New car for me.?.?. UPDATED 2012 Volvo C30 R-design - Page 6

Dave · 05-15-2011, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

What parts? Very very rare to see anything "fall off an engine" that is production intent.

its been a while but i believe it was the acc belt tensioner. sheared clean off at under 10,000 miles

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Originally Posted by derf

When was the last time you saw a rental car with more than 40 or 50k miles? Or more than a few years old? You dont because companies realize that as rentals the cars start costing more in maintenance at that point than they would be to replace with a newer model. It doesnt matter what kind of car it is dropping from N to D with the engine spinning at 6k will destroy it.

incidently I was extremely scared to drive the last cobalt I rented, it made noises that I never would have expected to hear come out of a car.

most of our fleet is in the 90k range or above. we are beginning to cycle them out but its a long process

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Originally Posted by Trip

Fuck this talk about other cars, I want to know the story on the 180 degree spin towards GM.

ditto

tallywacker · 05-15-2011, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Fuck this talk about other cars, I want to know the story on the 180 degree spin towards GM.

Yep, Gas send us a copy of what went down to our PM boxes.

Particle Man · 05-16-2011, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tallywacker

Yep, Gas send us a copy of what went down to our PM boxes.

The 90's and 00's.

zerioustt · 05-15-2011, 11:37 PM

Too bad no GM...could get a nice used cts-v for under 30k.

zerioustt · 05-16-2011, 11:05 AM

My wife has a 2010 gmc terrain that I like a lot. AWD 4cyl withe 185hp that gets 28mpg tons of bells and whistles. She put 33k on it in a year and we have had 0 issues.

smileyman · 05-16-2011, 12:43 PM

Toyota should have the FT-86 out soon and the updated Subaru Impreza Coupe looks promising. Wait long enough and Mazda's RX8 replacement will show or get the Genesis, just wait till they sort out their manual transmission action. I hear it is lurchy between the clutch, shifter, and take up.

Maybe look at the updated Honda Civic Si if your front wheel drive friendly...

Dave · 05-16-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by smileyman

Toyota should have the FT-86 out soon and the updated Subaru Impreza Coupe looks promising. Wait long enough and Mazda's RX8 replacement will show or get the Genesis, just wait till they sort out their manual transmission action. I hear it is lurchy between the clutch, shifter, and take up.

Maybe look at the updated Honda Civic Si if your front wheel drive friendly...

Ft86 has promise, coming from toyota though I expect it to be boring with an awful interior

Homeslice · 05-16-2011, 02:29 PM

drewpy, derf, dave, dubbs, defector...i cant tell you guys apart

defector · 05-16-2011, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

drewpy, derf, dave, dubbs, defector...i cant tell you guys apart

I'm the short one.

dReWpY · 05-16-2011, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by defector

I'm the short one.

im the fat, slow one

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