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dennismurphy
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Re: Who are the People in your Neighborhood?
Dennis here, happily married, have a beautiful 8-month-old son ...
I work in the IT field, and my cars are daily commuters. I've had several real beaters before getting a real job:
1976 Chevy Monte Carlo (2 city blocks long)
1986 Pontiac Grand Am
1989 Chevy Corsica
2000 Pontiac Grand Am (first new car - apparently, I didn't learn from history.)
2005 Nissan Altima 3.5 SL
Right now, I'm driving my wife's 2000 Nissan Altima GXE, since I have the 100 mile daily commute. She took the '05 Altima from me which is a good thing - that car is too much fun, and I'd be sure to get pulled over if I drove it every day!
I'm currently completely infatuated with the GMC Acadia - just figuring out a way to purchase it without going into the poorhouse.  | |
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My name's Chad and I'm 35. Been into cars my entire life. Never really had any super cool cars, although I once owned a '79 Z28 with a 1970 LT1 350 in it. That car was scary. Had a couple older Chevy trucks, and currently drive an '05 Yukon. The wife just bought an '09 Camry, and it's sweet.
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KrK
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Hey, long time BBR regular...... Work in Tulsa, OK, just about to turn 40 (WTF how did THAT happen). Bought a house in Nov 2007.
I only know enough about Cars to do minor stuff and be dangerous. 
Vehicle History:
1963 Ford Anglia (Good)
1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass (Sucked)
1986 Ford Tempo (Sucked)
1980 Ford Fairmont (Beater, Ugly, Couldn't kill it if I tried)
1991 Ford Escort (Great)
1994 Ford Escort (Great)
Still own:
1991 Chevy Astro Van (Good)
1993 Honda Civic (Good)
2003 Dodge Neon (Good)
Don't drive the Civic enough, considering selling it. Really good MPG car, but it's time for a timing belt, it leaks a little oil and it's tough to get in and out of for me. (4 door, small doors, big guy)
The Chevy Astro Van is near the end of it's life with me as well, has a persistent electrical problem which means it destroys batteries and is not dependable anymore. Been a good van but after being in a minor accident and then getting sideswiped while parked on the street it's just not worth spending money on anymore.
The 2003 Neon is my current daily driver and is doing well, Super strong A/C that can even handle this 110 degree crap (ugh). Hasn't cost me hardly any money in terms of repairs mechanically, but it's currently got a "Small Leak in Evap. system" which keeps engine light on (And it's not the gas cap apparently, I've tried 3 different ones).
Next vehicle I buy will probably be a used Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic, although I sure would like to buy a VW Jetta TDI but I just don't think I can trust the reliability like I could a Toyota or Honda
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I'm Brad, 25, single, no kids, and am from Kingsport, TN.
I've owned/driven a few cars in the past 10 years.
1988 Mercury Sable. (Had 88k on it in 2001 and ran pretty well. Water pump died a few times and I messed up the transmission in it the day after I got my license.)
1994 Ford Escort (this was my first car, was a nice little 5 speed I picked up from the school resource officer I knew, I learned to drive a manual transmission cause of this car and loved it).
2000 Ford Mustang (Sold the Escort and got a loan for this car since I was starting college and all. Unfortunately it got totaled in 03/2004. Maybe I'll have one again one day)
1999 Toyota Corolla (My current car, had it since 2005ish. Its been very reliable and lately I've been putting some more work into it changing some stuff out, cleaning it up a bit.)
I'm not really that car savvy, just changed my own oil without help today for the first time. I'm enjoying learning more about them and what all the different things do and such.
Hope to start joining in on the conversations soon.
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Bob Anderson
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Although I have been a broadbandreports poster for years, I never viewed this automotive forum before.
I actually do have some exciting (for me) news. Last July 21 I special ordered a 2010 Mustang GT, black on black, with 5 speed auto. There was one B on B with auto in Canada, but it had a $2200 glass roof. The last thing I want is the sun beating down on me.
I expect to take delivery early October.
This is my sixth Mustang GT since 1986. I'l save the details for later.
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I'm Connor, I live in Helena, AL. I drive a 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid and a 2009 Toyota Camry Hybrid.
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Bob Anderson
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Ottawa, ON
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Since I have some spare time today I'll give some details. All six of my mustangs were V8 automatics, 1986 (grey), '89 (blue), '94 (red-- the closest to candy apple I have ever seen), '97 (green), '01 (black) and the ordered '10, black. The '94 was the lowest in grunt at only 220 hp, the '01 is 260 and the '10 is 315.
I have also owned a new '84 Audi Coupe GT (a lemon, blew three heads is 18 months). Also a '93 VW Corrado, totaled by an unsafe pass by a lunatic.
I have received exactly one ticket in my life, something like an illegal U turn in Banff. I actually got the ticket for pulling into someone's driveway and backing out. It's a local bylaw and they expect tourists to know about it. Haven't spent a dime there since then, 1984.
When I was a teenager I took a sixth month course in auto mechanics which essentiall consisted of tearing down a Chevy blue flame 6 cyl. and putting it back together again with all cleaned or refurbished parts.
Over my teens and twenties I bought many old English and American cars and would typically spend about $50-$75 on repairs and drive them for a few months until they died.
With the advent of computerized ignition and fuel delivery I stopped doing any maintenance myself.
I'm 63, licensed for 45 years.
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Bob Anderson
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It looks great. They had it parked in their entrance yesterday and
apparently everybody who came in to the dealership took a good look and did
a walkaround. One couple wanted to buy it on the spot. My salesman has
them in his hooks for buying another one off the lot, a manual trans grey
one
which looks just as good. I've done grey.
I got another $115 off the 4-year warranty extension, $2,034 with tax. That
is way less than half the MSRP. That's $43/month. I paid $100/month for my
warranty extension on the 2001 because I bought it late, 4 years after
purchase of the car. The salesman bought me a set of wheel locks, $80 + tax.
That comes out of his pocket, not the dealership's. I will give him an
excellent rating on all categories when Ford sends me their satisfaction
survey. I usually do, because anything less than excellent puts their jobs
in jeopardy. When I purchased my '89, I requested the wide racing stripes on
the hood be deleted. It was an option to have them deleted. They weren't.
Luckily for me the car was nearly the same shade of grey as the stripes,
so they weren't that noticeable. I did not give that salesman an excellent,
because he did not offer to have the stripes removed and the hood repainted.
He could have but he didn't. I never saw that salesman at the dealership
again.
Funny thing though. After doing all the paperwork with the business manager
and then driving the car home, I realized he forgot to register the car with
the Province of Ontario! In other words I have no valid registration. So
tomorrow back I go to the dealership. Meanwhile, I will carry the bill
of sale in the very unlikely event I get pulled over.
This thing has real low-end grunt. The first gear is quite low (high
numerically) and very little throttle is needed to pull away rapidly. I
barely exceeded the speed limit (60 kph) on the way home because I was
rather nervous. It takes a while to get to know a vehicle's characteristics
and to memorize the location of every control so you don't have to look
where you are putting your fingers. The car has a satellite Sirius radio
system which I will never use, but one thing it reads out is the
direction I am going, i.e., NE. The car has an external thermometer
which is nice, but I don't think it has a real- time fuel consumption
readout. That would have been worthwhile, whereas telling me what direction
I'm going and what the temperature is, is useless. I always know the
direction I am going and I always know the temperature. Useless gimmicks
that add to the cost. The Sirius system is 'free' for six months but I won't
be susbscribing so the direction readout will probably end then.
There is no mechanical engine noise, at least up to the speed I hit driving
home, 63 kph. It is all combustion/exhaust noise which is what I want. It is
a different sound from my '01 because there are two exhaust valves. It is
unmistakingly a grunty V8 sound but because there are two exhaust valves the
sound is more rapidly grunty. It sounds like it is idling more rapidly, but
it idles at 550 RPM, exactly the same as my '01. Speaking of sound, at red
lights I hear the sound of new cars idling and it is amazing how bad they
sound. Metallic vibrations, plastic rattling, glass rattling, mechanical
engine noise and
combustion noise which sounds like a sowing machine. Even very expensive
Japanese and German cars. When my car is idling and you listen to it from
the outside, it makes no noise other than combustion/exhaust. This is not a
fluke. The big three have long known how to tune a car's sound. The Italians
know, BMW knows, Porsche knows it for water-cooled engines, but they can't
make their air-cooled engines sound nice. My neighbor's Porsche air-cooled
turbo sounds not much different from an old VW bug. Too much machanical
noise. His wife's water-cooled V8 Porsche has a very good raspy sound. It
is not the grunty sound of an American V8 but it is Porsche's version of it
and it is unique.
Of the six Mustangs I have owned, this is the first one to have a 'Z' as the
second character in the VIN. All others have been 'F'. A little googling
confirmed what I thought. 'Z' refers to Mustangs built specifically for the
Canadian market. This was probably a result of Ford Canada wanting a way to
distinguish between the two country's sales origin for warranty
purposes. This makes it very difficult for a Canadian to buy a Mustang in
the USA and expect Ford Canada to honor the warranty.
Tomorrow I am going driving.
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