Car Talk 5: The Juice is Loose!
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you move up the ladder too far and you’re faced with $500 oil changes
Fun is fun, a c8 will outperform most porsches under 200k for 70k and be as much or more fun and still take Mobil 1 for $99.99. But it won’t have color matched stitching, headlight surrounds and sport chrono packs that are 1:1 in the country.
Values are to be had in some vehicles unless you want a status symbol
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First gen cross tranny was pretty much mk6 sized inside. I think the newer gen finally got quite a bit bigger. 2 people should have more than enough space for most activities and seats fold etc for mulch runs. It is a great utilitarian vehicle at a reasonable price.
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Exactly the thinking. It's also "super cute" which apparently is a purchase reason. Unfortunately, I think they can't be had with heated steering wheels, which will be the end of that discussion.max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:00 pm First gen cross tranny was pretty much mk6 sized inside. I think the newer gen finally got quite a bit bigger. 2 people should have more than enough space for most activities and seats fold etc for mulch runs. It is a great utilitarian vehicle at a reasonable price.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Agreed 100%
I was commenting on Max's comment about looking cool at 25 in a Corvette. I never looked cool, but clearly I didn't care.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Agreed 100%
I was commenting on Max's comment about looking cool at 25 in a Corvette. I never looked cool, but clearly I didn't care.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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And I still wish Subaru made an STI Crosstrek with Would be like a less hard core Ariel Nomad. 5/7 would hoon.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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I love my heated steering wheel. Use it all the time when temps are cool.Detroit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:14 pmExactly the thinking. It's also "super cute" which apparently is a purchase reason. Unfortunately, I think they can't be had with heated steering wheels, which will be the end of that discussion.max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:00 pm First gen cross tranny was pretty much mk6 sized inside. I think the newer gen finally got quite a bit bigger. 2 people should have more than enough space for most activities and seats fold etc for mulch runs. It is a great utilitarian vehicle at a reasonable price.
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you mean a STI hatch ? the of subies. I am sad they canned it also. It was one of my faves ... still is, even thought the engine is garbage as far as high mileage reliability goes.
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The JL/T wheel gets toasty
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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Kind of. I want more ground clearance... literally the rally car with heated shit. The Crosstrek would be perfect.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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YET. I think the real value on the C8 is going to be in the evolution of that vehicle.max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:55 pmyou move up the ladder too far and you’re faced with $500 oil changes
Fun is fun, a c8 will outperform most porsches under 200k for 70k and be as much or more fun and still take Mobil 1 for $99.99. But it won’t have color matched stitching, headlight surrounds and sport chrono packs that are 1:1 in the country.
Values are to be had in some vehicles unless you want a status symbol
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Seriously, I turned it off after 5-10 minutes every time.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
My poverty spec ass has never once experienced a heated wheel. I haven’t had heated seats since my and still miss them a bit.
I saw a Sport today with the non leather steering wheel, very
Made me realize I do slightly care about features.
I saw a Sport today with the non leather steering wheel, very
Made me realize I do slightly care about features.
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Can get it on the $38k plug in hybrid oneDetroit wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:14 pmExactly the thinking. It's also "super cute" which apparently is a purchase reason. Unfortunately, I think they can't be had with heated steering wheels, which will be the end of that discussion.max225 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:00 pm First gen cross tranny was pretty much mk6 sized inside. I think the newer gen finally got quite a bit bigger. 2 people should have more than enough space for most activities and seats fold etc for mulch runs. It is a great utilitarian vehicle at a reasonable price.
I could have sworn my mom's 2019 Impreza had a heated steering wheel though. For some reason I remember the button not being illuminated and couldn't tell if you turned it on until it was warm or not.
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but it's hard to convince them in the right direction. I'd personally love myself an Octavia VRS, dat sedan with a hatch whenever they see a skoda, this comes to their mind.Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:25 amSkoda is a rebadged VW, with all the same internals built in the same plants (i.e. engines/etc), and the Czechs can run weld shops as well as the next guy. Heck the T-reg/Q7/Q8/Cayenne are built in Bratislava, and I can't imagine that the Czechs are any better or worse at building cars then the Slovaks, or Germans for that matter. Both my T-reg and R are holding up exceptionally well for 4+ yr old cars. I'd buy a Skoda Octavia to save a few bucks over a VW sportwagen or whatever the equivalents are in the EU.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:55 am
Not to mention, even appliances have gotten better dynamically. There's basically no such thing as "shitty" cars anymore other than mitsubishi.
Whenever I talk to my parents about Skoda, they'll go because when they grew up it used to be cars for the poverty and shitty busses, now that they're owned by VW, they're rather a little more upscale cars. I am like that in Hyundai's, because I've been in those hyundai accent cabs growing up and I know how the dash is more like fisher price, plus one of my friends dad had the Hyundai Excel (first one made) when I was a kid and it was a complete pile. The new line-up are completely opposite, I rented one overseas and it drives on par as my mk6, i've been in santa fe, elanta, and ioniq as ubers, also decent quality too. But i'd still won't get one and GDI engines have flaws that causes :hibatchi: situations.
Not too long ago, phones weren't that expensive either, I remember when I bought my iphone 3g, it was only $200, now? forget it! I remember reading an article saying "my parents had a $100,000 salary and now that I make that much, I don't think I am rich" or somewhere along those lines.
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Also I decided to look at local classifieds, that local VRS wagon.Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:25 amSkoda is a rebadged VW, with all the same internals built in the same plants (i.e. engines/etc), and the Czechs can run weld shops as well as the next guy. Heck the T-reg/Q7/Q8/Cayenne are built in Bratislava, and I can't imagine that the Czechs are any better or worse at building cars then the Slovaks, or Germans for that matter. Both my T-reg and R are holding up exceptionally well for 4+ yr old cars. I'd buy a Skoda Octavia to save a few bucks over a VW sportwagen or whatever the equivalents are in the EU.MexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:55 am
Not to mention, even appliances have gotten better dynamically. There's basically no such thing as "shitty" cars anymore other than mitsubishi.
Whenever I talk to my parents about Skoda, they'll go because when they grew up it used to be cars for the poverty and shitty busses, now that they're owned by VW, they're rather a little more upscale cars. I am like that in Hyundai's, because I've been in those hyundai accent cabs growing up and I know how the dash is more like fisher price, plus one of my friends dad had the Hyundai Excel (first one made) when I was a kid and it was a complete pile. The new line-up are completely opposite, I rented one overseas and it drives on par as my mk6, i've been in santa fe, elanta, and ioniq as ubers, also decent quality too. But i'd still won't get one and GDI engines have flaws that causes :hibatchi: situations.
Not too long ago, phones weren't that expensive either, I remember when I bought my iphone 3g, it was only $200, now? forget it! I remember reading an article saying "my parents had a $100,000 salary and now that I make that much, I don't think I am rich" or somewhere along those lines.
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Thats pretty dope! I love the seatsMexicanYarisTK wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 6:17 amAlso I decided to look at local classifieds, that local VRS wagon.Tarspin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:25 am
Skoda is a rebadged VW, with all the same internals built in the same plants (i.e. engines/etc), and the Czechs can run weld shops as well as the next guy. Heck the T-reg/Q7/Q8/Cayenne are built in Bratislava, and I can't imagine that the Czechs are any better or worse at building cars then the Slovaks, or Germans for that matter. Both my T-reg and R are holding up exceptionally well for 4+ yr old cars. I'd buy a Skoda Octavia to save a few bucks over a VW sportwagen or whatever the equivalents are in the EU.