There are many reasons why I wouldn’t buy a Ford, but at least he didn’t use concentration camps to manufacture cars and build his wealth. |
| Any luxury brand car. To me, it’s like lightning a bonfire on tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in your backyard. |
Why do you think that? |
I had a ‘04 BMW 760iL. Beautiful car, immaculate condition. A couple years ago, the main wiring harness went bad because it got water on it (apparently a known issue for them). The replacement wiring harness was FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. This car was $69,000 new in ‘04. In 2018 book was about $15k in excellent condition. So it lost $55k in value during the time I owned it and took lavish care of it, and then a notoriously failure prone part fails, and totally wipes out the rest of the value of the car. It went to the shredder in perfect shape except for a bad wiring harness. And yes I INSISTED it be shredded because I was so mad at the situation, where I had a literally valueless luxury car in pristine condition, that somebody could pick up at the junk yard for literally nothing and then make thousands of dollars off stripping it down for parts. Like hell they are, I had it totally destroyed. |
| +1 to any luxury brand and also any pickup truck of any kind. Even now that we have more than enough money, we shop for and drive top trim, main market Japanese or Korean cars (Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Subaru, Hyundai/Kia) and drive them a long time. |
| Range Rover, Jaguar; I don't want any parts of a daily driver that's a pain in the ass to own. |
What's wrong wirh being an old woman? Everyone has the opporrunity if they are lucky. |
I have a Subaru and I agree! |
I have a 3/4 ton pickup truck for all of these reasons plus it's great for pulling my horse trailer. |
Elon is busy destroying a stretch of Texas coast for his vanity penis rocket. Now he's having a mind meld with right wing climate change deniers. So there's that. |
I finally persuaded my Jaguar loving DH not to buy another one. Giant headaches! |
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What makes you think these cars are a pain in the arse? |
DP. The engineering isn't great and they're always failing. |
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I would have a 1954 Ford again in a heartbeat. It was absolutely reliable and I could do all the maintenance by myself. Plus it was really, really good looking.
I was on my way to look at a 1963 MG when I got it, and I'm glad I didn't get the MG because they should come with their own mechanics. |