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Location: Rochester, NY Gender: Male Total Likes: 3 likes
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| | | | | Research help? < on 11/23/2009 2:04 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | You guys clearly all know your shit, so I'm coming to you for some research help/advice. I will be lucky if my Stratus passes inspection next March. Even if it does, I will be lucky if it lives to see 2011. It's got 175k miles and needs more work done to it than it's worth (about $700 on trade, unless I get a good deal from a dealer who is willing to give me $2k for a piece of crap as long as I buy new from them). So here's the thing: I need a new car in the next couple years (2011 or 2012 models are a possibility) but I don't know what I want. I know I want a car that meets these criteria, and even some of these are flexible: Required: - About $15k (preferably less, especially if going the used route, but will likely have the capability of going up to about $25k if I buy new). I do have access to a GM employee discount. - I fit. I'm 6'6" and about 280 (in other news, lost about 10 lbs!) I need lots of leg-room in cars, and some reasonable head room. I do not comfortably fit in Focus/Cobalt/G5/Ion. Malibu size works. Pony cars work because they're long and low in the seat. - Reasonably fun, but not necessarily stupid (no used Vettes or Vipers, 70's muscle is out).
Preferred (but not *absolutely* required) - RWD. I much much much prefer RWD to FWD but I'm flexible. - Coupe. I don't like driving multiple people if I don't have to. - Decent power, decent fuel efficiency. I know these are usually a trade-off point, but I'm sure you guys know of something. - Preferably American, but I'm willing to look at foreign if it's reasonable. No strudelmobiles. Had bad experiences with VWs in the family and do not want to repeat it.
So, suggestions? Also, don't get bent out of shape if you have a pretty decent suggestion but I automatically veto it because I think the car is intolerably ugly. I can deal with ugly cars when they do what I want, but stuff like Scions or the Eclipse are too ugly to justify.
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| Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York Total Likes: 1902 likes
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| | | Re: Research help? < Reply # 2 on 11/23/2009 3:00 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | 3.8L V6 Camaro. good power, fairly fuel efficient, excellent suspension, sporty ergonomics, NO back seat, decent hatchback space, fairly easy to repair (parts wise) Cons... they're getting scarce, they're RWD and you live in Rochacha, tune ups are a bitch because of where the last back cylinders are, service parts might be a little hard to find because the car has been out of production since 2002.
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