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[JeffMcKC]

we sell those next door
thanks for helping the japanese economy

If we dont who will we Borrow from then?

[LORENSWIFE]

I want Loren's old Orange and White VEGA back! It was cute, good on gas and you could set a cup of coffee on the center console and it never spilled!

[Beagle]

i still want a brat

they come up in CL from time to time around here. I can remember I think a HotRod article - run it till it bangs and then shift. They were unsuccessful in killing it despite great effort.

[Deaf Bob]

i still want a brat

4X4...small motor... Kinda goes any/everywhere. Close friend lived in a log cabin on a very steep hill, his wife would drive up and unload the week's groceries.. Otherwise we walked up upteen stairs.. His jeep would just pitch and spin..
She eventually rolled it going too fast around a corner....

[bulletproof]

i still want a brat

[CDNtech]

Hey guys, my fist post of many to come!!
I love my north American cars.. Dodge viper.... I am a mechanic and i just find that the Jap cars seem to be way more reliable. I have owned a few of both kinds and for a project car there will be nothing but an American made car in there. my commuter car is a Hyundai and i have had 0 issues in the 5 years i have owned it.

[Barry Donovan]

I like those wheels. tall sidewall anyway.

I see in vids today, the sideways focus etc..
they runted the sube again no doubt. they do that in spans of years..

given they were banned like a flat six porsche for several..
at least there is a runted sube.

you would not believe what speaks their history backwards. I show my own here at bangshift as well.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

Yea Bob, Momma's new WRX commuter car. The roof rack is for attaching our bike racks to. Luckily the rack comes off easily with 4 screws.

[Deaf Bob]

WRX? ..
I admit roof racks are stupid..lol. I got one on my flatbed to store rope.. Gonna take it off when I'm up there to fix my lights .

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

I'm NOT a fan of the winter wheel/tire combo, or the roof rack. The good news is they are both temporary/removable.
What a pain in the a$$ th have to buy a programmer (or go to the dealer) to get rid of the TPMS code.....
ATTN: IDIOT lawmakers, I should be able to turn it off if I can prove above single digit I.Q. (Hey, I might be able to qualify).


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[Bob Holmes]

The low resale of American vehicles works in your favor if you buy used and run it into the ground.

Been my basic strategy for years.

[moparmaniac07]

You know, this is what i struggle with myself.
Do you want know what the resale value of my last 4 NEW American cars vs my wife's asian cars has been? I won't even talk about reliability or service problems.

My most recent experience with that... My younger sister got her first car, a 2001 Camary for $4000. I bought a '98 Sebring for $800 within a few months of her (either befor or after, don't remember, probably after). She liked my car much better than she liked hers. Interior-wise, mine showed wear, 120K roughly. Most of her interior was fine, but the fake woodgrain held up much better in the Sebring that it did in the Camry. The Camry's "woodgrain" was some yellowed clear plastic that had some traces of "grain" in it. I had 2 years of trouble-free service with my Sebring, where my dad was fixing something on the Camary every other week. Mostly stupid stuf, but it was stuff I didn't have to fix on any of my other vehicles. The low resale of American vehicles works in your favor if you buy used and run it into the ground.

[Bob Holmes]

If we could buy the RS Focus here, I'd already have one in the garage.

[Beagle]

I've never owned a Dodge or a Jeep, but now by extension I've had two. A Mercedes and a Fiat... we traditionally don't get the good Focus' here and I can't think of anything else US based that compares.

[DirtyWhiteBoy]

HMMMM my last post might have been influenced by the beverages consumed at a Christmas party last night LOL.

PW, Red is awesome......a record setter even!
speaking of waving the flag, a group of us did just that in out Christmas parade last weekend.