What Car Do You Own?

[it_burns_when_i_pee]

Being an American citizen of Asian ethnicity, I take exception to your comments about carb content. In Asia, the majority of our meals consist of either rice or noodles. There SURE are a WHOLE LOT of very F-A-T Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Thai people in this world.

I sure love my freedom fries, linguine, panini, crepes, waffles and my bagette... those all come from the European continent.... Someone must have introduced carbohydrates to America, and it sure ain't the Native Indians.

I'm a huge fan of German cars and I was going to side with you... until your American bashing.

im not american bashing!! LoL im just saying the sheer volume of sugar in food, the other guy who agreed is american himself. carbs are sugars, soluable and insoluable fibre. its the sugar thats the problem. thing is everything tastes better with sugar in it. i dont avoid it, i just watch its intake. infact i could wolf down a whole bag of peanut butter m&m's right now! britain is following america with obesity at the moment. food manufacturer's are just chucking it in food, starting off with kids meals. how great are corporations?

back on topic ...

@ the other guy who did not like my comments that i dont agree with his views on his car, tough! i think its ugly. i did say i didnt want to offend but it was taken to heart for some reason?!?! its my opinion. like it or lump it.

the wrx was a jap import made infamous after colin mcrae and richard burns' triumphs in the WRC. it has a massive following. spend some time in google, that and the mitsubishi evo are herald as 2 of the greatest cars out there. and there are very very few cars that can handle like them. fact! and i dont care if you think otherwise or laugh at comments of reliability. i've seen and experienced first hand otherwise. my friends dad has a passat with well over 300,000 miles on the clock and it sounds no different to mine when ticking over and mine has less than a third of the mileage. he'd has it 6 years and its never needed any serious work.

truth is all the best stuff tends to come from japan or germany, and thats not just cars.

im a little patriotic but im also realistic. i wont claim british cars are great because im british. british cars are well, rubbish! with the exception of bentley, rolls royce and aston martin, but then again they are so expensive you'd expect the quality and power

[Pinnacle]

@ the guy above

I dont give a crap about your opinions and you about mine, back on topic

[Luis_GT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_4F27E_transmission

Yes, it was designed by mazda. That's why it bears the Ford name, Ford transmission nomenclature, and is used in the Ford Focus. It's like saying the Mazda MZR is a Mazda motor, when it's just a slightly modded duratec.

Ford/Mazda has one hell of a trick going on here. The uninformed, (like my mom) who refuse to buy american because they are unreliable, buy a mazda because they're japanese. Little do they know they're basically driving an american car.

The only mazda I would buy would be a RX7... awesome car till ford kiiled it...

[NickS]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_4F27E_transmission

Yes, it was designed by mazda. That's why it bears the Ford name, Ford transmission nomenclature, and is used in the Ford Focus. It's like saying the Mazda MZR is a Mazda motor, when it's just a slightly modded duratec.

Ford/Mazda has one hell of a trick going on here. The uninformed, (like my mom) who refuse to buy american because they are unreliable, buy a mazda because they're japanese. Little do they know they're basically driving an american car.

Nothing wrong with driving an American car at all. If you treat it well, it will treat you well in return.

[Luis_GT]

Nothing wrong with driving an American car at all. If you treat it well, it will treat you well in return.

BS... I've treated mine to the level I wash it every weekend... and it still has things breaking down...

[trance565]

BS... I've treated mine to the level I wash it every weekend... and it still has things breaking down...

washing a car has nothing to do with treating a car well. washing it effects the mechanics in no way, unless you spray water into the tranny and get your clutch/bearings wet, or on your motor, which could cause water to get in your motor, foul your sparkplugs, etc.

[Luis_GT]

washing a car has nothing to do with treating a car well. washing it effects the mechanics in no way, unless you spray water into the tranny and get your clutch/bearings wet, or on your motor, which could cause water to get in your motor, foul your sparkplugs, etc.

I meant it as a way that I do everything to keep it from failing and I still have small oieces breaking, trunk lock, defroster, and both of the little hooks for the rear passanger to get out... and one was never used...

Cheap ass POS...

[Pinnacle]

BS... I've treated mine to the level I wash it every weekend... and it still has things breaking down...

LOL

[trance565]

I meant it as a way that I do everything to keep it from failing and I still have small oieces breaking, trunk lock, defroster, and both of the little hooks for the rear passanger to get out... and one was never used...

Cheap ass POS...

that's what warranties are for, and if you buy used, theres a reason most ppl go out and test drive, look through the car througholy, and have it checked out by a mechanic, and make sure the oil is good(if it's not good when you check it out the first time, it probably has been neglected).

my integra, i think the rear hatch latch worked for about a week, then it never worked again, always had to use my key to open the latch cuz the lever never worked. same with my friends 2 or 3 integras he had.

the rear latch you can fix in 20 mins by yourself with a phillips screw driver probably, if not an 11mm socket.
and the rear door hook you mentioned, if it's the one im thinking about, again, 11mm socket tighten it in, and if it's stripped, whip out the jb weld.

[Luis_GT]

LOL

well, american cars are a thorn in my side... the toyota didn't have anything fail unless I purposly broke it...

[Luis_GT]

that's what warranties are for, and if you buy used, theres a reason most ppl go out and test drive, look through the car througholy, and have it checked out by a mechanic, and make sure the oil is good(if it's not good when you check it out the first time, it probably has been neglected).

my integra, i think the rear hatch latch worked for about a week, then it never worked again, always had to use my key to open the latch cuz the lever never worked. same with my friends 2 or 3 integras he had.

Its a brand new car and only has 6500 miles on the clock... and I've been fighting with the stealership for 3 months to get my defroster fixed... I'm going wednesday for the trunk lock...

[trance565]

well, american cars are a thorn in my side... the toyota didn't have anything fail unless I purposly broke it...

my friends toyota shot a piston out of the hood, yes, literally out of the hood, had a nice little hole. all he was doing was cruising down the freeway at about 65.

and what kind of car do you have?

[Luis_GT]

it has a 3 valve 4.6 engine and its a coupe... Guess

[trance565]

it has a 3 valve 4.6 engine and its a coupe... Guess

so what rear doors were you talking about? i've never seen a 4 door mustang. ever.... well i think there were a few pre 70 4 doors but that's all i know of.

[Luis_GT]

so what rear doors were you talking about? i've never seen a 4 door mustang. ever.... well i think there were a few pre 70 4 doors but that's all i know of.

???

the hooks I was talking about are the ones in the seat, to mvoe the back of the seat forward to get out of the rear...

[trance565]

???

the hooks I was talking about are the ones in the seat, to mvoe the back of the seat forward to get out of the rear...

well tell your friends not to step on them, or yank them hard, they are tiny little pieces made from plastic. my friends 94 cobra's still work perfectly fine. cant say about mine since i dont have stock seats.

[Luis_GT]

well tell your friends not to step on them, or yank them hard, they are tiny little pieces made from plastic. my friends 94 cobra's still work perfectly fine. cant say about mine since i dont have stock seats.

both broke and one was never used...

Although most 06's have suffer from this, so I guess it was cheap plastic... I'm crossig my fingers with the new ones...

[trance565]

both broke and one was never used...

Although most 06's have suffer from this, so I guess it was cheap plastic... I'm crossig my fingers with the new ones...

tell them to replace the seats with seats from a 94-04, they were nicer anyways.

[Luis_GT]

I love my stock seats... there comfy and leathery

[trance565]

I love my stock seats... there comfy and leathery

the 94-04 are just as leathery and much more comfy, i promise.

[Luis_GT]

If I ever switch seats, I would get this

http://www.corbeau.com/products/cr1/cr1.shtml

or

http://www.corbeau.com/products/a4/a4.shtml

In leather of coarse

[trance565]

trust me, they are nice for a while, then they are a PITA, and they are a PITA up front too since you have to find someone to make a bracket for you.

and after a while, having to turn the knob on the side in order to recline the back to the right position gets annoying.


oooh nvm they actually sell brackets, corbeau has earned my respect

[NickS]

well, american cars are a thorn in my side... the toyota didn't have anything fail unless I purposly broke it...

I wonder why they keep breaking, you sound extremely intelligent!

my friends toyota shot a piston out of the hood, yes, literally out of the hood, had a nice little hole. all he was doing was cruising down the freeway at about 65.

and what kind of car do you have?

Toyota Camry right? I heard about those issues.

FWIW, my family has only owned one foreign car, that was my Dad's 1985ish (I think?) RX-7, and that was long before I was born. That was bought brand new, so idk. All of our cars have been American (80% Ford, 20% GM) and the only "lemon's" we had were my Mom's brand new 1991 Grand Prix SE, tranny died after a year, sold it and got a new 1993 Taurus.. and our '96 Taurus was a pretty big piece, we bought that used with some pretty high miles in 1999. Only thing that ever happened with that was the Check Engine Light came on twice due to "carbon buildup" in the engine.

Right now we've got a 2002 Explorer XLT V6 (Dad's), get's 22MPG highway with 6 people in it and 8 days worth of luggage for us all (fun trip to South Carolina, haha, 3 rows of seats ftw). Bought it in 2004 with 32k miles on it, now has 55k. Keeps my Mom safe on the way to work in the bad upstate NY winters, runs great, never had ONE issue. My Mom's car, 2003 Grand Am SE V6. Again, runs great. Gets around 24MPG average (city/hwy combined) and we've also never had any problems with it. Drives good in the winter, etc. You can tell GM is lower quality though, definitely. The thing hates starting in the cold and the heat/AC don't work the greatest. Bought it in 2003 with 13k miles on it, now has 35k. Some of the interior pieces feel extremely cheap as well. Regardless, they've been both very reliable cars and well, I don't think US auto makers are worse than foreign's. I think they just got a bad rep for one or two bad cars they've made recently.

[Luis_GT]

I rarely, if at all, recline my seat, everyone get in and out through the passenger side, I would only put in those seats if I make my car a circuit only car... in other words, if I remove the rear seats also.

[Luis_GT]

I wonder why they keep breaking, you sound extremely intelligent!



Stealership?

My Toyota had 140K miles, got it with 130K and the only thing I broke was a air vent. I guess I have to be stupid for the trunck lock to break from pressing the beepers trunk opening button, or for the rear defroster do stop working

dealership, AKA stealership, lol