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Now, let us gaze into thy crystal ball.. how many pages will debate what a Coupe is vs. Two door sedan (two doors is usually a couple to me, unless a truck or convertible. Carry on) and then back to Subarus.

 

Turbos 4 Life. cv, loving what car you will select. Have to do see just how far I can go on a tank of gas in this thing. It flies. Life is good. Money is good. Leases are cool. I can even send texts from the steering wheel with my voice. Yee ha! Have a wonderful night, cant be late for work. https://www.edmunds.com/nissan/maxima/

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15 hours ago, hegemony said:

A deal is a deal...given a choice, I have no problems with a diesel over a gasser and the reality is that it is a fuel that is hardly scarce.  20 or 30 years ago, it could sometimes be a challenge to find a station that had a small nozzle for the cars (the truck stops usually had the much larger nozzle to go with the high flow pumps). 

 

For someone like me that drives A LOT, the extra range that comes with the mileage of a diesel combined with the often-longer life powertrains, I always liked the little VW's.  I just never saw one equipped the way I wanted when I was looking to buy another toy...but I had even looked at one of the old Rabbits that would get close to 60MPG on the biodiesel. 

 

Potential resale is not an issue for me since I tend to be a buy and drive till it dies sort of consumer...although I am often buying new since I don't trust the people who buy and flip every couple of years- they tend to be horrid at maintenance.  Vehicles with a history of scandal can lead to some real steals being out there...could be an issue for getting financing, but for the cash buyer, financing is a moot point.  And since the misreporting and manipulation didn't deal with safety, insurance shouldn't be a factor...

 

So,,,borrowing from Jalopnik...gotta go with NICE PRICE.  I'm sure some would still vote crack pipe though...

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48 minutes ago, centex said:

A deal is a deal...given a choice, I have no problems with a diesel over a gasser and the reality is that it is a fuel that is hardly scarce.  20 or 30 years ago, it could sometimes be a challenge to find a station that had a small nozzle for the cars (the truck stops usually had the much larger nozzle to go with the high flow pumps). 

 

For someone like me that drives A LOT, the extra range that comes with the mileage of a diesel combined with the often-longer life powertrains, I always liked the little VW's.  I just never saw one equipped the way I wanted when I was looking to buy another toy...but I had even looked at one of the old Rabbits that would get close to 60MPG on the biodiesel. 

 

Potential resale is not an issue for me since I tend to be a buy and drive till it dies sort of consumer...although I am often buying new since I don't trust the people who buy and flip every couple of years- they tend to be horrid at maintenance.  Vehicles with a history of scandal can lead to some real steals being out there...could be an issue for getting financing, but for the cash buyer, financing is a moot point.  And since the misreporting and manipulation didn't deal with safety, insurance shouldn't be a factor...

 

So,,,borrowing from Jalopnik...gotta go with NICE PRICE.  I'm sure some would still vote crack pipe though...

Sometimes I think you're secretly Emme Hall.

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Wheel alignment...  I need to have this done.

 

Is this a high-precision operation that is only really done correctly by a limited number of places, or do I just pick a place because the price seems fair and the location is decent?

 

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6 hours ago, cv91915 said:

Wheel alignment...  I need to have this done.

 

Is this a high-precision operation that is only really done correctly by a limited number of places, or do I just pick a place because the price seems fair and the location is decent?

 

Which vehicle? With some vehicles, any alignment shop can set the tie-rods and wheel camber. Other vehicles require a precision alignment of all four wheels or you'll chew through tires at an alarming rate.

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18 hours ago, IndyPoolPlayer said:

Which vehicle? With some vehicles, any alignment shop can set the tie-rods and wheel camber. Other vehicles require a precision alignment of all four wheels or you'll chew through tires at an alarming rate.

9-year-old Nissanfiniti.  

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On 11/9/2019 at 11:59 AM, cv91915 said:

Wheel alignment...  I need to have this done.

 

Is this a high-precision operation that is only really done correctly by a limited number of places, or do I just pick a place because the price seems fair and the location is decent?

 

 

On 11/9/2019 at 6:26 PM, IndyPoolPlayer said:

Which vehicle? With some vehicles, any alignment shop can set the tie-rods and wheel camber. Other vehicles require a precision alignment of all four wheels or you'll chew through tires at an alarming rate.

 

On 11/10/2019 at 12:52 PM, cv91915 said:

9-year-old Nissanfiniti.  

Bump.  The front tires are wearing badly on the edges and I have to drive this death trap again for a week, starting tomorrow.

 

Absent any feedback I think I'll drag it back up to the Infiniti dealer.  They've been great, and they price match anybody for the tires.

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2 hours ago, hegemony said:

so fugly it almost makes the Aztec bearable to look at

 

Tesla unveils its first electric pickup, the Cybertruck

It gives the poseurs something else to consider...although the big 3 have pretty much punted the useable truck market already to begin with...so Tesla just adds one more useless vehicle identifying as a truck to the market.

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