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max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:48 am
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AND it has a 6.4L Hemi. Everything else in the segment is irrelevant IMO.
This would be great in Texas, 12 mpg ? :whocares: gas is $2 a gallon. On the coasts this thing would suck balls. It’s literally $120 to fill up out here.
$400 a month for the payment shoppers is quite a burden. Which is why I suppose you never see these around here.
It's this or you give up entirely. I guess the later is the choice for most.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:52 am
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This would be great in Texas, 12 mpg ? :whocares: gas is $2 a gallon. On the coasts this thing would suck balls. It’s literally $120 to fill up out here.
$400 a month for the payment shoppers is quite a burden. Which is why I suppose you never see these around here.
It's this or you give up entirely. I guess the later is the choice for most.
I mean you can spend $50k on a Durango and pretend like :thisisfine: or you can just get a 8k minivan and a used bmw for 20k and still have all the “capability” and fun for 1/2 price
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max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:54 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:52 am
It's this or you give up entirely. I guess the later is the choice for most.
I mean you can spend $50k on a Durango and pretend like :thisisfine: or you can just get a 8k minivan and a used bmw for 20k and still have all the “capability” and fun for 1/2 price
2 vehicles is a PITA. 2x the insurance 2x the reg 2x the maintenance (especially on an $8k minivan that's been puked in and colored on more times than it has miles), I don't see how that's a great solution, personally.
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They're not uncommon here. SRT JGC are quite popular and sound :jimp: I don't think the CA coast is exactly FCA's arget market.

Definitely :wasteful: but still :fuckyeah:
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max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:54 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:52 am
It's this or you give up entirely. I guess the later is the choice for most.
I mean you can spend $50k on a Durango and pretend like :thisisfine: or you can just get a 8k minivan and a used bmw for 20k and still have all the “capability” and fun for 1/2 price
Or just stick :tits: in a :minivan: and drive a fun sedan/hatch.

I don't see how my current BMW wouldn't be a perfectly acceptable dad car that isn't miserable.
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D Griff wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:59 am They're not uncommon here. SRT JGC are quite popular and sound :jimp: I don't think the CA coast is exactly FCA's arget market.

Definitely :wasteful: but still :fuckyeah:
We’re the #1 :jeep: market in the country breh
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Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:58 am
max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:54 am

I mean you can spend $50k on a Durango and pretend like :thisisfine: or you can just get a 8k minivan and a used bmw for 20k and still have all the “capability” and fun for 1/2 price
2 vehicles is a PITA. 2x the insurance 2x the reg 2x the maintenance (especially on an $8k minivan that's been puked in and colored on more times than it has miles), I don't see how that's a great solution, personally.
You can clean it because let’s face it your crotchfruit will puke piss and shit in it also. They are designed with that in mind. A used sienna for 8k will be reliable for 5-7 years and dirt cheap to insure, at that point you just set it on fire because it served its purpose compared to a new Durango it seems like a better option.
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D Griff wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:01 am
max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:54 am

I mean you can spend $50k on a Durango and pretend like :thisisfine: or you can just get a 8k minivan and a used bmw for 20k and still have all the “capability” and fun for 1/2 price
Or just stick :tits: in a :minivan: and drive a fun sedan/hatch.

I don't see how my current BMW wouldn't be a perfectly acceptable dad car that isn't miserable.
This is my point all along.
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max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:06 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:58 am
2 vehicles is a PITA. 2x the insurance 2x the reg 2x the maintenance (especially on an $8k minivan that's been puked in and colored on more times than it has miles), I don't see how that's a great solution, personally.
You can clean it because let’s face it your crotchfruit will puke piss and shit in it also. They are designed with that in mind. A used sienna for 8k will be reliable for 5-7 years and dirt cheap to insure, at that point you just set it on fire because it served its purpose compared to a new Durango it seems like a better option.
I'd rather kill myself.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:08 am
max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:06 am

You can clean it because let’s face it your crotchfruit will puke piss and shit in it also. They are designed with that in mind. A used sienna for 8k will be reliable for 5-7 years and dirt cheap to insure, at that point you just set it on fire because it served its purpose compared to a new Durango it seems like a better option.
I'd rather kill myself.
You’d rather have a car you care about be destroyed by creatures that throw up at random and have no concept that shitting yourself in public is not ok?
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max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:12 am
Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:08 am
I'd rather kill myself.
You’d rather have a car you care about be destroyed by creatures that throw up at random and have no concept that shitting yourself in public is not ok?
No, I'd rather kill myself than deal with creatures destroying my possessions and sanity.
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Detroit wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:14 am
max225 wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:12 am
You’d rather have a car you care about be destroyed by creatures that throw up at random and have no concept that shitting yourself in public is not ok?
No, I'd rather kill myself than deal with creatures destroying my possessions and sanity.
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[user not found] wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:37 pm Soooo...

How about that FCA/PSA merger?
I posted it... no one seemed to care.
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max225 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:04 pm
[user not found] wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:37 pm Soooo...

How about that FCA/PSA merger?
I posted it... no one seemed to care.
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
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Detroit wrote:
max225 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:04 pm

I posted it... no one seemed to care.
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
:dat:

No cool cars are coming here anymore. :truk: :truk: podlyfe

:eeyore:

*exceptions for cars that cost at least $100k... but again :whocares: besides :waxer:
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:15 pm
Detroit wrote: It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
:dat:

No cool cars are coming here anymore. :truk: :truk: podlyfe

:eeyore:

*exceptions for cars that cost at least $100k... but again :whocares: besides :waxer:
:dat:
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Detroit wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:14 pm
max225 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:04 pm

I posted it... no one seemed to care.
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
:dat: Clearly if even the dude who works there is :aintcare: :whocares:

I think the time is now to buy cool cars, there is a lot of sweet shit for sale today, it will likely slowly taper off going forward.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:05 pm
Detroit wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:14 pm
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
:dat: Clearly if even the dude who works there is :aintcare: :whocares:

I think the time is now to buy cool cars, there is a lot of sweet shit for sale today, it will likely slowly taper off going forward.
We're living in the golden age for vehicles. It's all downhill from here.
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Detroit wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:14 pm
max225 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:04 pm

I posted it... no one seemed to care.
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
Ok the fca merger gave us a ton of random shit... we had the 500, the 3. Slow diesel. The renegayde, all the Alfa’s etc.
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max225 wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:53 pm
Detroit wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2019 3:14 pm
It won't really have a tangible impact on anything for YEARS, if ever for the US market. So it's a bit :whocares: overall IMO.
Ok the fca merger gave us a ton of random shit... we had the 500, the 3. Slow diesel. The renegayde, all the Alfa’s etc.
If anything, it will kill not add. Industry is in contraction, this is just the beginning.
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About that 308 GTI and 208 GTI?
4zilch wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:46 am I'm a fucking failure.
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Melon wrote:About that 308 GTI and 208 GTI?
208 was nice to drive in France, too bad it'll never come here.
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