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Well I'm sorry not all of us can afford to stance all four wheels at once, mister moneybags. Let the poor dude work on his installment plan.
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BurgerQuest posted:Hah, where was this? I've been driving up the pacific highway and just got into Byron Bay today. The rain was crazy heavy for about 10 minutes and then just disappeared again. This was in Townsville. There would be a really good chance that this is the first time the Lancer driver had ever been in the wet due to how little it rains here. My guess is that the handbrake was pulled to do mad drifts on the round about...
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The Door Frame posted:That's sheisty as gently caress. Is there anything at all redeemable about GM? Everything I hear, see, and physically work with says that GM should be avoided like the plague My opinion on Ford vs GM for terribleness swings back and forth. Usually the worst one is the one I worked on most recently. They're both pretty dreadful, especially when it comes to their euro efforts. Chrysler is just another league altogether.
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Slavvy posted:My opinion on Ford vs GM for terribleness swings back and forth. Usually the worst one is the one I worked on most recently. They're both pretty dreadful, especially when it comes to their euro efforts. I give Ford a pass right now because it seems like they've been trying really hard to make cool cars again. GM somehow still manages to design decent platforms and engines, and then proceed to build terrible cars with them.
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8ender posted:GM somehow still manages to design decent platforms and engines, and then proceed to build terrible cars with them. This is allegedly the mid-engined Corvette mule. 
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Jan 9, 2015 05:32
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Pretty sure it's just the next holden ute.
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Slavvy posted:My opinion on Ford vs GM for terribleness swings back and forth. Usually the worst one is the one I worked on most recently. They're both pretty dreadful, especially when it comes to their euro efforts. At least with Chrysler they had the excuse of having no money all the time. The K car faintly resembled an import from that era, they just didn't have money to update it like the imports did once it got dated. Ford and GM squandered the entire 80s with the VRA then couldn't figure out how they were losing sales to the Japanese in the 90s. Tony quidprano fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Godholio posted:This is allegedly the mid-engined Corvette mule. Its at least got the headlights/taillights and frontbar from the Commodore ute.
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Supposedly it's got Corvette guts under the Holden skin. I'm still wary, but it seems like every big car mag in the country is blowing their load over this. Edit: actually I finally looked at it on a computer rather than the phone. It's clearly a C7 midsection with the Holden front and rear. Which seems like it would give easy access to the powerplant, unlike the standard vette body. Godholio fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Jan 9, 2015 22:28
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I'm crossing my fingers. It's about time we get a modern utility vehicle that isn't a bloated brotruck or a carpenter's van. Oh who am I kidding it won't come to europe anyway. 
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Collateral Damage posted:I'm crossing my fingers. It's about time we get a modern utility vehicle that isn't a bloated brotruck or a carpenter's van. It's supposedly mid-engine, from what I've read. There goes your utility vehicle hopes.
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Jan 9, 2015 23:00
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Slavvy posted:My opinion on Ford vs GM for terribleness swings back and forth. Usually the worst one is the one I worked on most recently. They're both pretty dreadful, especially when it comes to their euro efforts. So I posted a couple of days ago about the rental 2014 200 I picked up with 5400 miles on the clock and a bad front-right wheel bearing Decided to try another one. This one had 17 miles on it. 120 miles later the loving headliner went spung! and collapsed onto my head. Fuuuuuuuuck Dodge forever.
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Safety Dance posted:It's supposedly mid-engine, from what I've read. There goes your utility vehicle hopes. I respectfully disagree:  Honda T360  Dodge A100  Ford Econoline Rear engined but whatever:  Sambar (and 360)  Corvair  Syncro Doka
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Safety Dance posted:It's supposedly mid-engine, from what I've read. There goes your utility vehicle hopes. The 'sporty' versions of the Holden utes aren't meant to carry any more than a couple of cases of beer anyway - the payload ratings are really low on them
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buttcrackmenace posted:So I posted a couple of days ago about the rental 2014 200 I picked up with 5400 miles on the clock and a bad front-right wheel bearing Chrysler in a nutshell. They're basically run by their purchasing department and, well, you get what you pay for.
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Isn't Chrysler the company that has a factory specified repair of zipties for bumper cover failures?
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QuiteEasilyDone posted:Isn't Chrysler the company that has a factory specified repair of zipties for bumper cover failures? They were dealer installed, but I don't think factory specified. Either way, they'd wear through in a bit and need to be re-zipped.
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jamal posted:Pretty sure it's just the next holden ute. There isn't going to be any holden commodore or ute after the current model. Manufacturing the commodore (and falcon) is being shut down. They don't sell the ute there, and probably won't start after shutting it down here. Any changes to current lineup would just be face-lifts, and no reason to test them. Safety Dance posted:It's supposedly mid-engine, from what I've read. There goes your utility vehicle hopes. Yeah, I think the point is testing mid engine mounting, not testing a new ute dissss posted:The 'sporty' versions of the Holden utes aren't meant to carry any more than a couple of cases of beer anyway - the payload ratings are really low on them Yeah, I think they're rated at 650kg. I've just got a regular ford ute for a work vehicle, 1 tonne in the back or 2300kg tow, for that reason. Unladen, drives like a regular car, which is the whole point of utes rather than a truck. Had a ranger before hand and while good for 4x4, for city/highway I much prefer the performance, mod cons, safety and NVH of a ute Fo3 fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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totalnewbie posted:Chrysler in a nutshell. I'm curious, and this seems like the best place to ask: how's the Dart? I think the interior and exterior look nice enough for a small compact and have seen a few on the road, but no one says anything about them and I don't know anything about how they drive or hold up. I looked on Car and Driver and they're ranked second to last in the "compacts" section, so that can't be good. Seeing the Fiat 500 down that low is a bit of a surprise, too.
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Uthor posted:I'm curious, and this seems like the best place to ask: how's the Dart? Just get the Golf like the link says 
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veedubfreak posted:Just get the Golf like the link says I have a seven year old GTI that I don't plan on replacing for at least another seven years.
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Uthor posted:I have a seven year old GTI that I don't plan on replacing for at least another seven years. Famous last words.
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totalnewbie posted:Chrysler in a nutshell. Correction, you get what they pay for.
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Uthor posted:I'm curious, and this seems like the best place to ask: how's the Dart? I think there was someone here who worked at the Dart plant, and said that 1 out of every 3 cars gets pulled to the 'rework' area because they were built so badly they needed to be repaired right off the line
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There's basically nothing from Chrysler you should buy. Just don't. Maybe the Hellcat whatevers might be okay, but there's other vehicles that are probably better for a similar price point. The one thing Chrysler does well is that their cars look (for the most part) pretty drat good and their interiors are pretty decent. But you should buy a Golf.
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I can't remember if I've asked this but I have a mate with a real and serious dedication to buying a crossfire. How terrible are they on a scale of communist drudgecar to Kenyan-built 70's peugeot copy?
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"looks like a dog taking a poo poo" is probably the best thing anyone has ever said about that car. Do those share parts with the SLK?
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Slavvy posted:I can't remember if I've asked this but I have a mate with a real and serious dedication to buying a crossfire. How terrible are they on a scale of communist drudgecar to Kenyan-built 70's peugeot copy? You're asking about a rwd coupe, built by Chrysler in the early 2000s (an alarm bell for any domestic), out of scraps that Mercedes was done with and didn't want to use anymore, to a price point that would make it move. All the best leftovers of German engineering, combined with Mopar build quality and reliability. poo poo will break in hilarious and unanticipated ways, and will often require parts with an attached Mercedes tax. Do you really have to ask? And they're cramped as gently caress, only car I've ever had to actually stick my head out the window to have my neck not snap. Plus, aren't you (and your buddy) in Australia/New Zealand/one of those RHD countries? I can only what a clusterfuck that adds to the equation.
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And the modular merc v6 they came with is definitely worthy of this thread, because holy gently caress are they festering turds of an engine.
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Wikipedia says that the crossfire and the slk are completely identical mechanically and only the bodywork & interior are different. It also says they were 'built by Karmann'. It even came with a 6 speed manual. How bad can it possibly be?
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Slavvy posted:How bad can it possibly be? Famous last words. Malaise era Mercedes be damned.
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$30,000listing posted:The Mercedes-Benz SLK was adapted for the bespoke new body, which uses all its own sheetmetal. The mechanicals were all purloined, although retuned for this application. The interior was borrowed as well, then restyled to provide a unique appearance. In the face of complex stampings (such as the X-shaped crease on the doors, the deep rear quarter-panels, and the grooved hood) and production numbers of only 20,000 per year, manufacturing was farmed out to German coachbuilder Karmann.
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Even with that mileage $30k seems insane - that's 370z territory.
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Ugh the crossfire is so hideous. dissss posted:Even with that mileage $30k seems insane - that's 370z territory. 30k is pretty much a maxed out Genesis Coupe 3.8 R-Spec
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Slavvy posted:Wikipedia says that the crossfire and the slk are completely identical mechanically and only the bodywork & interior are different. It also says they were 'built by Karmann'. It even came with a 6 speed manual. How bad can it possibly be? Karmann was also responsible for the Merkur XR4Ti and one form of the Nissan Micra, as well as the Land Rover Defender, along with one year of the Ford Mustang and Pontiac G6. (as if you didn't need any more reason not to put any faith in the whole "built by Karmann" badge - they had nothing to do with the mechanicals)
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Shogunner posted:Ugh the crossfire is so hideous. This is Aus/NZ - 30k doesn't go as far in the Antipodes as it does on the other side of the Pacific. That being said, 28k Slavvy, seems like a much better buy.
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Slavvy posted:Wikipedia says that the crossfire and the slk are completely identical mechanically and only the bodywork & interior are different. It also says they were 'built by Karmann'. It even came with a 6 speed manual. How bad can it possibly be? I don't like the Crossfire because I think it looks hideous, but every time this comes up all the shiteaters here start posting hurr durr Chrysler and never have any specifics to back it up. Mechanically the crossfire was very good, because the R171 SLK it is mechanically identical to was actually also very good, probably the best built MB of that era, and the supercharged AMG model was very fast, the 5 speed AMG speedshift trans revmatched downshifts and would hold gears to redline, even the folding hardtop, which you would think problematic, was actually quite sturdy, and in any case you didn't get that on the Crossfire anyway. The manual transmission probably isn't great though since none of the MB manuals are, and the non-AMG version is pretty slow by modern standards. The only issue I've ever heard anyone having are with the intercooler leaking on the supercharged versions, similar to the issues the E55 AMGs have, but those are quite easy to fix and half the parts are shared with the Ford F150 Lightning and can be bought at a Ford dealership for much less money than a MB dealer.
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 Spot the horrible mechanical failure! Apparently the steering linkage failed for my dad on the ride home yesterday. So hellatoe? QuiteEasilyDone fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Throatwarbler posted:I don't like the Crossfire because I think it looks hideous, but every time this comes up all the shiteaters here start posting hurr durr Chrysler and never have any specifics to back it up. Wait, what?? Really? Which parts of an e55 amg are shared with a Ford? I've never heard of this.
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