Too bad robots cannot handle sales and service, bet there would be some improvement in those areas!
surprised at "newer "car quality
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Too bad robots cannot handle sales and service, bet there would be some improvement in those areas!
M E Morrison
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I call them "hikers cars" because you never drive them further than you are willing to hike back.
BUFF
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Vehicles are better and longer lasting than ever,, even if they are so much more complex. When I was growing up, it was a rare car that didn't need a ring and valve job long before 100,000 miles. My little brother just sold a 1989 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX that I bought new because it was rusting out. Never had the heads off at 325,000 miles.
Cars are more reliable now... but heck its 2016! My first car was a 69 Cutlass and it got me where I wanted to go from the time I was 16 until I was a senior in college and it only cost $800 when I bought it. It use to be, a young married couple might get a new pickup for the husband and maybe an Explorer or Tahoe for the wife but your now talking over a hundred grand for that! Who needs that kind of debt for rapidly depreciating assets? And then look at the cost of repairs, if your car doesn't run you start sweating bullets, something pretty minor might be a thousand or two to fix. You would think the factories would try to do something to make the cars easier or cheaper to repair.
Bkreutz
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Give them time, they'll figure that out too. (I've met robots that have more personality than a lot of the car salesmen I've known)
We've been buying Subaru's since 2012. Or rather I have. My wife is not giving up her 2012 Forester. I see where Consumer Reports just gave the Forester the top rating in its class.
I have to admit the newer cars have some staying power. Just don't lean on them too hard.
A Subaru owner with a gun? No way!
Bkreutz
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Yes wayA Subaru owner with a gun? No way!
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Bkreutz
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The cars are easier to fix, the cheaper part? what is anymore (look at the "price of gas" thread). I finally retired as a mechanic a few years back, started in local gas stations in the '60s when I was in HS, got certified in 1972 after coming back from VN. This summer my certifications expire and I didn't see any reasons for keeping them current. Will probably feel strange once they expire.
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Targets Guy
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Nice badges. I just got mine put on.
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Outstanding!
Good to know. I thought the two were mutually exclusive. Kinda like a tree hugger driving a coal belching diesel.
Actually, I usually ride with my buddy to gun shows in his Subaru because it gets such great mileage. I've thought about a WRX...
I have an NRA sticker on my 350Z
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beautiful car. funny I didn't see you when you parked across from my house to take that picture. lee
Bkreutz
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Outstanding!
Good to know. I thought the two were mutually exclusive. Kinda like a tree hugger driving a coal belching diesel.
Actually, I usually ride with my buddy to gun shows in his Subaru because it gets such great mileage. I've thought about a WRX...
I have an NRA sticker on my 350Z
I suspect this is one of the reasons for the "great divide" in peoples attitudes today. I like trees, I don't have a problem hugging them. (I also don't have a problem firing up the chain saw
) There's even one guy I shoot with who drives a Volt. I find the Forester a perfect shooting match car. When driving to national matches (which I do for Western matches) I can load all my gear (including cart, coolers, guns, spares, ammo) and the wife an I can get around 35 MPG with a the AC on full. It isn't big enough to put the shooting gear and my 100# dog in, but she hates loud noises so she stays home. The good fuel mileage is also helpful when I drive to the range 4-6 times a week. It goes as fast as I need to go. I do get strange looks from the Subaru drivers that have a couple of dozen "liberal" stickers all over the back and side windows, but I don't care.dougb1946
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09 Taurus gets 29mpg at highway speeds. Full size car , full sized comfort. Still looks new.
97 F150 gets 16mpg at any speed, loaded or not. Finally broke down and had a dealership work on it. Now it runs like new, but I have to drive it for at least 2 more years to get my money out of it. Dealership found 3 problems the local mechanic missed. Still gets 16mpg.
97 F150 gets 16mpg at any speed, loaded or not. Finally broke down and had a dealership work on it. Now it runs like new, but I have to drive it for at least 2 more years to get my money out of it. Dealership found 3 problems the local mechanic missed. Still gets 16mpg.
I don't know if it was mentioned before but, way back when we used to call our car the "wonder car". You wonder if it'll start, you wonder if it'll keep running, you wonder if it'll get you to work and you wonder if it'll get you back home.
I'm by no means an auto mechanic but I learned a lot back then on how to do simple repairs and maintenance. Something you can't really do on today's cars.
I'm by no means an auto mechanic but I learned a lot back then on how to do simple repairs and maintenance. Something you can't really do on today's cars.
For my folks, mom always had the good car, dad would drive whatever beater he could use as a hunting car and good enough to drive to work.
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