***TST's Official "Boring" Thread, Part Deux***

[jpalamar]

Prius.

[Oakes]

I was thinking that new Volkswagen beetle convertible actually, the diesel one.

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by jpalamar

Prius.

if you want to do 100mph, without the abilty to stop, and still get great gas milage, sure

[Meeshell]

sitting at Mazda waiting for my oil change and 5000 mile service. really bored already.

[Sberk06]

if it wasn't for the awesome invention of energy drinks, i would not be making it through work today.

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by Meeshell

sitting at Mazda waiting for my oil change and 5000 mile service. really bored already.

which reminds me, i got to change the oil in the durango.

also, got to change out the oil in the civic hatchback, and find that damn exhaust rattle, driving me nuts whenever i start it up

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by Sberk06

if it wasn't for the awesome invention of energy drinks, i would not be making it through work today.

i used to be that bad

but now, all i need is just the caffinee from mountain dew. which i'm out of.

[ASIAN JUL]

My car went into the shop on Febrary 24th, I got a rental on March 5th.. today is the 15th, and my car still isn't done yet, I guess? ~$2,700 worth of damage and by now like $300-400 in rental charges... still trying to figure out why they elected to fix the car instead of totaling it. I didn't realize my Failalier was worth that much money...

[piku]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

ford has been making reliable vehicles for over 2 years.

as far as i know, the SHO stopped production in 1999... what mid 2000's SHO? Its really hard to have a credible argument when you're not only off by 5-7 years.

I'm fairly sure that the motor in Nick's car had been out for a few years prior to the year he purchased it.

As for my car... i'm running on a motor that has been in production as is since 2005 but has been in general production for 15ish.

Not only does Nick own a ford... he has worked at a ford dealership.

However, my point remains... you can't compare an older vehicle that stopped production 11 years ago to one that is being produced now. Ford's quality and reliability is near the top of the charts at this time.

Hmm.. I thought those SHO's were newer. Nevermind. Anyway, great. I'm glad it's reliable ;)

[piku]

Originally Posted by Meeshell

sitting at Mazda waiting for my oil change and 5000 mile service. really bored already.

You've got 5000 already? I guess you drive as much as I do.

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by ASIAN JUL

My car went into the shop on Febrary 24th, I got a rental on March 5th.. today is the 15th, and my car still isn't done yet, I guess? ~$2,700 worth of damage and by now like $300-400 in rental charges... still trying to figure out why they elected to fix the car instead of totaling it. I didn't realize my Failalier was worth that much money...

Any word on that? WTF are they doing?

[Xavier]

I also like how I am getting BikeBerry.com ads. Too late, bought one already!

[Sberk06]

Originally Posted by sleeper15

i used to be that bad

but now, all i need is just the caffinee from mountain dew. which i'm out of.

i actually completely cut them out for a while, but now i'm back on the 14 hour night shift. its hard enough to sleep during the day, not to mention still make it to the gym. its 126am where i am right now. 6 more hours to go.

[HickRocket1258]

Hey all. Just stopping in during lunch and heck yeah Ford it better than most people make it sound.

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by Sberk06

i actually completely cut them out for a while, but now i'm back on the 14 hour night shift. its hard enough to sleep during the day, not to mention still make it to the gym. its 126am where i am right now. 6 more hours to go.

aahh yes, japan.

i hated the huge time differnce when i lived there.

where you at in japan?

[piku]

Originally Posted by Oakes

The reasons I bought the car were

Insurance is nothing
Reliability and cheap maintenance
Employee price, which I could have sold the car for what I paid for it with 15k miles on it. It's still worth only 3k less than I paid for it almost 2 years ago and 37k miles.
Awesome gas mileage, oh and reliability.

If I wanted an STi or something similar at the time, I would have bought it. However, I didn't want to maintain or insure one at the time, so I figured I would do the SMART choice and not worry about the car for a year or two. If the car hasn't broken by now, it won't break at all, simple as that. I've given it 37k HARD miles and multiple drivers, hasn't skipped a beat. Now it's time for me to move onto something more fun since I satisfied everything I needed with this car.

The motor in it is also the same motor from the SVT Focus', the Mazda speed3 and speed6. Just not boosted or different internals.

In the end. I still win.

I'm not going to go too much further on this but I'm assuming you financed it like most people here so you actually paid a lot more. Unless you got one of those 0% APR deals. I pay cash for my cars so I don't pay interest, instead I make money on that money while I save. It hurt to blow my turbo money for the m3 on a young low mileage car but that is the smart choice. Then your losses to depreciation are as big as they get on a brand new car. A brand new car is NEVER the smart choice. Cars in general are not a smart way to live. Best to just get the cheapest crappiest thing you can stand. I can't complain though because without people like you buying new cars, there wouldn't be used cars for people like me to buy ;)

I'd be careful throwing around words like "win". :-P

[ASIAN JUL]

Originally Posted by Xavier

Any word on that? WTF are they doing?

No word on it.. like I said before, not complaining cause I'd rather drive this rental than my Cavalier. I just think it's getting a bit ridiculous now.

[piku]

Originally Posted by ASIAN JUL

No word on it.. like I said before, not complaining cause I'd rather drive this rental than my Cavalier. I just think it's getting a bit ridiculous now.

Didn't you get some hyundai? How is it?

[sleeper15]

Originally Posted by ASIAN JUL

No word on it.. like I said before, not complaining cause I'd rather drive this rental than my Cavalier. I just think it's getting a bit ridiculous now.

well then, get your cavalier back, go to the hyundia dealership, ????, profit

[Meeshell]

Originally Posted by piku

You've got 5000 already? I guess you drive as much as I do.

I've got over 6k actually. I drive about 200 miles sometimes more, sometimes less in 7 days.