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WarBird69
Location: Eastern TN Gender: Male Total Likes: 335 likes
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| | | Re: Need help choosing a car < Reply # 43 on 2/16/2010 9:28 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | What do you mean by "insured one/both side(s)"? And yeah, insurance sucks to be sure, especially if you are young and/or have a tarnished record. Sucks even worse if you get something considered to be a "sports car". EDIT: If you're looking at full sized cars, maybe also peek at a Caddy or Lincoln. Could find a good deal on one, but they (I think) require premium fuel. My friend in high school had an 88 DeVille, rode like a dream. A final option is if you know how to work on a car, get something quite a bit older, like a 60s Ford. Not only are they fuckin' tanks, you'll be cool an stuff.
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| steponmebbbboom
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| | | Re: Need help choosing a car < Reply # 50 on 2/17/2010 12:10 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | a ford interceptor is certainly not going to get better fuel numbers than an SUV unless it's on propane. if you get a P72 interceptor on propane youll get even better fuel mileage and itll cost less, as long as you know where all the propane refueling stations are. most of the major gas stations hand out guidebooks showing where all these stations are located in your province like esso/shell/not sure about ultramar... i would not recommend a vintage daily driver in Quebec unless you want to destroy it. that, and keeping a vintage car of any make/model in daily service requires a rolodex of business contacts that take years to establish. dont buy an old car if it's your only ride. i would recommend a MkIII Caravan/Voyager (1996-2000) with the three-speed automatic (do not buy the four-speed overdrive or the 3-litre V6) in your price range of $5000 or less you will easily find a low mile/no rust van with lots of options and considering dodge had over 60% of the canadian minivan market share during the MkIII years (now over 70%) you will find a ton of them in scrapyards if you wind up needing parts for it. tons of room for gear and folding rear seats are perfect for sleeping. good gas mileage, excellent safety rating, cheap to insure, comfortable on long drives, good traction. here's what the MkIII magicwagon looks like,
| the only problem of course is that it's a minivan, and youre going to have to get over yourself in order to drive it. there's no way to make a minivan cool except to stop worrying about it and be cool when you get out of the minivan. this van will do everything you need it to do. just stay away from the four-speed trans and 3 litre V6 (they had valve guide issues and tend to blow blue smoke) and youll do fine...
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Location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male Total Likes: 24 likes
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| | | | Re: Need help choosing a car < Reply # 52 on 2/17/2010 12:23 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Get it?
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| gambino
Location: Toronto, ON Gender: Male Total Likes: 27 likes
| | | Re: Need help choosing a car < Reply # 58 on 2/17/2010 3:47 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by steponmebbbboom a ford interceptor is certainly not going to get better fuel numbers than an SUV unless it's on propane. if you get a P72 interceptor on propane youll get even better fuel mileage and itll cost less, as long as you know where all the propane refueling stations are. most of the major gas stations hand out guidebooks showing where all these stations are located in your province like esso/shell/not sure about ultramar...
| P71 is the interceptor designation, and my mpg is better than most if not all SUV's. I get about 20mpg city, and 30 hwy. I was looking at SUV's before, I am guessing they suck gas down because they are usually geared for towing, as well heavier, and less aerodynamic. With a 2.73 rear end on a crown vic 30mpg hwy is the worst you would get, those are on most if not all civi cv's. In the end I chose this car because I knew it was better on gas, way cheaper on parts, and with all the heavy duty parts on it, I knew it would last. Propane comes I guess once the taxi co's get their hands on some of the former cv's.
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