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  1. Intrepidation
    The sort of barely running vehicle with compression fittings holding the spliced piece of brake line to the rest of the rusty brake line with leak from the front caliper, warped rotors with barely any pad surface left and locking pliers on the back hoses, with economy grade, Chinese suspension parts attached to the rotting subframe, are the sort of vehicles that I worry about having to share the road with. The things I see and the "fixes" people want to do to their cars...
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    Buy a $1000 car. Brake lines turn out to be rusty and need to be replaced. Pay someone to replace them $400-1000 depending on who you go to. Do it yourself: $50 in part plus the flare tool you will need to buy or rent. plus the bender. Plus the caliper your have to replace because the bleeder snapped off when you tried to open. Hours spent fixing it. Fuel pump goes. $250 for the typical fuel pump assembly. Have to drop it from tank. $35 for straps because the old ones are rusty. $15 for new lock ring. Hours spent fixing it. Pay someone to do it $600+ Alternator goes. +/- $150 + $30 for the belt + $20 for the idler pulley or $50 for the tensioner. Radiator starts to leak. $130 for Radiator +50 for hoses and clamps + $30 for coolant. Needs timing belt. $35-100 for belt. Waterpump $50 component kit $80-$300. Lots of hours on that job. $1000+ to have it done. Looks like it needs shocks and struts. Easily over $300 for the parts. At least $200 in labor. +tools +fluids +unforeseen expenses that pop up during the repair. This is worst case scenario but there are people who get a car and have this all happen over the course of a year. I've seen it. Parts can add up quick for a used car. Work on it yourself...great if you have a driveway and a home to do it. Good luck replacing that waterpump in the city on a public road. Or if you live in an apartment. Most apartments won't allow you to work on your car in the lot. Also "Don't learn how a car works... a skill that pays better than a lot of college jobs". Not always the case. Especially when something goes wrong a week later with a customer's car and now you have to eat the labor. Working your ass off doesn't mean you still won't be poor. Ask a single mother working 3 jobs to put food on the table, for example. It's never black and white. I love it "minor issues" "needs some repairs" "Ran great until I heard a bang, probably needs a spark plug" But again, not everyone has the time or the space to deal with repairs. Or the money when more things begin to break. This is coming from someone who owns my cars outright and works on them when I can, but there are times when I send one of the cars off to be fixed because I do not have the time or expensive tools to fix it.
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    Human error will always be the #1 culprit of accidents. The Titanic didn't sink itself after all. Because I'm sure you get ROCK HARD stimulation from your car while sitting in traffic. I love driving my car. On a nice day. On a nice road. I don't love driving my car down long, straight, boring stretches of highway. I don't love driving my car in rush hour traffic to and from work everyday. I don't love having to put my trip on hold because I'm too exhausted to safely drive my car at night, so I have to get a hotel and be at my destination that much later. I would love a car that could drive itself for monotonous tasks like that, maybe enjoy the scenery as it passes by, and either have the ability to disable it when I want to drive it myself, or just have a second car for those days when I want to drive.+ Also this thread's title is, and I quote: It isn't really about autonomous vehicles, its about Gen Y being able to afford the cost of one and the cost of ownership. That's a legitimate concern in this economic climate.
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    First post and we've already gone full retard. Never go full retard.
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    Don't get me wrong, I've always liked the idea of a truly retro design being underpinned by modern hardware. However, its about $200,000 too much. It looks a lot like a Mustang (when I first saw pictures I thought this was a modified Mustang). There's nothing wrong with that I guess, but why not model it after a car every other custom coach builder/modder hasn't already modeled after? Why not a Catalina? Or a Satellite Sebring? Or a Galaxy 500? Also, while the interior is far from the worst kit car interior I've seen, the build quality isn't great and it still has the look of a kit car.
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    About what you'd expect from an ATS with two less doors, but that's no bad thing. The only thing I don't like about it the new, too large, wreathless emblem.
  7. Intrepidation
    At least it's gold and blue. That's what makes it a Subaru.
  8. Intrepidation
    Its a really cool looking little car. One of my favorite features are the A-pillar portholes.
  9. Intrepidation
    There are fuel pressure tester kits available at parts stores for around $40. There's a port on the fuel rail to hook them up to. Also what brand of pump did he replace the originals with? Airtex pumps are hit or miss quality wise, for example.
  10. Intrepidation
    Well, GM needs to do something. With both Ram and Ford bring new innovations to the segment, GM really played it too safe with the redesigns of the trucks with not enough to set them apart from the competition.
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    Show them crash test videos of the older trucks vs the newer ones. that'll shut them up. Love the ignorance of people "ITS BIG AND HEAVY SO ITS GOTTA BE MORE SAFER!"
  12. Intrepidation
    OMFG JELLYBEAN!!!!1!11 It may not be as distinctive as the 300, but I love the sleek look it has about it. It reminds me of the CC, which is a car I have always liked. It has a very mature, well thought out design. Overhangs are well in proportion to the wheelbase, and there's some nice detailing often overlooked in designs. For example, most cars the the upper and lower character lines start at the front then end in nothing at the back, whereas on the 200 they are joined together at the back. I also like how the sensors for what I assume is the adaptive cruise control aren't just randomly placed in the lower intake but housed in a shape that echos the fog lights. It looks fantastic. One thing the exterior does do that that is, if not unique, increasingly uncommon, is go for slim headlights and grill VS the huge ones that have become the normal on cars. It also has a sleek nose VS the upright style a lot of cars are using these days. Interior looks great. Hard to believe this is the same Chrysler that put out the Sebring's interior. Like the exterior, it has a very nice organic design without being overwrought like the Sonota, for example. Love the real wood and how its got that flat finish. As for the powertrains, I like the big gap between power outputs. It gives a legitimate reason to upgrade vs "Well sir you can have this 2.x with 189 hp or this 3.x V6 with 30 more horsepower!" Also AWD that sends up to 60% of the power to the rear wheels implies this may be fun to drive too. Needless to say I love it and can't wait to check one out.
  13. Intrepidation
    Well they finally gave the F-150 a totally new exterior. Not big on the chrome-tastic front end but models like he FX4 it looks good, better designed than the current model and I like it better than the "draw 3 rectangles, one of them really big, and call it a day" Silverado's nose. Interior looks nicer, again better than GM's offerings but at the same time its like a throwback to the `04 model.
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    I'm pretty sure we have the most modern theme of any automotive forum. Currently the theme is customizable where you can change the background and the skin color. There are issues with the skin color customization but perhaps the background color custom color selector could stay? I don't know if one can disabled and leave the other with the software or not.
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    While unsurprisingly not all that different from the Canyon save the front end and wheel arches, it is nonetheless a handsome truck and wears the Sierra face well. I think GM did a very good job with the designs of these trucks.
  16. Intrepidation
    I'm sure GM is burning about about its two brand new trucks losing out MT's Truck of the Year to a refreshed Ram, but simmer down guys.
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    I've seen some people make retractable front plates. Very cool idea.
  19. Intrepidation
    Not a big of fan of these cars, but certainly would be a waste to see two rather clean looking examples crushed.
  20. Intrepidation
    Micro: Renault Clio Sub-Compact: Ford Fiesta 3-Door Compact: Volkswagen Scirocco Midsize: Opel Insignia Estate Full Size: Volkswagen Phaeton Small SUV/CUV: Nissan Qashqai Midsize SUV/CUV: Chevrolet Captiva Truck: Ford Ranger *Wildcard Micro: Opel Adam *Wildcard Sub-Compact: Volkswagen Polo *Wildcard Compact: Opel Astra OPC *Wildcard Compact: Kia Cee'd *Wildcard Compact: Seat Leon *Wildcard Midsize: Ford Mondeo Estate
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    True enough, but raw numbers is only part of the performance equation. Also, you can get 600 horsepower from a turbo 4, but you wouldn't put it in an Italian supercar, nor would you a `merican V8.
  22. Intrepidation
    Wow, would be a shame if the guy just scrapped them.
  23. Intrepidation
    I really, really, wouldn't do that. Fix it properly, especially since you're dealing with fuel.
  24. Intrepidation
    I dunno, going to 601 horses and 413 lb-ft of torque, are pretty big jumps over the Gallardo’s 552 ponies and 398 lb-ft.
  25. Intrepidation
    LOL sure ok. Wait I see it now...it has four wheels and its white! The resemblance is uncanny! GM should totally sue for copyright infringement.
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