"Thunderface" (thunderface)
03/04/2015 at 11:05 • Filed to: oppoinions
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"Thunderface" (thunderface)
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For example, do you think it's better to own a reliable, gas-guzzling American land yacht or some flimsy fuel-sipping econobox?
On one hand you pay a lot less for repairs/maintenance, but must shell out at the pumps. On the other hand, the repair bills stack up. What's better?
TheHondaBro
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:07 |
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Gas-guzzler. I can always make it more economical.
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:08 |
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How about a reliable fuel sipping econobox? Personally, I go for good over either. If the car's shit, the car's shit regardless of any numbers.
Jayhawk Jake
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:09 |
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Why not both?
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:09 |
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In most cases, the flimsy econobox (Accent, Corolla, Yaris, Civic) are also unstoppably reliable.
DoYouEvenShift
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:10 |
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Those Caprices arent too terrible on gas, not as good as a gas-sipper obviusly. But its not like driving around in a 3/4 ton pickup.
KirkyV
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:11 |
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Honestly, I'd generally just get something that does both, but if I had to choose, I'd probably go with the unreliable car, provided parts aren't ridiculously pricey. Petrol's expensive.
Stupidru
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:15 |
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I drive a Honda product (Acura, technically, but it's all the same) so I get the best of both worlds. However, if I had to choose one I'd rather have a car that never broke down, but could take me to the end of the earth and back without problems, like a Raptor
Milky
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:15 |
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Uhh neither? Well I guess reliability, but barely.
Milky's Important List For Cars
fun
looks
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reliability
fuel economy
CalzoneGolem
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:18 |
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If I had to choose I'd go for reliability.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:19 |
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Well for me i think its pretty obvious which one I picked. Both and neither
car 1 - Land Cruiser. Most reliable car ever. 12.5 mpg
car 2 - VW sportwagen TDI. Already had $10,000 of repair work done (under Warranty), not even 45,000 miles old. 34 average (95% city) and almost 50 on the freeway.
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CalzoneGolem
> Milky
03/04/2015 at 11:20 |
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Comfort is at the top of my list. I'm not sure if that is because I'm old or drive a lot.
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:27 |
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Solution: Buy something that does both. There's plenty of cars in the world that are both reliable and good on gas. The 3800 powered W-Bodies come to mind. Comfortable, decently sized, reliable as hell with the 3800 series II (after the intake manifold is changed or whatever fails) and it's supposedly gets pretty decent highway MPG for an OHV V6 that started life somewhere in the 60s or earlier.
duurtlang
> HammerheadFistpunch
03/04/2015 at 11:28 |
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To my knowledge diesels (and turbos) aren't that well suited to 95% city traffic. That might be a cause.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> duurtlang
03/04/2015 at 11:32 |
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no, it was the HPFP, a common issue with these motors. its pretty much guaranteed to happen, its just a matter of when. The good news is that the new parts...with the right annual maintenance...are supposed to last the lifetime of the car. This is typical VW nonsense, release a car, realize it has a HUGE fault, replace all the parts and redo the service instructions for that part.
Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:35 |
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Definitely the gas guzzling land yacht, even though they truly don't get terrible gas mileage. So that's another plus.
Shift24
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 11:40 |
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Reliable over fuel economy. My 96 K1500 was my college/co-op truck and it got me where ever when ever i need too. The only issue i had was some rusty wires, plugs, and distributer cap i had to change from the previous owner. The best i ever got was 20mpg but averaged 17mpg. And that 20mpg was down hill with a wind at my back. Even now its my DD and with the -10 F weather we have had it starts with no problem. It did have that "are you sure you want to start" slow turn overs once or twice but what wouldnt with a wind chill of -25C.
Though i believe my other two cars, 98 camaro and 92 accord, could be just as reliable with way better mpg, I just trust it more.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 12:09 |
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They don't have to be mutually exclusive. You can get an econobox that's still fun to drive, and plenty reliable to boot. And they're probably safer than a land yacht too.
Tohru
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 12:10 |
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I see you've posted a Chevrolet Caprice as your example of a "gas-guzzling American land yacht."
I've owned three of these. With the 305 (5.0L) V8 and without the towing package rear axle, they reliably get around 25mpg in mixed country (55mph secondary roads) and city driving. With my dad driving, he can get 30mpg.
You say to choose between reliability and fuel economy. Yet the vehicle you posted gives you both.
Checkmate.
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Tohru
> DoYouEvenShift
03/04/2015 at 12:11 |
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Mine always got around 25mpg with me driving. Dad could get 30mpg out of it, but he's much less of a hooligan than I am.
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DoYouEvenShift
> Tohru
03/04/2015 at 12:16 |
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Haha. My buddy had a Roadmaster wagon, and I never once heard him complain about mpg.
ly2v8-Brian
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 13:21 |
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By going with the pictured car you get both.
El Rivinado
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 13:58 |
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Neither, since focusing on one or the other always leads to boring cars and life's too short to drive those. But, I'd rather be in a bulletproof tank, then a dinky little gas sipper.
yamahog
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 15:11 |
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Or you could be cool and drive a unreliable piece of shit with the fuel economy of the space shuttle.
ranwhenparked
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 15:36 |
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Reliability, of course. Even when gas was expensive, it was never expensive enough for me to really care.
jkm7680
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 17:12 |
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Reliability, fuel economy can suck me.
Aloha Milkyway
> Thunderface
03/04/2015 at 22:05 |
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Do the opposite and get an unreliable British saloon with a terrible drinking problem
The Jaguar XJ12: Hitting two birds with one stone
For Sweden
> Thunderface
03/11/2015 at 12:02 |
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Definitely reliability. It's much easier to budget for fuel than budget for repairs.