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Throw in a CarPlay headunit, and that'd be a nice daily.Wooow the $7 gas coming our way will correct thisMrH42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:07 am
Here's 300k+ mile Element for nearly $9k.
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/214f ... n=atempest
What is wrong with this world?
These are cheap yes... but you have to be able and willing to work on it to keep it nice or pay $2000/3000 a year in repairs to a dealership/independent. Which is nothing to sneeze at and rivals a new car lease payment.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:40 pm https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... ds=25&dma=
Not bad for $9500. Only has 55k miles.
We are starting a search for a new house. Likely going to be in the suburbs which means I’d need a car to go back and forth to the train station. Something like this would live a life of neglect and abuse, only doing the bare minimum to keep it passing safety and emission inspections. The Benzos can take a beating.max225 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 12:57 pmThese are cheap yes... but you have to be able and willing to work on it to keep it nice or pay $2000/3000 a year in repairs to a dealership/independent. Which is nothing to sneeze at and rivals a new car lease payment.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:40 pm https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... ds=25&dma=
Not bad for $9500. Only has 55k miles.
I suppose... I would rather get a camry and not worry about a thing. Why make yourself suffer?Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:13 pmWe are starting a search for a new house. Likely going to be in the suburbs which means I’d need a car to go back and forth to the train station. Something like this would live a life of neglect and abuse, only doing the bare minimum to keep it passing safety and emission inspections. The Benzos can take a beating.
Nice condition but you need to get to 2006 to get the E350 & the 7 speed AT. That is 47hp and two gears over the E320.Johnny_P wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:40 pm https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sal ... ds=25&dma=
Not bad for $9500. Only has 55k miles.
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:13 pmWe are starting a search for a new house. Likely going to be in the suburbs which means I’d need a car to go back and forth to the train station. Something like this would live a life of neglect and abuse, only doing the bare minimum to keep it passing safety and emission inspections. The Benzos can take a beating.
a 20 year old Benz is 100% the wrong car to neglect, IMO. I bet it would wind up being costly repairs.max225 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:34 pmI suppose... I would rather get a camry and not worry about a thing. Why make yourself suffer?Johnny_P wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:13 pm
We are starting a search for a new house. Likely going to be in the suburbs which means I’d need a car to go back and forth to the train station. Something like this would live a life of neglect and abuse, only doing the bare minimum to keep it passing safety and emission inspections. The Benzos can take a beating.
I kind of like that car and the condition is epic. It would be aMrH42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:07 am
Here's 300k+ mile Element for nearly $9k.
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/214f ... n=atempest
What is wrong with this world?
deal with 70% less miles 
Thought the condition was surprisingly decent as well. But I likely won’t touch anything with over 200k miles ever again. Too many things to go wrong.D Griff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:39 pmI kind of like that car and the condition is epic. It would be aMrH42 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:07 am
Here's 300k+ mile Element for nearly $9k.
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/214f ... n=atempest
What is wrong with this world?
Yep. I think we sometimes take for granted that cars are extremely complex machines with thousands of moving parts... shit is going to need maintaining, particularly if you own/drive outside the 0-100K miles range.max225 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:18 pmThought the condition was surprisingly decent as well. But I likely won’t touch anything with over 200k miles ever again. Too many things to go wrong.
Hell even our meticulously maintained 2010 tsx with 114k miles needs 3k of “work” to bring it up to nice spec. And another $400 in cosmetic parts.
It was the quirkiest, most practical vehicle ever made. Relatively tiny footprint on the road. The roof was like a couple feet above your head. The rear passengers sat above you and looked down on the front seat. Massive rear leg room too. The seats folding up against the wall was brilliant. Turned into basically a truck, but really high shell.
has the RDX, the Outback is really just for me to commute in. Which I don't do much of anyways, since I work from home now.I think a new one, maybe EV would be epic. I'd seriously consider one.MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:34 amIt was the quirkiest, most practical vehicle ever made. Relatively tiny footprint on the road. The roof was like a couple feet above your head. The rear passengers sat above you and looked down on the front seat. Massive rear leg room too. The seats folding up against the wall was brilliant. Turned into basically a truck, but really high shell.
It was ruined by stupid stuff:
- Rear seats were really low on the floor. You were a mile from the front seats, but on 6+ hour road trips, having your knees near your face got really uncomfortable.
- It was loud, creaky, plasticky car. Not to be unexpected
- I test drove a FWD manual, loved it, but eventually went with an auto AWD. Big mistake. 5-speed auto wasn't enough for how little power it was. The manual was much better to drive.
I desperately want them to come out with a new one. Same idea, but fix the NVH, power, and ergo issues in the rear seats.
I've even been casually looking at old ones. if I could get an AWD, manual one, with low miles in great shape, for a decent price, I'd do it. Now that
Please assplain the color coded seemingly contradictory statements. Kthx.MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:34 amIt was the quirkiest, most practical vehicle ever made. Relatively tiny footprint on the road. The roof was like a couple feet above your head. The rear passengers sat above you and looked down on the front seat. Massive rear leg room too. The seats folding up against the wall was brilliant. Turned into basically a truck, but really high shell.
It was ruined by stupid stuff:
- Rear seats were really low on the floor. You were a mile from the front seats, but on 6+ hour road trips, having your knees near your face got really uncomfortable.
- It was loud, creaky, plasticky car. Not to be unexpected
- I test drove a FWD manual, loved it, but eventually went with an auto AWD. Big mistake. 5-speed auto wasn't enough for how little power it was. The manual was much better to drive.
I desperately want them to come out with a new one. Same idea, but fix the NVH, power, and ergo issues in the rear seats.
I've even been casually looking at old ones. if I could get an AWD, manual one, with low miles in great shape, for a decent price, I'd do it. Now that
#metoowap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:13 amPlease assplain the color coded seemingly contradictory statements. Kthx.MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:34 am
It was the quirkiest, most practical vehicle ever made. Relatively tiny footprint on the road. The roof was like a couple feet above your head. The rear passengers sat above you and looked down on the front seat. Massive rear leg room too. The seats folding up against the wall was brilliant. Turned into basically a truck, but really high shell.
It was ruined by stupid stuff:
- Rear seats were really low on the floor. You were a mile from the front seats, but on 6+ hour road trips, having your knees near your face got really uncomfortable.
- It was loud, creaky, plasticky car. Not to be unexpected
- I test drove a FWD manual, loved it, but eventually went with an auto AWD. Big mistake. 5-speed auto wasn't enough for how little power it was. The manual was much better to drive.
I desperately want them to come out with a new one. Same idea, but fix the NVH, power, and ergo issues in the rear seats.
I've even been casually looking at old ones. if I could get an AWD, manual one, with low miles in great shape, for a decent price, I'd do it. Now that
I haz confused.
I've ridden in one as well. The floor in the back is higher, so while the view from the back seat is over the front passengers, your feet are also another few inches higher.wap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:13 amPlease assplain the color coded seemingly contradictory statements. Kthx.MrH42 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 9:34 am
It was the quirkiest, most practical vehicle ever made. Relatively tiny footprint on the road. The roof was like a couple feet above your head. The rear passengers sat above you and looked down on the front seat. Massive rear leg room too. The seats folding up against the wall was brilliant. Turned into basically a truck, but really high shell.
It was ruined by stupid stuff:
- Rear seats were really low on the floor. You were a mile from the front seats, but on 6+ hour road trips, having your knees near your face got really uncomfortable.
- It was loud, creaky, plasticky car. Not to be unexpected
- I test drove a FWD manual, loved it, but eventually went with an auto AWD. Big mistake. 5-speed auto wasn't enough for how little power it was. The manual was much better to drive.
I desperately want them to come out with a new one. Same idea, but fix the NVH, power, and ergo issues in the rear seats.
I've even been casually looking at old ones. if I could get an AWD, manual one, with low miles in great shape, for a decent price, I'd do it. Now that
I haz confused.
Because it's a ridiculously efficient use of space and makes it really easy to load awkwardly large items. Just yesterday I bought a saw from HD, and trying to load it in the Cucktrek would have been A LOT easier with clamshell doors since there was stuff in the hatch.
