That may be you opinion but we see thousands of domestic and foreign cars with well over 200K on the clock. There is little difference among brands, when proper maintained The so called higher resale value of Toyota is a myth. When you factor in the actual drive home price, one to the other, domestics do as good or even better as a percentage of the drive home price returned in subsequent years.
mike hunt
DTT wrote:
problems.
I remember your posts from a couple of years ago "Mike"--I don't believe anything you write
Sorry, Mike, Toyotas demand a premium price.
We managed to get a Toyota Four-runner for a decent price at auction. It had some busted glass and some sheet metal damage, along with a busted headlight and needing a bumper. Can't touch a 'parts' vehicle for anywhere near what we paid for it! Even one heavily smashed!
I have a ton of Escorts, and usually a Taurus or Sable or two (Hint: buying one of these cars? Stay away from the 3.8! Get a 3.0, or for T-birds, the V-8....don't even LOOK at a Continental with over 80K miles!!!)
I always have people ask, What do you have for Toyotas?
If I had my way, I'd have a lot full of them.
What does sell well for me is the Nissan 200SX, any flavour (Sorry, Nick...)
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problems.
Was wondering why Mike would call himself Eileen. finally got it
Might be a myth in your state of PA but ... California is a WHOLE DIFFERENT market.
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- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM
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My two Volvos had 230K and 320K on them and trhey still drove superbly. Then there's the 400K Datsuna and Toyotas I see every so often.
Feh. 200K on a Domestic is still nothing special. That's just "broken in" for most better cars.
The it appears w are even. ;)
mike hunt
?reality wrote:
Wrong again, troll.
Please make up your mine which name you are going to sign to your post. One time it dizzy, then moron, then idiot now it's troll. If getting confusing as to which posts we should ignore ;)
mike hunt
dizzy wrote:
To be precise, it's a lion rolling a stone (apparently how man discovered the wheel or somethin). Has changed a few times over the years, but almost always incorporated a Lion.
The Falcons are
The BA Falcon is all-australian, right down to its own 'Boss V8' version of Ford's modular engine.
Not a BAD car, but it's got a four letter cuss word starting with F printed on it - who'd want one?
Heh, some sheetmetal? The 'Police cars' in Mad Max were Ford XA Falcons.
The black interceptor was an XA GT Coupe, fitted with a 351ci V8 from memory. The supercharger was all for decoration (the belt was actually driven by an electric motor, and the switch on/off thing wasn't really a reality until the 1GGZE and 4AGZE got the electromagnetic clutch supercharger in mass production).
The bodykit was supplied by Arcadipane, who unfortunately no longer exist. The rims were 'Sunraysia's. It wasn't REALLY an extraordinary car, but it looked fantastic!
The other two Falcons were XA Falcon 500s, standard issue. One was powered with a 302ci V8, and the other the standard 250ci inline six. Not very exciting at all!
Indeed!! Unfortunately the domestics that were built on good days and have the ability to last are tarnished by the rest of their kind's reputations.
Even if the reputation is good, resale value isn't - my Dad sold his '94 Holden Commodore VR Exec wagon (3800 V6) for $5000... it's all he could get for it with 300k on it. And the 3800 has a fantastic track record here for longetivity.
Nick.
Better cars... pssht. I watch videos about 'drift racing' and you see young guys bleating about how fantastic their 300HP Nissan is, that they put sideways around a corner and end up hitting a barrier with. A car worth say $150k?
Virtually *ANY* Aussie-built sedan could drift. Even a poxy old '72 Holden HQ Belmont, with even the poxiest 173ci inline six, can go sideways with relative ease, and be repaired cheaply.
A modern Commodore SS with the GenIII 5.7L LS-1 is only going to do better yeah?
And more reliable than a riced up overboosted Jap sports saloon.
Nick. Sick of the Japanese-only drift myth.
You're forgiven. As annoying as its' stupid starter woes were, and as bad as its handling was, my EXA was a whole bundle of fun - I haven't driven a 1500 that powerful before, sure the turbo lagged and it really wasn't a sportscar, but once it hit 3000rpm the torque steer would come in as the boost hit the high end of the gauge and it'd all be happening :-)
Wasn't a bad car for $1100NZ, and especially not bad since I spent maybe $100 in parts, and sold it for $1500NZ having used it for three months while I prepared the Corolla for its debut back on NZ roads.
The 200SX unfortunately puts a smile on my face, but Skylines are just blech. Even the most horn GTR just wouldn't do it for me.
And if I'm not wrong, is the 'Ford Escort' there not just a 'Ford Laser' from here aka Mazda 323/Familia?! I shall investigate!
Nick.
*chuckles politely*
Okay, yer second gen Escort (prolly started around '89) is a Ford Laser. Under all the sweary labelling, that's a damned Mazda 323/Familia. And I can damn near guarantee the 'GT' isn't a 1.8L DOHC EFI 4WD Turbo like the real Mazda.
The newer shape looks just plain ugly, pure American design... and the older shape (I was seeing EXPs) looks like an odd coupe version of the older Ford Laser with a woggy 1.9L American mill.
Oh dear lord. I've had my time in a Ford Laser, never, NEVER again! (it was a 1.5L SOHC Carb Auto too... ech)
Nick.
Hmmm...no EXA here. We get US built models, 3 of 'em: a basic 1600 DOHC (for the uninitiated, it's pronounced Doohickey...); these come with disc front/ drum rear and a 5 sp or auto (ugh!). The SE adds 15" wheels and a deck spoiler, still drum rears. For a few dollars more you move up to the SE-R, full bore 2.0 litre DOHC, snappy acceleration, disc rears and all the trim goodies from the SE. And they FLY! (right off the lot...had one for a whole 20 Minutes before it sold!) Tons of 'blings' available for the cars here...
Yeah, pretty much. Engine and tranny, bodies are different. Neat little cars, but for a full-figured guy like me, tough to get in and out of!
Hey, Nick, drop me a line: hachiroku snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com. Want to discuss things outside the newsgroup(don't want to waste time in the group with the million and a half questions I have for you!)
Whoa. The 88-98 Commodore looks a lot like the American Pontiac, either a Grand Am or a Bonneville (kind of a cross, but different.) What the heck is that '79 I saw? Like nothing here in the US.
AHA! Very cleverly disguised in the movie, the '73 looks like our home market Torino! Hmmmm....
And a 351 Cleveland, eh?
The '98 XR6 sorta looks like our Taurus with a psuedo Jag front end on it (I *like* it!)as based on the Falcon/Torino here.
No way man, Windsor. Ford Windsor mill. 351. Similar but not. See this page for LOTS of info on the Mad Max cars:
That's the... EF from memory. It basically is... but its RWD. Not tooo bad, but not many EF XR6s can keep up with the VN/VR/VS Commodore with the
3800... but thats only in Auto form (the most common kind).Nick.
Hehe, that's a VC! They were the FIRST Commodore, replaced the older HQ type deal. Have a Google for Holden HQ, you'll find all manner of stuff I'd imagine.
The newer stuff is powered by virtually the same engine as the Pontiacs you mention, but Holden were wise - the cars are built to take the punishment Aussie offers, and not only that, they don't have the freaking plastic intake manifold - its aluminium (see photos on my website).
And they're RWD. They do FANTASTIC burnouts... you couldn't match it with your AE86. :-P
Nick.
I'd like to try!
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