Comments on: In A Honda Civic?

By: Opining Online » I Love Cars

Opining Online » I Love Cars — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:47:12 +0000

[...] 1993 Ford Taurus SHO – see previous post. [...]

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:49:28 +0000

Amba, you are probably the only person reading this who truly understands.

By: amba

amba — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:32:57 +0000

I’m salivating.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:41:26 +0000

From what I know (not much!) it’s going to be hard to beat 35 mpg AND get something bigger. Reliability becomes so much more important when you’re transporting a baby. If we get broke down on the side of the highway, my husband and I will be annoyed, cranky, and probably have a fight. But that’s minor compared to trying to care for an infant in the same situation.

By: Talina

Talina — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:13:07 +0000

Our newest car is a 1999 Nissan Maxima, it was a damn trooper and we can’t wait to have the engine replaced this summer so we can drive it to Indiana.

Once Tater is older and we are settled more we’re going to buy something newer and (hopefully) more efficient than the Nissan. It gets about 35 MPG so if we replace it what we buy will have to be better than that and also bigger to accommodate our growing family (aka our herd).

I want too… but know we can’t afford to have.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:37:23 +0000

Jags are nice and I used to think I wanted one. The idea of A/C in the trunk really appealed to me. The ice cream wouldn’t melt on the way home! You see, it’s really just utility I want, not a sexy speedy car

My children were very fortunate in having their own vehicles, though not exactly the vehicles they might want. Now the youngest is 27 and I don’t have to worry about that anymore.

A brillo pad? Sounds like something my darling hubby might do.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:16:51 +0000

I’ve long since given up on the thoughts of getting a new car. We have a 2003 Trailblazer that is bought and paid for. There’s a 2001 Impala that is bought and paid for (recently wrecked by oldest daughter to the tune of $2k and then, apparently, she thought it would be a good idea to wash it with a kitchen sink brillo pad…), and a 1965 Mustang coupe that runs, but is a project. I’ve figured out that if I need my speed thing itched, I just go to an air show. If I bought a fast car, my daughters would wind up wrecking it. I’ll wait another decade before thoughts of a sexy Jaguar become more realistic.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:35:38 +0000

Yes, I think 147 is a bit high for a Sonata, on public roads, at least. I worked for a guy who got a new Corvette every two years and he took me for a ride. He got to about 110 in the downtown area on I-20 and merged onto I-49 without slowing down much. The SHO didn’t have that good of a suspension and could never have reached that speed in such a short run.

They called whatever happened to the AC in the SHO “black death” which is apparently something that happens only to Fords. Something about having to remove the engine, order parts from Mars, etc. I don’t remember the details, but I got huge outrageous estimates from two shops.

Thanks for dropping by!

By: CGHill

CGHill — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:17:29 +0000

I understand the SHO, kinda sorta. My own car is similarly configured: Infiniti I30, fwd, 3-liter V6, 227 hp. Its sweet spot is 80 to 95; it starts to get a little bit queasy as triple digits approach. (Speedo reads to 160, but the car runs out of breath by 130.) Replacing the A/C compressor in it, incidentally, ran $890.

There exists a story of someone in Scottsdale who was clocked at 147 in a Sonata, which seems just a hair high.