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re: Are car generations of the pre-Covid era going to become highly valued in time?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:52 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:52 am to SlowFlowPro
Are they killing the obnoxious "Start-Stop System"? I hope so
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Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:56 am to SlowFlowPro
I daily a 98 Camry
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:57 am to SlowFlowPro
Just to piss you off, I agree with every word of your manifesto. (Even though I didn’t read any of it).
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:00 pm to mattz1122
You troll, but I actually know a girl who did a similar deal and thought she had gotten a great deal. Her new car gets 1mpg better and her monthly note barely went up.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:00 pm to SlowFlowPro
In my Lexus RX350 FB group, the consensus is to get a 2017 RX350 as those were the best ever made.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:02 pm to cypresstiger
quote:
Are they killing the obnoxious "Start-Stop System"? I hope so
They won’t ever just kill it, but as long as they give us the button to turn it off then I can live with it. I’m always amazed when I encounter people who don’t disable that shite. Light turns green and a dozen cars start up.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:05 pm to prplhze2000
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In my Lexus RX350 FB group, the consensus is to get a 2017 RX350 as those were the best ever made.
In the Toyota tundra Reddit sub, chock full of Tundra fanboys, there are countless posts about failed new engines and how the new model just sucks in reliability compared to the old models. These are people biased towards Toyota. It’s hard to believe a statistic that says the newest cars are the most reliable ever, unless those statistics are including cars from the 2010s.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:09 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:And 93.4872% of all statistics on message boards are lies...
99th percentile PSAT/ACT score says otherwise
Your "Look at me, dammit!!" threads are always good for a laugh.
In the immortal words of Freddy Mercury, "Carry on, carry on...!"
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
J.D. Power
Sends you a crisp one dollar bill and expects you to spend 30 minutes to an hour filling out a six-page survey...
The last 7-8 cars and trucks I've purchased have had basically zero issues, but I'm not wasting my time on populating their database.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:17 pm to When in Rome
I hope not.
Partly b/c of that initiative, more Americans have negative equity in their vehicles than ever before.
( source: today's WSJ)
Partly b/c of that initiative, more Americans have negative equity in their vehicles than ever before.
( source: today's WSJ)
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:17 pm to biglego
quote:
It’s hard to believe a statistic that says the newest cars are the most reliable ever, unless those statistics are including cars from the 2010s.
It's a matter of population sample. Yeah if you include cars primarily from the previous era (which exist in larger number than more recent models) the "reliability" metrics for the entire time period will free ride off their reliability. As the new generation becomes a larger portion of that sample population (and more reliable older cars leave the sample), I imagine that's going to lead to dramatic shifts in the reliability rankings.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
I’m still fighting with the wife she wants me to dump the 03 6speed Cummins. Anything plastic, rubber, leather or cloth is rotting around the engine and transmission.
But simply it’s bullet proof. I will never buy anything for myself newer then a 07ish I just don’t need it or want it.
Contemplating a fummins swap into a 06-10 ford. They have what I think is a shite diesel and transmission but man the interior and for the most part electrical has held up. So I’m seriously looking at cost for a engine transmission swap gunna have to do it in direct defiance of the wife though… but it would be better then the rotten plastic dash, doors and continued rot of electrical bugs that I deal with every couple months
But simply it’s bullet proof. I will never buy anything for myself newer then a 07ish I just don’t need it or want it.
Contemplating a fummins swap into a 06-10 ford. They have what I think is a shite diesel and transmission but man the interior and for the most part electrical has held up. So I’m seriously looking at cost for a engine transmission swap gunna have to do it in direct defiance of the wife though… but it would be better then the rotten plastic dash, doors and continued rot of electrical bugs that I deal with every couple months
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:23 pm to SlowFlowPro
Many of JD Power's "reliability issues" are from a lot of people not knowing how to use some of the UI features found on today's cars.
Give someone 60+ a new cellphone and let me know how it goes.
Give someone 60+ a new cellphone and let me know how it goes.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:25 pm to SlowFlowPro
Unfortunately I think you’re correct.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:43 pm to Lsutigerturner
My go-to vehicle is a 2005 Ram 250 Diesel pickup with minor rust starting to show up. We have a broad choice of 9 registered vehicles to drive ranging from 1917 to 2012 and I don't plan on buying newer ever.
Two years ago, on our 60th anniversary, the wife and I took the truck on a road trip through several states and a lot of the northern Rocky Mountains up to Canada. We started at 253,xxx miles and put on an additional 4,4xx miles over the next two weeks. Found one batch of poor fuel but no other problems. Finally had to do the first major repair when the transmission acted up last month. Paid more for the repairs than the vehicle was worth on the market but, to me, it was a bargain to keep "old reliable" on the road.
Two years ago, on our 60th anniversary, the wife and I took the truck on a road trip through several states and a lot of the northern Rocky Mountains up to Canada. We started at 253,xxx miles and put on an additional 4,4xx miles over the next two weeks. Found one batch of poor fuel but no other problems. Finally had to do the first major repair when the transmission acted up last month. Paid more for the repairs than the vehicle was worth on the market but, to me, it was a bargain to keep "old reliable" on the road.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:45 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
Naturally-aspirated V6 that gets over 300 mph
I call bullshite.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:53 pm to TigerFanatic99
You're right. Typo that has been fixed.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:54 pm to SlowFlowPro
Still driving my V8 2006 Tundra. Great truck. Even the guys at the Toyota shop are telling me to hang on to it. Haven't had anything besides maintenance, ie oil changes, Timing belt, etc.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:57 pm to CarRamrod
quote:
The Government Program That Killed The Automotive Industry
cash for clunkers cost a billion dollars but only got rid of like 12000 cars, mostly cars that weren’t that old at the time The Mexicans took all the good used cars to Mexico
Posted on 4/27/26 at 2:49 pm to Cheese Grits
quote:
The V-6 in Buick sedans were awesome and reliable. These 4 cylinders with turbos are not the answer, but will consumers become savvy enough to demand such in numbers>
I think you'll find 3 cylinders in the Buick now. Ugh.
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