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47834 messages, Last post on Nov 22, 2009 at 3:03 PM
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 07, 2009 4:51 pm) RightO! My first car had: 1. No power steering 2. Steering was not aligned 3. Wheel Balancing? Never heard of it then. 4. Firewall? Sure. The wall that was scorching hot and called the firewall. Could not keep your feet there after 2 hours of driving. Needed to cool off. Still enjoyed it thoroughly. Never had an accident. Car had decent speed of up to 65mph. |
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Replying to: richard64 (Jan 07, 2009 8:14 pm) >I don't mean to be, but $1,300 is big money just to have my color. >Richard Sales mistakes 101. Never tell the dealer the color you want. Negotiate the price and then ask for the color.
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Replying to: cdn_tch (Jan 09, 2009 9:19 am) I agree with everything you said, especially that. jmonroe |
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Replying to: chikoo (Jan 09, 2009 10:04 am) On color I always think that while I tend not to be fixated on one particular color I won't buy a car in a color I don't like no matter how good the deal is. I'm the same way about an option that I either must have or don't want. I don't want anything where I'm going to have to look at it and say "I paid all that money and it....." |
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Replying to: jonanong (Jan 08, 2009 1:46 am) Revenue in my field are down 30%. Sales is the same, due to the discounts that lead to the loss of revenue. |
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Replying to: percussionist (Jan 08, 2009 6:16 am) I fear for you Richard. I hope you understand what I mean..... |
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 08, 2009 6:01 pm) :puke..... No wonder GMotors is in trouble. Look at the shitty dashboard. Do I have to look at that daily while driving to work? everyday? No way. |
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Replying to: driver100 (Jan 09, 2009 4:39 am) |
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Replying to: driver100 (Jan 09, 2009 4:11 am) No, but the hotel I stayed at in Munich overlooked the BMW factory. It would have been really nice to bring one home.  tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper |
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jan 09, 2009 9:05 am) Looking again at the TC display, the second run with TC turned on was at a good clip when they ran up onto the ice. In the display of how poor the car is without TC in effect, spinning the wheels heats up the tire. Also keeping the wheel speed low gives a bit of grip until it breaks loose; but the driver didn't even try that. The traction control run was probably made after they cooled the tires by driving on the snow a bit. I see cars with 4-wheel drive and lots of the extra electronic helpers off the road here when there is ice, freezing rain, sleet, or snow. I saw a recent Lexus SUV off the road on a two lane road where the tire lanes were wet and there was residual sleet of 1/4 to 1/2 inch in between the paths where the tires run. I can't figure out how she went off the road and I suppose the car had SC.
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