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Replying to: michaell (May 06, 2009 1:17 pm) |
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roadburner: I am with you. Once you have your select group of brands, whatever they may be, it just gets to be too much of a hassle to "learn" a new brand, what with finding a reliable place to service it, reliable places to get parts, etc etc. Tell me about it. After having owned only Saturns for the past few years, I'm disappointed that the brand may be going away later this year. While I'm encouraged that the excellent dealer network may be saved (Penske? Renault?), I just don't think that the product will ever be the same. Guess I'll have to figure out what brand to get next time 'round, when the L300 gets replaced n a few years. Used BMW 3-series coupe? New WRX hatch? Leftover G8?
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Replying to: michaell (May 07, 2009 7:29 am) hahaha. Don't know where you are gonna find a "leftover" Pontiac in a few years. ;b |
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Replying to: michaell (May 07, 2009 7:29 am)  I don't think you can go too far wrong with a new WRX. If you go with a used BMW 328i, be sure to go CPO.... And what about Ford? I know you have been partial in the past. In two years we will have the new Focus AND the new Fiesta, and the Fusion hybrid will be a well-tested model that may have an incentive or two by then due to age. Not to mention the new unibody Explorer will be here, and won't Escape be getting revised also? I wouldn't cross Ford off the list, if you've been a fan in the past.
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Replying to: nippononly (May 07, 2009 8:08 am) Regarding Ford - yes, I've been a fan in the past (Escort, Expedition, Explorer and Focus since 1997), but they don't make much that interests me at the moment, other than maybe the Mustang. Now, if they brought the Focus RS over (with the 300 BHP engine), then I might be tempted! I'm really thinking that my next car won't be a 4-door sedan - either a hatch, wagon or coupe. Don't need another SUV, with the wife's VUE. |
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Hmm, I seem to end up having multiples too. Back in the early '90s, we had 2 mazdas at the same time. A few years later, it was 2 Nissans. Now, 2 Hondas (3 if you count my sons Acura, which is actually mine, so yes, lets count it!) Mixed in there was a Plymouth (voyager), Scion tC, Miata and a Subaru, so I guess I didn't stray too far. I agree on keeping an eye on Ford. One the new Eruo stuff starts arriving, they will likely have something to interest me. One of those compact people movers would work just fine (Focused based, C Maxx maybe?) Or Mazda can survive and put out a sport model 5 (did it even get the new big 4 cyl yet?) Maybe a speed 5, that sounds taasty! |
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Replying to: nippononly (May 06, 2009 3:29 pm) Nippon, seems like you got a lot of car for the $$, & a good deal. From seeing it online, I like the Newport blue. There's a mossy green (?)--not a good color IMO, & doesn't go well with the grey cladding. I like the Subie website, the current Foresters look very interesting. For whatever reason tho, I don't see a huge amount of Subarus in my area just NW of Boston--you'd think there would be in New England? It's more like hondas, toyotas, some bmw's, etc.... I always seem to have Subarus on my list when I'm car shopping tho--just haven't bought one yet.....
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Replying to: woodyww (May 07, 2009 12:07 pm)  They should dump the green and just go back to offering a white as the fourth color, I bet they would get more takers. White looks quite nice with the silver down below. Either that, or go with a racing green like they had the year I bought my first OBS. My experience from California and Washington is you have to get out beyond the edge of the burbs of major cities before you start to see the real proliferation of Subarus. Although in Washington there are more of them in the cities than in California. In SoCal it is rare to see a Sube anywhere.
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Replying to: nippononly (May 07, 2009 12:14 pm) It's almost worse than.....there was a "pea soup green" on LR Disco II's around 1999; the worst color they had. I'm in such a Yuppie, boring town, it's almost like the "default" cars are Hondas, or Toyotas. I'm overstating it tho, my neighbor has a LR2, & an E46. I haven't been to VT in a few years; I think Subies may be the "state car of VT" . There are plenty of Subaru dealers in the Boston area tho..... |
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if it's what I saw on their website, it's called "Sage Green", and I actually like it. However, IMO, it's more of color suited to big old cars, like something angular and chiseled from the late 1970's or early 80's. Actually, it doesn't look too far off from the "Jadestone" of my '82 Cutlass Supreme, although that one had a bit more silver and blue in it I think. Chrysler used a similar color called "Teal Frost Metallic" which I think looks really sharp...but again, on something bigger. As in St. Regis, NOT Horizon! It also doesn't go well with that silver accent. I think the Newport Blue contrasts with it much more nicely. I think that light green works best as a monotone, although it does look nice as a two-tone with a dark green...but again, probably on a big, angular chiseled car with creases that would serve well as break-lines for the two colors. Chrysler and GM both offered that combination briefly, and I wouldnt' be surprised if Ford didnt, too...in fact I saw a '79 St. Regis in that combination for sale near me, ironically the day AFTER I bought my '79 New Yorker! Pissed me off a bit, as I would've rather had the Dodge, even if it wasn't as luxurious! And back then I didn't have the resources to rescue two of these things at the same time. |
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