Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

Sandman6472 · September 2023

Still deciding on swapping out the auto tranny fluid for some fresh fluid. Hate to be looking for trouble here because things with it seem to be fine now. Still drives like new with minimal turbo lag. Will talk with my mechanic and see what he says.
Just at 80k on the Audi and have a feeling it'll need a new battery sooner than later. Will be getting the 3-year alignment policy for the Golf next week as it is transferrable once just in case I do end up going with the new Kona before the three years are up. Been putting a bunch away in my new car fund so I can have a nice downpayment when the time comes.

corvette · September 2023

oldfarmer50 said:
Depending on what you rent, you might have more fun running premium and save RUG for the final fill up.

That is exactly what I did when I rented an Edge with the EcoBoost engine last year.

tjc78 · September 2023

@Sandman6472 said:
Still deciding on swapping out the auto tranny fluid for some fresh fluid. Hate to be looking for trouble here because things with it seem to be fine now. Still drives like new with minimal turbo lag. Will talk with my mechanic and see what he says.
Just at 80k on the Audi and have a feeling it'll need a new battery sooner than later. Will be getting the 3-year alignment policy for the Golf next week as it is transferrable once just in case I do end up going with the new Kona before the three years are up. Been putting a bunch away in my new car fund so I can have a nice downpayment when the time comes.

Are your roads really poor in FL? I couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve had a car aligned, yet I’ve heard you mention needing frequent adjustments.

Michaell · September 2023

tjc78 said:

@Sandman6472 said:

Still deciding on swapping out the auto tranny fluid for some fresh fluid. Hate to be looking for trouble here because things with it seem to be fine now. Still drives like new with minimal turbo lag. Will talk with my mechanic and see what he says.

Just at 80k on the Audi and have a feeling it'll need a new battery sooner than later. Will be getting the 3-year alignment policy for the Golf next week as it is transferrable once just in case I do end up going with the new Kona before the three years are up. Been putting a bunch away in my new car fund so I can have a nice downpayment when the time comes.

Are your roads really poor in FL? I couldn’t tell you the last time I’ve had a car aligned, yet I’ve heard you mention needing frequent adjustments.

No frost heaves, but the entire state is either sand or coral, so I imagine it shifts frequently (google "Florida sinkholes" for examples).

I always thought the roads there were pretty smooth.

rayainsw · September 2023

Drove back from Maine to GA this past weekend.
X3 drove perfectly.
30+ MPG
Two long days.
- Ray
VERY happy with yet another BMW!

tjc78 · September 2023

Here you go OF!!

Base model but great colors and low mileage. If it was an LS I’d be tempted

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297505890892792/?ref=browse_tab

ab348 · September 2023

Saw one of these in this color while driving today. Looked like it was wearing a fake moustache. I have no idea what the creative types in the BMW styling studios are thinking these days.

Michaell · September 2023

ab348 said:
Saw one of these in this color while driving today. Looked like it was wearing a fake moustache. I have no idea what the creative type in the BMW styling studios are thinking these days.

I see something like that, and I think to myself "Lord, how many people had to sign off on that design for it to make it into production? Have they all lost their minds?"

au1994 · September 2023

Michaell said:

ab348 said:
Saw one of these in this color while driving today. Looked like it was wearing a fake moustache. I have no idea what the creative type in the BMW styling studios are thinking these days.

I see something like that, and I think to myself "Lord, how many people had to sign off on that design for it to make it into production? Have they all lost their minds?"

I think they have all moved to your neck of the woods and are sampling the local product.

Michaell · September 2023

au1994 said:

Michaell said:

ab348 said:
Saw one of these in this color while driving today. Looked like it was wearing a fake moustache. I have no idea what the creative type in the BMW styling studios are thinking these days.

I see something like that, and I think to myself "Lord, how many people had to sign off on that design for it to make it into production? Have they all lost their minds?"
I think they have all moved to your neck of the woods and are sampling the local product.

They don't have to move that far. Couldn't they get what they need in The Netherlands?

cdnpinhead · September 2023

I guess we can take some pleasure in not being part of the target demographic.

venture · September 2023

ab348 said:
Saw one of these in this color while driving today. Looked like it was wearing a fake moustache. I have no idea what the creative type in the BMW styling studios are thinking these days.

I walked out of Texas Roadhouse a few days ago right into a dark green one of those. It smacked me right in the face.

I think my eyes bled a little.

stickguy · September 2023

Weird combo of in your face front end with boring, generic slab sides. Like the family truckster!

explorerx4 · September 2023

Most BMW's you see are built in South Carolina.

ab348 · September 2023

venture said:

I walked out of Texas Roadhouse a few days ago right into a dark green one of those. It smacked me right in the face.

I think my eyes bled a little.

I hope you punched it right in the mouth. 😆

corvette · September 2023

ab348 said:
I have no idea what the creative types in the BMW styling studios are ~~thinking~~ smoking these days.

Fixed that for you, but @au1994 beat me to it.

sda · September 2023

explorerx4 said:
Most BMW's you see are built in South Carolina.

Don’t blame SC. Lol. If you have the chance, a tour of the Spartanburg plant is worthwhile.

jmonroe1 · September 2023

sda said:

explorerx4 said:
Most BMW's you see are built in South Carolina.
Don’t blame SC. Lol. If you have the chance, a tour of the Spartanburg plant is worthwhile.

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For what? To hear German spoken with a southern drawl?

jmonroe

breld · September 2023

I find the i5 attractive though.

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

tjc78 said:
Here you go OF!!

Base model but great colors and low mileage. If it was an LS I’d be tempted

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297505890892792/?ref=browse_tab

That’s exactly what I was looking for a few years ago. That price isn’t bad by today’s standards. Yes, if it was a LS I’d be looking for a place to put it. Too bad Ford couldn’t build bulletproof cars like that today, say about the size of the Fusion. I bet they’d sell a million of them.

Michaell · September 2023

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:
Here you go OF!!

Base model but great colors and low mileage. If it was an LS I’d be tempted

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297505890892792/?ref=browse_tab

That’s exactly what I was looking for a few years ago. That price isn’t bad by today’s standards. Yes, if it was a LS I’d be looking for a place to put it. Too bad Ford couldn’t build bulletproof cars like that today, say about the size of the Fusion. I bet they’d sell a million of them.

Ford doesn't make them, but Toyota does. It's called the Camry.

tjc78 · September 2023

@Michaell said:
Ford doesn't make them, but Toyota does. It's called the Camry.

I’d wager a Panther could take more neglect and abuse than a Camry, they truly are hard to kill.

For normal driving/maintained vehicles then yeah a Camry is tough to beat.

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

Michaell said:

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:
Here you go OF!!

Base model but great colors and low mileage. If it was an LS I’d be tempted

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297505890892792/?ref=browse_tab

That’s exactly what I was looking for a few years ago. That price isn’t bad by today’s standards. Yes, if it was a LS I’d be looking for a place to put it. Too bad Ford couldn’t build bulletproof cars like that today, say about the size of the Fusion. I bet they’d sell a million of them.
Ford doesn't make them, but Toyota does. It's called the Camry.

LOL, I thought that myself as I typed that. Still, if Toyota can do it, why not Ford?

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

tjc78 said:

@Michaell said:

Ford doesn't make them, but Toyota does. It's called the Camry.

I’d wager a Panther could take more neglect and abuse than a Camry, they truly are hard to kill.

For normal driving/maintained vehicles then yeah a Camry is tough to beat.

Can you see a modern version of the Panther with a 5.0 motor? A fast luxo-barge.😎

au1994 · September 2023

oldfarmer50 said:

tjc78 said:

@Michaell said:

Ford doesn't make them, but Toyota does. It's called the Camry.

I’d wager a Panther could take more neglect and abuse than a Camry, they truly are hard to kill.

For normal driving/maintained vehicles then yeah a Camry is tough to beat.

Can you see a modern version of the Panther with a 5.0 motor? A fast luxo-barge.😎

A Panther with a Coyote V8 would be sweet. Modern day Thunderbolt.

roadburner · September 2023

If I had the disposable income I d order the upcoming M5 PHEV. As it stands the only other BMW I actually want is an M2 CS- the last of the mostly analog M cars.

ab348 · September 2023

Chatter on a local Halifax message board that local Toyota dealers are telling buyers to expect a 6 to 8 month wait for Corollas and are taking orders on that basis. Some folks are saying theirs took 4 to 6 months to arrive. This astounds me. What is the situation in the US?

tjc78 · September 2023

@oldfarmer50 said:
Can you see a modern version of the Panther with a 5.0 motor? A fast luxo-barge.😎

Please don’t tease me with things like this!!

It has been done… but I would have used a Town Car or Marauder

https://nationalspeedinc.com/crown-victoria-coyote-5-0l-swap/

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

tjc78 said:

@oldfarmer50 said:

Can you see a modern version of the Panther with a 5.0 motor? A fast luxo-barge.😎

Please don’t tease me with things like this!!

It has been done… but I would have used a Town Car or Marauder

https://nationalspeedinc.com/crown-victoria-coyote-5-0l-swap/

Be still my heart.

Michaell · September 2023

Member needs help with a Jeep deal

tifighter · September 2023

Today I picked up a set of tire/wheel takeoffs from a 23 Pilot Elite. Apparently only have 100 miles on them before the guy put on an aftermarket set. $500. With TPMS sensors. I’m going to make a winter set out of them. In the odd 21” size the Type S has, winter tires are double the cost of these 20” wheels. Makes the wheels free, and with more sidewall too.

28firefighter · September 2023

tifighter said:
Today I picked up a set of tire/wheel takeoffs from a 23 Pilot Elite. Apparently only have 100 miles on them before the guy put on an aftermarket set. $500. With TPMS sensors. I’m going to make a winter set out of them. In the odd 21” size the Type S has, winter tires are double the cost of these 20” wheels. Makes the wheels free, and with more sidewall too.

As long as they fit over the brakes, sounds like a win!

tifighter · September 2023

Like these-

tifighter · September 2023

@28firefighter said:
As long as they fit over the brakes, sounds like a win!

I hope so, the compact spare for it is on a 19”…

corvette · September 2023

Can you get a set of Acura center caps for them? That would really make them look extremely stealth.

tifighter · September 2023

@corvette said:
Can you get a set of Acura center caps for them? That would really make them look extremely stealth.

Already ordered.

ronsteve · September 2023

@Michaell said:

Not looking forward to having fill up the rental car this week on my trip to CA. I will be picking something from the Emerald Aisle that takes RUG.

Of course in California the delta between regular and premium only seems to be 20-30 cents in most places, as opposed to 70 cents to a dollar difference here in the Ohio Valley.

venture · September 2023

tifighter said:
Today I picked up a set of tire/wheel takeoffs from a 23 Pilot Elite. Apparently only have 100 miles on them before the guy put on an aftermarket set. $500. With TPMS sensors. I’m going to make a winter set out of them. In the odd 21” size the Type S has, winter tires are double the cost of these 20” wheels. Makes the wheels free, and with more sidewall too.

Where did you get a deal like that?

corvette · September 2023

tifighter said:
Already ordered.

Send pics when installed, lol... 100% my type of mod.

kyfdx · September 2023

ronsteve said:

@Michaell said:

Not looking forward to having fill up the rental car this week on my trip to CA. I will be picking something from the Emerald Aisle that takes RUG.

Of course in California the delta between regular and premium only seems to be 20-30 cents in most places, as opposed to 70 cents to a dollar difference here in the Ohio Valley.

In our part of the Ohio Valley, the delta is $1.00

jmonroe1 · September 2023

kyfdx said:

ronsteve said:

@Michaell said:

Not looking forward to having fill up the rental car this week on my trip to CA. I will be picking something from the Emerald Aisle that takes RUG.

Of course in California the delta between regular and premium only seems to be 20-30 cents in most places, as opposed to 70 cents to a dollar difference here in the Ohio Valley.

In our part of the Ohio Valley, the delta is $1.00
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Same in South Western PA.

Which reminds me, I have to gas up the Genny. It just dropped to 2 bars as I pulled into the garage a few days ago. That gauge always seems to live there.

jmonroe

tifighter · September 2023

@venture said:
Where did you get a deal like that?

The List of Craig.

tifighter · September 2023

@corvette said:
Send pics when installed, lol... 100% my type of mod.

For sure. I haven’t picked out any winter tires yet. But I’m sure somewhere, @xwesx has started twitching.

roadburner · September 2023

Today we drove home from a trip to Asheville and Charlotte; the median speed limit on the interstates must be 80 mph, as at that speed the number of people I passed and the number of people that passed me were roughly equal. The C43 impresses as a long-distance cruiser- my wife said she thinks it's the most comfortable car we've ever owned. It averaged a tick under 30 mpg for the entire trip.

About 10 miles from home, I noticed that the LR tire had lost a few psi. As soon as I arrived home and unloaded it I drove to the Tire Discounters just around the corner from my house. The manage was there and he told me that they don't repair run-flat tires (he must have been at lunch when the same shop repaired a RFT on my wife's X1). Explained that I had not run the tire flat -it was showing 30 psi- but no dice. I ended up pumping the tire up to the maximum number on the sidewall and drove it to my M-B dealer. I had to leave it at the dealer but the SA said that the tire would be patched if it was safe to do so.

As usual, I had to check out what was on the lot. I only found one car I'd rather have that the C43; unfortunately, it costs $130k more than I paid for the C43...

venture · September 2023

tifighter said:

@venture said:

Where did you get a deal like that?

The List of Craig.

Good find

nyccarguy · September 2023

kyfdx said:

ronsteve said:

@Michaell said:

Not looking forward to having fill up the rental car this week on my trip to CA. I will be picking something from the Emerald Aisle that takes RUG.

Of course in California the delta between regular and premium only seems to be 20-30 cents in most places, as opposed to 70 cents to a dollar difference here in the Ohio Valley.

In our part of the Ohio Valley, the delta is $1.00

Same in CT. RUG was $4.059 & PUG $5.059.

sda · September 2023

.50-.60 difference between RUG and PUG in this area. RUG is currently around $3.40.

nyccarguy · September 2023

The C43 impresses as a long-distance cruiser- my wife said she thinks it's the most comfortable car we've ever owned.

@roadburner - To me, this has always been the hallmark of Mercedes-Benz.

explorerx4 · September 2023

$500? Someone is wondering where their wheels and tires went. One rim goes for $375.

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

roadburner said:
Today we drove home from a trip to Asheville and Charlotte; the median speed limit on the interstates must be 80 mph, as at that speed the number of people I passed and the number of people that passed me were roughly equal. The C43 impresses as a long-distance cruiser- my wife said she thinks it's the most comfortable car we've ever owned. It averaged a tick under 30 mpg for the entire trip.

About 10 miles from home, I noticed that the LR tire had lost a few psi. As soon as I arrived home and unloaded it I drove to the Tire Discounters just around the corner from my house. The manage was there and he told me that they don't repair run-flat tires (he must have been at lunch when the same shop repaired a RFT on my wife's X1). Explained that I had not run the tire flat -it was showing 30 psi- but no dice. I ended up pumping the tire up to the maximum number on the sidewall and drove it to my M-B dealer. I had to leave it at the dealer but the SA said that the tire would be patched if it was safe to do so.

As usual, I had to check out what was on the lot. I only found one car I'd rather have that the C43; unfortunately, it costs $130k more than I paid for the C43...

My coworker who also drives for the Mercedes dealer was telling of a custom order lime green G Wagon with a $300k+ price tag that was rejected by the buyer when it arrived. Instead he bought a black G wagon with a $200k sticker.

Ordering a loaded crazy colored car and then changing your mind has to be something only rich guys can get away with.

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