Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 20:27     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 20:04     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Range Rover, Jaguar; I don't want any parts of a daily driver that's a pain in the ass to own.


What makes you think these cars are a pain in the arse?


DP. The engineering isn't great and they're always failing.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:38     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:Range Rover, Jaguar; I don't want any parts of a daily driver that's a pain in the ass to own.


What makes you think these cars are a pain in the arse?
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:35     Subject: Re:What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any luxury brand car. To me, it’s like lightning a bonfire on tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in your backyard.


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Cars depreciate 50 percent as soon as you drive off the lot. I prefer a car that takes me from point A to point B. Now if I needed to drive I might consider upgrading.

I would never buy a BMW because the drivers are mostly Aholes. I would become one if I drove one
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:31     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:Range Rover, Jaguar; I don't want any parts of a daily driver that's a pain in the ass to own.


I finally persuaded my Jaguar loving DH not to buy another one. Giant headaches!
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 19:27     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:For all of you that hate Elon. Name someone that has done more to save the planet!


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.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 11:31     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can't fathom buying any of the current American pickup trucks. They're too tall. It's absurd.


I’m confused. Do you actually understand anything about trucks? Because your answer sounds like it based on emotion, and emotion is a terrible means for making decisions.

Manufacturers don’t make vehicles the size and shape they are for no reason. There’s a point to a full size pick up truck looking the way it does. There is a form factor at work that needs to accomplish several functions the truck must perform.

A full-size pick up with an 8 ft bed must be able to hold 4’x8’ sheets of plywood, drywall or other materials, carried in the bed, between the wheel wells, with the tailgate closed.

They must have cargo capacity of at least 1,000 lbs on the rear axle (frequently much higher)

They must have a towing capacity (and brakes) to be able to tow a minimum of 5,000 lbs.

If they are 4wd, they need a usable ground clearance, typically around 8” or more.



When you take all those requirements into account and design a form factor to meet those functions, you get a typical American half-ton pick up truck.








I have a 3/4 ton pickup truck for all of these reasons plus it's great for pulling my horse trailer.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 11:28     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:Tesla. I don’t want my car to make me think about Elon musk.

I have a Subaru and it just makes me think about lesbians and camping, which is much more fun.


I have a Subaru and I agree!
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 11:27     Subject: Re:What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:Subaru as it’s for people who drive slow and old women. And for those who cannot go on a green light.


What's wrong wirh being an old woman? Everyone has the opporrunity if they are lucky.
Anonymous
Post 06/24/2024 11:19     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Range Rover, Jaguar; I don't want any parts of a daily driver that's a pain in the ass to own.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2024 15:09     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
+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.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2024 01:31     Subject: Re:What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2024 16:21     Subject: Re:What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote: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?
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2024 11:22     Subject: Re:What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Any luxury brand car. To me, it’s like lightning a bonfire on tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in your backyard.
Anonymous
Post 06/21/2024 10:22     Subject: What's a brand or model of car that you could NEVER drive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:VW can't get over the Nazi thing


What a truly insipid reason.

You think standing against nazis/companies that supported nazis is "insipid"? Yikes


I’m hoping you also have an identical boycott of all other German brands and protects, as well as anything and everything Italian, and of course reject anything Japanese, as well. Because they were ALL nazis.

So, here’s where you’re supposed tell us you only buy American or other Allies, and promise there’s not a single German, Italian or Japanese product in your life.


Right?


RIGHT??????

And also Ford, since Henry Ford was such an anti-Semite that Hitler considered him a hero.



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.