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I think it is a marketing deal as much as anything (luxury cars are supposed to use premium, right?)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
With Acura there area some differences between their engines and the Honda versions, aren't there?
if the CR is the same on the Accord and RDX (I think they share the engine) than I really doubt it.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Pilot's 3.5 l puts out 250 hp, 10.5:1 CR
MDX's 3.7 l puts out 300 hp, 11.2:1 CR
So there's a basic difference for those two.
Pathfinders traditionally have been very old when finally changed, no surprise sales were weak. Now it's another glorified minivan pretending to be butch...perfect for these times, I guess.
For something like a RDX. premium might be recommended, but that's not a performance engine. It'll do fine with regular, maybe put the good stuff in on a rare day for fun. For a tuned or high output engine, then go for premium.
Had eye surgery on Wednesday but going back to work tomorrow...I won't have to wear glasses anymore for my myopia...it is gone as is the astigmatism. Took a couple days off to recuperate.
The Sandman :sick: :shades:
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
I think I will just mention the oddballs at the Avis/Budget I pass by most days. Today they had a Prius, maybe not usual away from the west coast.
https://www.google.com/#q=NISSAN+TORQUE+CONVERTER+RECALL+PATHFINDER
My neighbor bought one of the first new Pathy's and had theirs replaced under a TSB before the actual recall was announced. Since then, she says the thing drives like a dream and hasn't had an issue since (Something like only 7000 miles but still).
Ironically, I work with a gentleman who is still driving a 98' ML350 with something like 300k on it. It's needed a bunch of different things over the years and it's got some rust on various sections of the body but he says the overall vehicle is a tank and he won't get rid of it "till it stops moving under it's own power"...
Those early models were troublesome, I bet many electrical components have been replaced.
http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/201303/volvo-s60-r-design-1_600x0w.jpg
I find these, (as well as the XC60) to be some of the sexiest cars in their respective class, a smidge moreso than the new Infiniti Q and way more than 3-series. I drove one back in 2012 and despite being a front-biased driver, the thing was an absolute hoot to drive and stupid quick... Would have bought one had the wagon (V60 next year) had been available at the time...
I test drove the old one when it first came out. M-B had an event at FedEx Field. I have to figure out why they dropped me off their mailing list, because I didn't get an invite for the new launch. LOL
Did it get the new, smaller diesel? May be better to keep the big one since those might actually haul/tow a little.
The ML looks a lot better than the GLK to my eyes, but I'm not shopping for either, really.
$44k plus per cargurus for the GLK250 diesel .... I'd either spend more and get the ML or spend a lot less and get a different box.
Speak of the devil - here's AB on the next one:
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/04/mercedes-benz-glk-spy-shots/
Not my cup of tea either...if I had the money, I'd just go all in and get a GL Bluetec, but that'll be much pricier and much more posh. Or privately import an old G and not pretend.
(My wife had eye surgery in 2002 and never regretted it once.)
The Sandman
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
The Sandman
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Saw some new Fords on a small dealer lot the other day (while my wife was at the eye doc), but just some trucks and SUVs (Edges, mostly). Nothing in the wild.
At least I thought it was an SL. MB has come out with so many models, I can't keep the alphabet soup they've made straight anymore.
The Sandman :sick: :shades:
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
I will have to hit him up for a ride once he's feeling better.
Well since they probably leased the car they might be doing rent to own on the rims.
It's a CLA not a CLS.
The driver is probably a $30K millionaire living in his parent's basement financing $15 martinis on his Green Card.
You still need good credit and some cash flow to lease - not as easy for youngsters as it once was. Unless mom and dad sign for it or something.
And yet, after a five hour ordeal, the customer still purchased a car from them. Just makes me shake my head. That trick must be as old as me.
One doesn't need that much cash flow to be approved for a $349 lease - especially if they are living at home.
I know you are partial to MB and probably dislike the idea of MB reaching out to the bourgeois.
It's nothing new, I do find it funny that someone is trying to denigrate the car or its customer base when it is a segment that has existed since boomers started weaseling their way up and ran to 3ers and 190s 30 years ago.
:P
I just had to with your remark about the "highline lease customer base." You and I both know that the CLA is being offered in order to bring less affluent buyers into the brand. There's nothing highline about the CLA, S3, forthcoming 1 series and IS250.
Now those 3's and 190's from 30 years ago - those were highline.
Have you priced replacement keys and fobs lately?
What you bring is your cell phone, and then you call the cops. You might be talking grand theft in some states. :-)
Those basic cars in the olden day boomer yuppie era had vinyl seats, no toys, no real higher spec than the modern cars and no better image other than maybe that the brands were less common then.
Nah, not necessary. I stand in the middle of the showroom floor, and let rip in my loudest voice:
I WANT MY CAR KEYS. NOW
Take a very deep breath, let the words come out from your diaphragm. Deep, solid, loud, reverberating from the rafters. Repeat every 10 or 15 seconds until the car keys are in your hand.
Pay absolutely no attention to anyone trying to tell you, "Please calm down, we're looking for them." Go for deep and booming, not shrill.
Bet it never happens once.