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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,834 Standard Supporter
    ChillyDawg said:

    HFNY said:

    Buy American, please. At the very least, buy a foreign brand that is made by your fellow Americans somewhere in our beautiful country.

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    American vehicles mostly are overpriced garbage...even after the government bailed out the US auto industry (GM, Chrysler) in 2008. US auto makers have no incentive to make better vehicles because the government will bail them out if needed.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRG6vLaWIE
    Scotty is on the spectrum and a well known Toyota dick sucker.

    Most any new car built today will last a long time. The stuff about crap GM versus the Japanese quality is schtick at this point. Some cars are better than others as far as touch/feel of interior parts, but there aren't many new models built today that are junkers off the lot. Example from JD Power on long-term dependability. Most manufacturers are right at or below average these days. VW, Alfa, Jag, and Land Rover are all shit still, which is par for the course.



    I do agree on the overpriced comment for a lot of US automaker cars I looked at recently. Seems like most are $2-3k more than the Japanese/Korean equivalents.
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,834 Standard Supporter
    YellowSnow said:

    1to392831weretaken said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Soccer mom's largely don't drive minivans. They're the most practical vehicle for a family, and also completely dorky. Tried to convince my beard to get one and she will not be caught dead driving one.

    I know, I was kidding. And I know exactly what you're talking about. I have a brother and at least four friends who REALLY want one. In every case, it's the wife putting the foot down. Marketing has convinced them that they'll immediately become less sexually attractive and independent if they get behind the wheel of a minivan.

    The reality that escapes them is that they already got less sexually attractive and independent when they had kids and got fat, so they might as well drive something that makes their lives easier...
    So I live in the Mercedes Sprinter Van capital of the free world. What did they do to make those cool? I feel like the mini van could be made to be cool, but they are just generic looking blob of steel at the moment except for VW.
    The Kia minivan is actually ok looking.



    Sprinter vans are great for contractors. Not sure about as a daily-driver. I think they're pretty spartan inside.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,806 Founders Club
    PurpleThrobber said:

    You know how I know you guys are fags?

    Not a single add to the hot soccer mom pics.

    Fags.

    Where's the Volvo luv?


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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,602 Founders Club
    1to392831weretaken said:

    BleachedAnusDawg said:

    Soccer mom's largely don't drive minivans. They're the most practical vehicle for a family, and also completely dorky. Tried to convince my beard to get one and she will not be caught dead driving one.

    I know, I was kidding. And I know exactly what you're talking about. I have a brother and at least four friends who REALLY want one. In every case, it's the wife putting the foot down. Marketing has convinced them that they'll immediately become less sexually attractive and independent if they get behind the wheel of a minivan.

    The reality that escapes them is that they already got less sexually attractive and independent when they had kids and got fat, so they might as well drive something that makes their lives easier...
    Wife actually previously had a minivan that we loved but basically all minivans on the market have issues at this point since it's such a niche.
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  • whlinder
    whlinder Member Posts: 5,402
    Swaye said:


    So anyway, what does HH think about the coolest, best, most reliable, or best value (whatever your chief criteria is) soccer Mom wagons out there?

    So going back to this, to cut to the chase:

    You said in another thread where you got married. You have a young baby. The list of vehicles which fit your profile based on that are the following:

    Top Tier:
    Audi Q7
    BMW X7

    Second Tier:
    Cadillac Escalade
    Infinity QX60
    Volvo XC 90

    You're not rolling up to RBC in anything else.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    edited December 2021
    whlinder said:

    Swaye said:


    So anyway, what does HH think about the coolest, best, most reliable, or best value (whatever your chief criteria is) soccer Mom wagons out there?

    So going back to this, to cut to the chase:

    You said in another thread where you got married. You have a young baby. The list of vehicles which fit your profile based on that are the following:

    Top Tier:
    Audi Q7
    BMW X7

    Second Tier:
    Cadillac Escalade
    Infinity QX60
    Volvo XC 90

    You're not rolling up to RBC in anything else.
    Appreciate the response but I'm not looking for an SUV. I legit have 5 cars at my house. For two people. And I still like my Grand Cherokee. I even shelled out for the lifetime warranty they no longer offer. I'm driving that fucker until the wheels fall off. Yella and I had been discussing SUVs generally recently and I really liked that Macan at the Porsche dealer so I figured I'd just throw this out as a fun discussion thread.

    If I was in the market, and this is without full research mind you, I'd be focused on:

    Money no object? Porsche Macan S all day e'ry day

    Not too hot and not too cold pick? Audi Q7

    Value buy? Grand Cherokee or one of the Toyotas

    I've heard bad things about Volvo since the Chinese yellow bastards bought them but that's all anecdotal. Would NEVER own a Range Rover because every single person I know (and that's a fair amount) who has owned one has had major problems with it. Dream pick is a G wagon - people like to call them rich dick wagons but those things are capable as hell. But I'd never actually drop 130K on one. 10K-20K more gets you a decently optioned Carrera 2S 911. No way in hell I'm ever buying a G Wagon over a 911. Ever.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,853 Swaye's Wigwam
    Last one we had was aa 2010RX and the one before that was a 2004GX470 black w/black interior - easier to look on line than to find my pictures of it

    best vehicle I have ever owned, roomy, decent mpg (22), power, good stereo was the fancy one that I can't remember the name of.
    The RX350 got worse gas mileage if you can believe it but was great for the Mrs to cruise around in. Me, I drove my farm truck F-250
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