's not really possible. Modern cars all look like soulless plastic heaps. If you really want comfort, you can find a pretty nice used Lincoln or Cadillac within your price range. The first car I bought when I was 18 was a lovely Cadillac Sedan de Ville and nothing I've owned since has been as comfortable.
Here's my general rule of thumb on the various makes. As a disclaimer I'll point out that I hate essentially all modern cars; as a rule they're too small, ride hard, and tend to be overweight for their size. Fords will give you mostly trouble-free service until the engine self-destructs. Ford doesn't seem to know how to build engines anymore--they stopped building their good engines like the 302 V-8 or 300 inline 6 quite a few years ago. Every Ford owned by the folks I know has ended up junked due to engine troubles. For example, the last two Fords my wife owned, a Mercury Grand Marquis and a Lincoln Continental before it, both ended up junked due to the engines suffering massive failures. Ford's primary advantage is that they tend to have good sight lines making them well suited to shorter drivers and women. Their interiors tend to be the best-made of the domestics. Chrysler doesn't know how to build quality transmissions. Don't buy one unless you budget for mid-life transmission replacement as part of the cost of ownership. The V-8 Chrysler 300's go fast, but ride hard, are cramped inside, get curiously bad economy, and are hard to see out of. They have Mercedes transmissions so they're the only Chrysler that's really worth looking at. They're okay if you're 6 foot tall or less. GM builds good engines and transmissions, but everything else sucks. At least in my experience their cars will keep running longer than the other domestics, but little things are always breaking so they're best suited to people who don't mind turning a wrench. My wife and I both presently own Buicks and I'm frequently tinkering with them. Don't buy ANY domestic compact. It's pointless. The Japanese simply build them better. I only suggest domestics for markets where the Japanese either don't exist (large cars) or are clearly inferior (trucks). You can buy a Japanese model and have a car that runs for decades with little more maintenance than needing oil changes, but that comes at the cost of driving a miserable little sardine can. Hondas are generally made a bit better than Toyotas, but watch out for the transmissions in some of the newer models. I desperately wish they'd start building large cars so I could ditch GM. European makes are usually favored by snobs and people who want to impersonate snobs. As a rule they're expensive to buy and expensive to fix and tend to be small. I've never seen the appeal of them. Danth | ||
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03-10-2013, 11:52 AM
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and your "ugly boring slow no storage not luxurious" Comment about corolla. If your under 18 you dont need luxurious. If your over 18 stop mooching off your parents. Hope you enjoy the real world when it smacks you in the face.
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03-10-2013, 11:22 AM
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What a coincidence. I'm selling my 2010 Focus SES right now for ~$13k.
48k miles, good condition, extended warranty until 100k miles. Has an autostarter too. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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