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  1. regfootball
    where is -the twin turbo v6 -the specs on the interior width (to make sure they did not make it NARROWER) this may reduce some of the sting of the Acadia f up, design looks passable. More trucky than before.
  2. regfootball
    i understand the custom order thing, and this may be the quintisential vehicle to do that with, but that mode of sales probably kills the chance of half of them selling at all. New car shoppers want to see and touch it.
  3. regfootball
    quite dated, but those out there who need cheap wheels can find new or very slightly used ones for like 13 grand, just don't try to ever trade it in again. another distinction, for those who would want it instead of an outlander sport, but you can get an all wheel drive lancer if you wish. A used AWD Lancer with few miles would be a great car to sell to a college student looking for a cheap payment and AWD for those road trips home in the winter.
  4. regfootball
    too many german models!
  5. regfootball
    no point to NOT turbo charge anything anymore these days especially a car like this
  6. regfootball
    lets hope its longer AND wider than the new Acadia.
  7. regfootball
    this is sort of like i meant when i said maybe impala should go as a crossover....
  8. regfootball
    sweet
  9. regfootball
    i'd enjoy the yard service myself! it's like 20 below today, had to shovel some more that i couldn't blow. did i mention its cold!
  10. regfootball
    well there was 50 bucks off due to off season i think. this particular one, i had a choice of getting one with an electric start, or this one i got with the blade brake. self propelled too, so it was $450. That's not far off the going rate, actually probably a deal since other brands if they have a model with the blade brake they really rape you for it. You can still get some lesser quality push mowers with no propel or any other features for about 200 bucks i think.
  11. regfootball
    Well. Didn't want to get the blower. Wanted to wait another year. Decided wasn't gonna baby the decades old beater anymore Needed to get a new mower last year, but didn't. Planets aligned and picked these up, well they'll get delivered this week. Ariens. The mower has a SUBARU engine! The blower has fuel injection! No choke, no prime, sealed fuel system, no shut off. Can even use E10 in it if you want but i still plan to use only non oxygenated gas in it. Made in US.
  12. regfootball
    I think its cool Toyota makes this car, but it's not going to gain market force until it gets a real engine. Shame, because a small car with nuts and rip roaring HP might be a combination for success. Chevy will be forced to start dumping lesser trim Camaros and cutting their base prices, etc. so ultimately whether there is a new FRs or not, it may actually compete straight up on price with those 4 and 6 cyl Camaros....and in that instance, I go Camaro every day of the week. 15's were fire saling for 21, 22 grand and now Chevy wants 27 grand for a 4 banger Camaro. I think if Chevy repackages and rebates those basic 4 cylinder Camaros to leave the showroom at 24 grand after discounts it would be damn hard for the FRS to gain any significant traction too....unless they get some engine in there.
  13. regfootball
    having sold cars, i can attest that people feel as though they even need a quick test. For certain they need to touch and feel it. It's not that they don't want to come look at the car, its that they don't want to feel pressured and being stalked doing it.
  14. regfootball
    well, turbo and power is well and good, but the super cold temps and snowy week have my current tank of fuel at TWENTY TWO miles per gallon I'm sure my liberal use of the on star remote link ap has something to do with this (love me a warm car) but i have a tendency to think these tiny turbos and super cold don't mix for good mpg. Why have tough mpg all winter that offsets whatever good mpg you get in the other 8-9 months of the year? I'm on board with turbo. I am having second thoughts, maybe the 2.0 was the way to go. Actually, i still go back to small v6 turbo like Fusion Sport. I know, not as good of mpg, The brakes on this car, the pedal, definitely has feel and feedback. In fact, its way too much. VERY firm brake pedal and no slush at the beginning of travel. It's too far in the other direction compared with what a GM owner may be used to. They need to soften it a bit while still maintaining the nice tactility of the pedal. Can't wait for the Buick Regal / Insignia to show itself. Like my Malibu but the slightly nicer interior of the Insignia, the wagon version, and the powertrain options have me thinking. Even with my sedan love and the love of my ride, its possible I will gravitate to a crossover next time around. Or who knows, maybe we will get the wagon here. Maybe i am graying so much that my dream would be the GM version of a Ford Edge clone......(What i would like to see the impala nameplate move to eventually).
  15. regfootball
    most of the Insignia TV's at Best Buy are LG products is what i recall. Nowadays though, who knows,
  16. regfootball
    SHOULD BUICK CHANGE IT FROM 'REGAL' TO 'INSIGNIA' IN THE U.S. ALSO?
  17. regfootball
    please refer to recent thread about smart car spending and the discussion of MSRP's going through the roof. It's true, 26k for a CRUZE? (even if it's a diesel)......... And about the time one gets a Cruze diesel, somehow magically, diesel will shoot up to 5 bucks a gallon..... I have to admit though I am really curious to see how these turn out... that include huge EPA fines? LOL
  18. regfootball
    Why the Challenger sells is due to its heritage Mopar styling AND ITS SIZE. Now that the Camaro and Mustang are lilliputes, and no one can inhabit them, the Challenger is more of a luxury GT. Some folks like to use their car year round and in this case, since the Charger is ugly, the real mopar fans can finally get the nicer looking car AND NOT have to keep it in the garage in winter. think older baby boomers who maybe just want this as a second car, for looks only, and really don't give a fuck about whether its heavy or whether they will lap the Nurburgring. This is the car you take to Madison to go see a football game on a fall weekend when your kid starts his first day of college.
  19. regfootball
    EXACTLY. GIVE CHRYSLER CREDIT FOR TRYING A NICHE HERE.
  20. regfootball
    I love the wagon, A bit Saabish, and very rakish. I was down on the possibility of the wagon, but with the look that it has it may become a nice niche for Buick. Especially cool is the way they continued the chrome line of the windows at the doors all the way to the rear of the car. Kia tries to do something like that on the Optima, but it doesn't work there like it does here. Yes, the ROOM! I am liking the sedan too, but like someone else said, the sedan coupe thing is maybe starting to become cliche..... considering that this car is a much nicer version of the Malibu I'm driving now, all I can say is I bet its NICE. I'd love a v6 (plus turbo if possible) and can't wait for this to hit market.
  21. regfootball
    smart spenders, then, and smaller GM car fans like blu Apparently Sonics and Sparks are 20% off MSRP now?????? New sparks for like 11 grand. Now that is fiscally sound. http://www.chevrolet.com/sales.html hows about this lil popper? http://www.chevrolet.com/sonic-small-car/locate.html#/vehicle-details?vin=1G1JC6SB1H4124983 http://cgi.chevrolet.com/mmgprod-us/dynres/prove/image.gen?i=2017/1JV48/1JV48__1SC/GGQ_gmds2.jpg&v=deg01&std=true&country=US&send404=true http://cgi.chevrolet.com/mmgprod-us/dynres/prove/imageinterior.gen?i=2017/1JV48/1JV48__1SC/ACB_gmds2.jpg&v=deg01&std=true&country=US&send404=true
  22. regfootball
    they need to back off on this high CAFE and noose like emissions madness. Take the hand off the throat for awhile and let the companies figure out how to make the newest stuff cheaper so the price of everything can not raise up so much. At the same time, i'd enjoy seeing the focus move to incentivizing Volt like powertrains (energy diversity). The real mpg increases are going to become incremental pretty soon, but plugging in as a choice and option will spur a charge network and in home infrastructure development across all manufacturers and globally. Pure electrics too, but i think reality is we are 20-30 years away from electrics becoming wide spread and convenient still. Of course GM has a leg up on pretty much everyone with electrics right now. I don't count Tesla because they are not everyman's product.
  23. regfootball
    1. Cruze finally has incentives (didn't back in June when I was choosing between Cruze and Malibu). Thing is Cruze msrp's are ridiculous. Lt's were 24-25k. Premieres almost 30. No sane person would pay that for a Chevy compact. So the discounts now are just trying to find what people will actually pay for a compact car. Sort of old school GM. Rebate the shit out of it. 2. Truck market is more forgiving. Used trucks hold value better and if taken care of people will pay more for a good used truck compared to a car. You'll be fine.
  24. regfootball
    Why does the Mitsubishi Mirage sell so well. Lol
  25. regfootball
    You can't look at sticker. You have to look at prices they are actually selling for. As a whole the entire car market is asking back breaking price increases.
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