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Re: I honestly don't see [jchan2]

by farout on Sun Nov 09 14:22:16 PST 2008

I hate to bad mouth a Chrysler brand, but Jeeps are not as good as the name would make you think. I had three Liberty's 2 gas and 1 diesel. The diesel was bought back by DCX as a defective vehicle. However We have had great service from 3 Dodge Neons, and 4 Caravans, and two Dakota's and our Chrysler 2007 Pacifica AWD Touring. I believe you may well see GM go belly up before you will Chrysler. Remember the employees are still interested in a employee buy out...if the price were right. As far as vehicles and how they are made Hyundai has made great strides in improving their vehicles. However even this year there are many short falls in quality that will eventually come up in quality, but a Hyundai still has a huge dump in value over a 3 year period. A Korean car is still just a Korean car. For me I will stand by Chrysler, Ford and GM because I believe in supporting American workers as much as possible. (note..I include Mexico and Canada as Americian) Few would argue that the Windsor plant is not one of the best plants for quality fit and finish. However GM's plant in Kansas has a poor fit and finish. (my opinion) Have you driven a Sebring of 2008 or 2009? For the money this is a great car, (all except the 4 cyl engine) I think Cerberus has made some good improvements in quality, but they like everyone else wants a greater return on their investment. The Automobile industry is not a good investment right now no matter what company you have your money invester in. Should you go to a dealers only auto auction you would not believe how little a vehicle brings today. Cars with 8,000 miles and 1 year old bring less than $ 7,000. Trucks and SUV's are so low you can't believe it. The Korean cars bring even lower return at an auction. Cut Chrysler and Cerberus some slack, after all GM is the one who cant survive beyond January with out a bail out. (by the way I do support the bail out for the US auto industry) after all we did bail out the crooks and thieves how started this mess by selling worthless paper on subprime loans, and if we v=can help crooks we certianly can help the back bone of our economy, the auto industry! farout

Re: CB driving trip [anthonyp]

by jlbl on Mon Oct 06 12:38:56 PDT 2008

Hi Tony, Hi All, Problems are everywhere these days. Over here unemployment is rising high because of the building crisis; stock market assets are falling down to hell you know why. Yet Banks are still solid due to rigorous regulation made by the Spanish Central Bank in past recent years. As a consequence, Banco de Santander, Banco Bilbao-Vizcaya and the rest mostly have their business in everyday banking but not in risky investments, or so appears. By now people are still able to repay their hypos or debts. But if the crisis proceeds further enough, who knows what will occur. My wife and I, both, we are MDs and full Professors with tenure at a Medical School. Thus, we are escaping from the crisis relatively well to date. Problems might start at our retirement time, as our assets to complement the retirement have dropped by 30% this year. Retirement is 5 to 10 years from now, so I am still confident the crisis may resolve before it. Meanwhile, we control our family spending more rigidly but even so we enjoy life as much as possible. The way I see it is not to be lavish but at the same time try to get the money going around to avoid crisis growing even deeper. Seriously, I believe this behavior is better for all of us than putting all the money we could either in the socket or in dangerous business. Regards, Jose

Re: One other note [m1miata]

by lilengineerboy on Fri Sep 26 10:36:58 PDT 2008

Perhaps Ford should have taken the Fusion/Milan RWD? I know - I know, too expensive to go the extra mile there. Yes because people in places other than the central coast love to drive RWD vehicles in this white stuff that falls from the sky, much like rain, in the months between November and March or so. Every rear drive platform that has come out in the last 4 years has an AWD version because people don't like RWD in snow. It wasn't that it was too expensive, its just that its a bad idea.

Re: used truck sales going up. [62vetteefp]

by dieselone on Mon Sep 08 08:57:24 PDT 2008

I've noticed truck/SUV prices (at least asking price) have stabilized around here in central Illinois. 2 months ago it seemed like prices were in a free fall. I was looking at full-size suvs during spring and summer and the prices were falling a lot. I was shopping 07 used Expeditions and Suburban's. The units that entered the market mid summer were 3-5k lower than similar models in the spring. Like 62 said, those that have a need will continue to buy. I'm hoping my next SUV will be a diesel in 3-5 years. Unless we decide to sell our boat and travel trailer, then I'll go back to cars. It was still busy at our lake and campground all summer. Labor Day was nuts, campers and boats everywhere. I think people kept using their toys, but they just didn't go as far to do so.

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by thehothit on Mon Sep 01 09:08:10 PDT 2008

I just completed a 2000 mile round trip from Central NJ to SW Ontario via Niagara Falls. I also did a few day trips, including one to the northern outskirts of Toronto. My 2006 Sedona EX (now with 30,000 miles on the odometer) averaged 25 MPG. On a couple of the earlier legs of the trip up - on long flat stretches of pavement (validated using GPS altimeter) at approx. 55MPH - the trip computer stayed at 30MPG for 25 to 30 mins at a time (I reset it a few times). I reset it again about 200 miles into the trip and it read 25MPG when I got to the destination. On the way home, I reset the trip computer when leaving and then approx. 750 miles later (made a few indirect stops on the way home), the average MPG was about 25MPG. My conclusion (an obvious one) is that the Sedona loves long straight stretches of highway! Mileage dipped to about 19MPG up the steepest hills on the PA turnpike and I81 (@55 MPH). At home, the van is driven in suburban traffic (with a mix of highway, stop and go and short trips). It averages about 18MPG. Overall, I was very happy with the fuel economy on this trip.

Re: For Exfiles (tires/rims) [bgw]

by conwelpic on Sat Aug 16 15:48:00 PDT 2008

from info from another forum with regards to these Cdn Tire rims I believe the code number is 09--5919-8 and currently selling for $50 each. http://www.canadiantire.ca/browse/category_landing.jsp (if that works) sorry bgw but I guess I'm one with the "no-season" tire all year users. I'm located in central eastern Ontario and this last winter (record snow falls) and my first winter with my new Rondo. I have to say in my area and our conditions, the Rondo handled great with the combination of ABS and TC (which takes a bit of getting used to when you've never had those features before) and also making quite a bit of use of the Steptronic feature (have owned many manual trans vehicles before and "gearing" is a big help) I never felt I was in a dangerous position and the vehicle was well controlled, certainly much better than my previous vehicle. I'm not disagreeing that winter tires would certainly be better, but I also wanted to find out how well in performed in its "stock" form and also having read quite a bit of negative comments on the stock Hankook tires. Not sure at this point what to do for next winter. Whether you need them or not, depends obviously on your location, if I was living in Newfoundland I wouldn't hesitate. All the cars I've owned, I've never owned winter tires. Studded winter tires are not allowed here. 2008 Rondo EX, 2.4L Ontario, Canada