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It's not hard to increase your gas mileage when you do a lot of highway driving IMO. I always compensate for weight by adding a pound or two of air to the tires and limit drag by not putting things on the roof if I can avoid it.
He should be careful with all of his vehicles approaching 100K miles (other than his Fusion).
Let's see what the next 50K brings for him.
Yes they do, and they have made me think... why do they bother sticking with one number then? They should just provide a range, and be done with it.
Six to ten years with the cars of today is nothing. Practically all cars with proper preventive maintenance will easily go ten plus years and 150K miles without any major problems. Now, the real test of a car's long-term reliability and quality is 20+ years. Check back then, and let me know how it's doing.
Each car I've owned for 10 to 20 years didn't begin to show any significant problems until about the 12 to 14 year mark. I have a 22 year old daily driver that still hasn't required any mechanical powertrain work, except for a clutch replacement at around the 170K mile level, and that was 9 years ago.
The least amount of time I've ever kept a car is 12 years.
Just saw a Maseratti today at a restaurant. Not too many parking spaces away was a Miata. Isn't kind of "government mentality" to compare these two cars of similar size in the same range comparison for MPG?
And no, there are cars that are trouble prone well before they see 150K miles (if they ever see that).
And speaking of class, I think it is done by weight not by size. So, a 4000 lb compact car won't be in the same class as a 2500 lb compact.
I'm pretty sure, will have to check at my office Monday (if I remember), that the range shown on the sticker is based upon EPA size definitions, not weight of the car.
The first car I remember my parents owning was a Ford Torino, I don't know the year. Next was a '78 LTD II, next an '87 Taurus, next a '96 Sable, and now an '06 Zephyr. A '91 Escort was in there too as a second car (replaced with a Hyundai Accent in 2004). None had high mileage but all were pushing 100k miles. The only problem any of them had was the '96 Sable. The power antenna broke after about 5 or 6 years and after roughly 8 years my dad had to have a CO2 sensor replaced. That's it. No other problems.
Note that some of them lasted more than 10 years. For all we know all of them are still on the road as all were traded or sold in very good condition.
Agreed. When you really take a hard look and figure out their methods, getting more than their posted numbers isn't all that impressive. Mainly because they state that it is possible.
Enlightening, Robert. Thanx. The lumbar support and the seat back position adjustments are manual on the driver's seat on our 2007 SEL Fusion and the passenger seat is totally manual. Advantage Accord.
Convenient seat adjustment is an item of interest because my wife and I both drive the car and use differing positions. Of course, luxury mid-size sedans have memory seating, which would be ideal in our case.
This is going to be a very, very boring discussion if we can't talk about our experiences as related to cars.
Whats left? Stats? Photos? Who has the nicest brochure?
Agreed. I also agree that it is just something else to go wrong and that is seldom the case with manual seats. Power seats do make driving more relaxing, comfortable, especially on long trips.
first, the altima has no/zero/nil/nada reviews at all, so what were you saying? :P :confuse:
second, your standards, as expressed by your previous posts, seem unrealistic and/or one-sided so they have little value to me. :lemon:
I can see an advantage of a power seat with memory settings if multiple people often drive the same car. But few cars we're discussing here have memory seats.
Memory seats would be nice, but I would actually rather have adjustable pedals. Maybe in 2018 the 10th generation Accord will have them. That's when I can see myself shopping for a new car again (maybe a little before then).
The sentence that was in between the two sentences you quoted is:
There's no reason to extrapolate (your experiences) to becoming everyone's experiences.
We discuss anecdotal experiences here all the time. We just need to remember that they are exactly that - anecdotal and not statistically conclusive in any way.
Really? I see 27 reviews for the Altima. The only one that doesn't have any ratings yet is the 08 Mazda6.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Nope. Don't see a way to disable it. No buttons.
That's what my display showed too. Must have been an anomaly.
I have never had a manual adjustment seat break on me, so that is a concern for ME.
Power seats break as often as power windows. :surprise
How often is that? Is it any more frequent than manual windows?
Do not have much experience with power windows on older cars...we do have a '97 windstar and have not had a problem with them. Our other cars with power windows are less than 3 years old. In shopping for older cars for a couple kids recently, I have not seen many with power window problems. I only recall one and all it needed was a new switch.
My daughter recently got rid of a contour with non-useable manual driver window...would have cost $150 or so to fix it, IIRC. The car was 11 years old when the stub that the crank connects to broke off.
http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/ratingsNewSticker.shtml
Manual responds immediately, and TL's works but take a few seconds longer (after cold starts, I guess the chemicals inside the mirror casing take a little while to "warm").
This is similar to manual seat adjustment versus powered (although in this case, I'm the only one who drives the Accord which has power seats and rarely needs adjustments, while TL has memory seats, so it adjusts itself before I get in the car).
"For once and for all" did this teach you to do some research before typing out posts that are meant to make others look foolish? :P
I interpet it to mean that the big, bold number is the estimated average and the range is a comparision of different types of drivers for that vehicle, ranging from those who jump on the gas pedal (lower end of range) to those who accelerate (and brake) moderately (higher end of the range).
That is a good question. What is a mid-sized sedan? Consider:
* Versa is generally considered a subcompact but has mid-sized interior room.
* Elantra and Sentra are generally considered compacts, but have mid-sized interior room which exceeds some of the cars listed for this discussion.
* Accord and Sonata have large-car interior volume. So does Azera, actually more than either Accord or Sonata. But Accord is bigger outside than the Azera. Therefore, Accord is the mid-sized car and Azera is the large car. :surprise:
If anyone has a "definitive" definition of what a mid-sized car is, I haven't seen it. Some compare by interior room, some by length, some by price. Perrsonally, I compare by fitness to a particular purpose. So that pits cars like the Fit, Versa and Elantra against cars like the Mazda6, Optima, and Sonata--because they all fit my space requirements and are within my target price range.
Who knows, maybe in a few years the set of mid-sized and large cars will be much different than it is now, e.g. mid-sizers will include Civic, Corolla, Elantra, and Sentra, and large cars will include Accord, Camry, and Sonata.
I agree, Backy. Maybe cubic feet interior space would make for a creditable yardstick. Just a thought.
One applies to cars (typical sedan/coupe)
Another to station wagons (like Versa, Fit etc)
And finally, light trucks (SUVs, Pickups, Minivans) which actually uses GVWR for classification.
By definition, a midsize "car" has 110-119 cu ft of cabin+trunk space. However, a midsize "wagon" has to have 130-159 cu ft of total volume.
With 120-121 cu ft, Accord and Sonata fall out of midsize spectrum (by EPA's definition of class, and EPA's standard for fuel economy rating).