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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
That Bronco is a pretty base model. Not sure if Graphicguy would be happy about the lack of features.
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
That bronco would be cool if it had a manual trans. I like the 2 door much better. The 4 door is too big and looks awkward to me.
stickguy
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
GG, glad you liked the maverick! It pretty much is a 2’ longer sport with a bed, but a very well done conversion. You also described my use case. Mulch bags yesterday. A big pile of sticks and branches today. And Saturday will be loaded up with all the stuff my wife brings for. Week at the beach (a lot since she refuses to make a run to the store for food or anything else down there). So far I have not towed but it can handle a little utility trailer.
Size also matters to me because it is my daily driver. If it was purely a “work” truck I might go bigger. And I don’t off road it.
stickguy
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
No punch!
That said, drove the Bronco, the Bronco Sport and the Maverick. Impressed with all of them.
The Bronco 2 door would b ideal for someone who is a SERIOUS off roader (of which I'm not). Little lite on features, but it's a base model. If your primary focus is off roading, those features probably wouldn't matter. For $40K it would fit the bill perfectly. Just not what I need nor want. Still, if I wanted to just look cool, it would suffice nicely.
The Bronco Sport....opposite of the Bronco. This one was all loaded up. AS @roadburner mentioned, it's clear it's based on whatever cute ute Ford makes these days. That said, I can see doing some lite off-roading with it. Probably be great in poor weather, too. It was quicker than I expected, also. Ford is clever in the way it disguised its cost cutting. Lots of plastic that the sales person who was riding with me pointed out would be easy to keep clean. Can't say as I let my vehicles get all that dirty to begin with. The price is the attraction here. Being a leftover '04 (did make me wonder if everyone else knew something I didn't given it was still on the dealer's lot), and being priced mid $30s, I can't see a downside to it. B&O stereo, while not class leading, was way better than I expected it to be.
The Maverick...star of the show. Clear to see why these are popular. This is a good looking truck. Less than $40K, all loaded up. Can do all the "trucky" stuff. Comfortable (in a truck sort of way). Quick. This one was also loaded up. Good looking truck to boot. This would be my choice over any SUV.
Spent nearly 3 hours at the dealership. Felt guilty telling the sales person I had to think on it. No hard press to buy, though. He called me last night asking if I had any further questions.
The question is.....do I want a truck? Or, do I need a truck? I really don't know the answer. OF course I can find use for a truck. But, do I really need one? Unless you're towing a horse trailer, a big camper, regularly hauling heavy loads, are a contractor carrying lots of tools, etc, I don't know how you can justify an F150 when the Maverick is around.
That said, drove the Bronco, the Bronco Sport and the Maverick. Impressed with all of them.
The Bronco 2 door would b ideal for someone who is a SERIOUS off roader (of which I'm not). Little lite on features, but it's a base model. If your primary focus is off roading, those features probably wouldn't matter. For $40K it would fit the bill perfectly. Just not what I need nor want. Still, if I wanted to just look cool, it would suffice nicely.
The Bronco Sport....opposite of the Bronco. This one was all loaded up. AS @roadburner mentioned, it's clear it's based on whatever cute ute Ford makes these days. That said, I can see doing some lite off-roading with it. Probably be great in poor weather, too. It was quicker than I expected, also. Ford is clever in the way it disguised its cost cutting. Lots of plastic that the sales person who was riding with me pointed out would be easy to keep clean. Can't say as I let my vehicles get all that dirty to begin with. The price is the attraction here. Being a leftover '04 (did make me wonder if everyone else knew something I didn't given it was still on the dealer's lot), and being priced mid $30s, I can't see a downside to it. B&O stereo, while not class leading, was way better than I expected it to be.
The Maverick...star of the show. Clear to see why these are popular. This is a good looking truck. Less than $40K, all loaded up. Can do all the "trucky" stuff. Comfortable (in a truck sort of way). Quick. This one was also loaded up. Good looking truck to boot. This would be my choice over any SUV.
Spent nearly 3 hours at the dealership. Felt guilty telling the sales person I had to think on it. No hard press to buy, though. He called me last night asking if I had any further questions.
The question is.....do I want a truck? Or, do I need a truck? I really don't know the answer. OF course I can find use for a truck. But, do I really need one? Unless you're towing a horse trailer, a big camper, regularly hauling heavy loads, are a contractor carrying lots of tools, etc, I don't know how you can justify an F150 when the Maverick is around.
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
I noticed my nearby CDJR dealer has about a dozen or more Pacificas all lined up in the back lot. All of them white.
kyfdx
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
@Sandman6472 Give it some time. Your new tires will last at least 20K miles. By the time they are worn out, you'll have forgotten about it. The last thing you want to do is degrade the handling on a GTI. You might lose what attracted you to it.
kyfdx
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Re: Postwar Studebakers
I mentioned here previously, that I couldn't remember if the '58 Studebaker hardtop at the Studebaker National Museum was a Commander or President. It's a President. The museum recently posted this interior shot:
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Long post in my FB feed about the Nurburgring accident video that was posted.
So about that big nasty Nürburgring crash... Full video you know where, but "in short":
I appreciate all your DMs asking whether I have seen it. Or any other NBR crash/incident/event. The locals see this stuff daily, but most of the times it stays within local WhatsApp groups or occassionally a picture gets posted on FB. Having said that: it's nothing special, this happens (almost) every day and crashes/incidents happen on almost every track day on every other track in the world. The "fireworks" of this one was of course quite big and massive thanks to today's safety standards for keeping everyone alive. In Porsche's case the driver had "just a few scratches", without helmet, HANS or any fire protective clothing.
Who is at fault? One more than the other. Public sessions are classified as public road and the rule is = slow traffic stays right, fast traffic passes on the left. As it is an unlimited speed section of "the road", everyone is required to check their mirrors for faster traffic. M2 clearly failed to do that, when the faster traffic was behind it first and shortly after next to it.
Rule Number 2: everyone is allowed to drive only as fast, as when they can make an immediate stop to avoid any accident. M2 turning in on you and you did not stop to avoid it? Own fault. Deer crossing the road and you hit it? Own fault. Asteroid fell out of the sky and hit you? Your own fault. Porsche driver COULD have anticipated that a foreign car is less experienced and may do silly things last moment. You can see the Porsche go off the gas earlier when M2 was on its line and started to accelerate when it moved out to the right. So there was no reckless behaviour from my point of view. Just very unfortunate split second wrong assumption and lack of awareness.
The other "interesting" question is who will pick up the bill. The barrier damage and other very expensive car. This is something for the authorities to decide - who is responsible for how much % of the accident and it may get nasty. The main reason I am mentioning this is a reminder that you are liable for yourself and others during the public sessions and some track days too. So be prepared and stay focused.
So about that big nasty Nürburgring crash... Full video you know where, but "in short":
I appreciate all your DMs asking whether I have seen it. Or any other NBR crash/incident/event. The locals see this stuff daily, but most of the times it stays within local WhatsApp groups or occassionally a picture gets posted on FB. Having said that: it's nothing special, this happens (almost) every day and crashes/incidents happen on almost every track day on every other track in the world. The "fireworks" of this one was of course quite big and massive thanks to today's safety standards for keeping everyone alive. In Porsche's case the driver had "just a few scratches", without helmet, HANS or any fire protective clothing.
Who is at fault? One more than the other. Public sessions are classified as public road and the rule is = slow traffic stays right, fast traffic passes on the left. As it is an unlimited speed section of "the road", everyone is required to check their mirrors for faster traffic. M2 clearly failed to do that, when the faster traffic was behind it first and shortly after next to it.
Rule Number 2: everyone is allowed to drive only as fast, as when they can make an immediate stop to avoid any accident. M2 turning in on you and you did not stop to avoid it? Own fault. Deer crossing the road and you hit it? Own fault. Asteroid fell out of the sky and hit you? Your own fault. Porsche driver COULD have anticipated that a foreign car is less experienced and may do silly things last moment. You can see the Porsche go off the gas earlier when M2 was on its line and started to accelerate when it moved out to the right. So there was no reckless behaviour from my point of view. Just very unfortunate split second wrong assumption and lack of awareness.
The other "interesting" question is who will pick up the bill. The barrier damage and other very expensive car. This is something for the authorities to decide - who is responsible for how much % of the accident and it may get nasty. The main reason I am mentioning this is a reminder that you are liable for yourself and others during the public sessions and some track days too. So be prepared and stay focused.
Michaell
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
you can probably do a minus 1 down to a 17" tire. that would be a 225/45-17 instead of the 220/40-18 you have now. that gives you a 4" sidewall instead of 3.5". My rule of thumb is to have at least 4" sidewall. Not an issue with an SUV or pickup of course!
stickguy
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