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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 04, 2007 1:42 pm)
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Replying to: lightwave25 (Jan 04, 2007 1:45 pm) you never did say how old your child is. Is he/she still in a rear-facing carseat? For how much longer?
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Replying to: 1racefan (Apr 28, 2006 11:09 am) As for the Caliber, I am trying hard to rent one. I am supposed to be in Detroit for the Auto Show and to tour the Chrysler facility in Auburn Hills. At this point, I have only seen a half dozen on the road and they look pretty impressive. IMHO, Chrysler wins the style award PERIOD. They also build very comfortable cars - for all passengers. (And you can sense a "BUT" coming...) Nearly 75% of my drivers have chosen Chryslers as their fleet car and surprisingly, we have had few problems in the 50-70k miles we hold on to them. However, until they prove to me that all the electronics won't go out around 70-80k miles, I will pass on them for my personal drive. (My brother has about 10 Chrysler 300s on his street and the joke is that at 70k, one power window in each seems to fail.) Also, I am somewhat suspicious of any model coming out of Belvidere, IL, where all the Neons USED to be built. My crystal ball is on hiatus for 2007. The Caliber has NOT made the Black Book as of now. I know that Chrysler does not seem to be pushing them as hard to fleets as they are the other vehicles. That might be a function of waiting until they have filled the pipeline. When I was driving through Belvidere three weeks ago, there were thousands of them out there. Those who are patient get the best deals (and a car with more of the initial "bugs" worked out).
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 04, 2007 1:49 pm)
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Replying to: lightwave25 (Jan 04, 2007 2:09 pm) The Protege is also a sedan, like the Mazda3 sedan and sport wagon thing. I would say go drive a few of these and see if any strike your fancy. |
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Replying to: jlawrence01 (Jan 04, 2007 1:51 pm)
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jan 04, 2007 6:12 pm) |
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Replying to: blckislandguy (Jan 04, 2007 6:12 pm) Typically, component failures do occur at random times but are distributed. There is something called the "Mean Time Between Failures" (MTBF) which is a rough measure of when you can expect a component to fail. Because time correlates pretty well with distance driven, you will see a correlation between failure rates and distance driven as well. "Distributed" means that a failure is unlikely to occur early in the lifecycle of a component but, given time, a component will almost certainly fail. In between, there is a period of maximum likelihood of failure and, yes, it can be graphed!  tidester, host |
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Replying to: lightwave25 (Jan 04, 2007 2:09 pm) Depending on your and/or your wife's sizes (i'm 6'5"), you may not be able to drive a compact with a rear-facing carseat at all. But, of course, also keep in mind that you've only got maybe 9 months before that seat turns around and changes everything.
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 05, 2007 6:31 am) The reasoning for this is pretty simple -- the overwhelming majority of accidents are either frontal or side impact, and these tend to involve far greater forces than the less-frequent rear-end accidents. Front and side impacts put a ton of strain on the neck of a toddler. When riding backward, the head and neck are cushioned by the seat in such accidents. Food for thought and something to consider when purchasing your vehicle. The kid may be facing rearward for much longer than a year.
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