07-21-2008, 04:36 PM | #1 |
Solving problems
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Random car thoughts/observations from the last few weeks
-The CTS is a sharp car. It's a shame the CTS-V doesn't have the big grille. I liek it.
-The local P-car dealer ship has a GT2. Damn that thing has big brakes, and those new CF seats look spretty badass. I'll have to ask them to unlock it to try them out. I doubt there will ever be another car with those seats on the showroom floor. Those tires feel soft as playdough. Dude (FWIW) said they are rated for 5K miles and rears cost $800 a pop. Riiiight. -Damn, I rally want a Jeep Ult. They look so cool. Did I mention this before? -My BMW got hit again in the front bumper. Awesome! Lady waited for me to get back to my car (outside babys r us). Maybe it's time for an MCS. -Wow, my mom's Volvo XC70 sucks compard to my V70R. Numb, slow, seats flat as a bark bench, handles like crap. Me no likey - still. -I keep noticing people driving slower. Maybe it's just me. -Row of Dodge pick-ups at local dealership has not moved in weeks. We're talking several dozen all lined up. There are always a half dozen salesmen roaming by the front door like vultures. That's all I remember right now. |
07-21-2008, 04:40 PM | #2 |
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On a related not, have you noticed that if you come up on a car with license plates reading something like SEXYLDY or CUTIEPI (etc....) that the driver simply *ain't*.
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07-21-2008, 06:31 PM | #3 |
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The local ford dealer has a bunch of tarted-up F150s and Mustangs (one of them says "427" in big font on the side) that have been sitting there for at least four months. The F150s have JC Whitney / Pep Boys style tack-on hood scoops, big ole' rims with knobby tires and running boards.
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07-21-2008, 07:22 PM | #4 |
Solving problems
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07-22-2008, 07:01 AM | #5 |
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With gas prices heading south again, maybe you should snag one. But then again I don't think v8 prices will recover for a while... The Civic Si takes regular and we paid only 3.89 yesterday.
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07-22-2008, 07:09 AM | #6 |
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I have a few observations:
1. The e90 330i sport rocks. The sport suspension and 18" potenzas ride better than the awd suspension and 17" turanzas. If on very bad roads, just lower pressures 1-2 psi. The handling (while not twitchy exciting) is spot on for a sedan. You have to be a real idiot to unsettle this car, the 'xi' not so. 2. More and more, I drive like an old man. But I still don't see how I could use more power with either the 330i or the cayman. I get to floor the pedal for a few seconds at a time per day, those few seconds would be cut in half. 3. Getting into sat radio again now that I have it. Had xm on the audi, but somehow liking the sirius on this bmw better. Either content, or sound quality (logic7 >> bose) or maybe being between jobs as I am these days makes you appreciate things more. |
07-22-2008, 02:53 PM | #7 |
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I noticed that the less expensive Shell station that we go to (it's between our house and the highway, so right on our route) has many, many fewer cars jockeying for position then it used to. It was sort of startling the last time I went filled up.
I counted cars vs. SUVs as I rode my bike past them waiting to get on the highway (I have to get on the highway for one exit to cross a lake). 12 SUVs, 2 cars. Its going to take a few years for the number of SUVs on the road to drop appreciably. |
07-22-2008, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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Actually, my gf keeps claiming that on the road there are far fewer SUV's. It is possible that people with multiple cars (or one car one suv) will choose the car more often. So the miles driven by suv's will drop quicker than the actual number of suv's out there.
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07-22-2008, 04:03 PM | #9 |
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I think on the road, there are fewer cars, period. But I haven't noticed much of a change in the composition.
It could be completely geographically dependent though. Who knows? |
07-22-2008, 08:06 PM | #10 | |
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Quote:
the honda dealer has more trucks than cars in the trade in lot --the new cars look like they move at a serious clip and word from my co-workers is that it's damn hard to get much money off of MSRP on new honda cars at the moment.
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