Sad day - had to trade in my hot rod...
So I reached the effective lifespan of my Mustang GT convertible. I had good success with the mileage (30%+ over), but at 107K miles, the maintenance was getting too much.
So I bought a new Fusion SE 4-cyl. I wanted a 5-spd, but there was not one available close, and it's only worth 1 mpg on the highway. I would have got something smaller, but my son is 5'10" and growing at only 13 years old(!). Anyway, it's an automatic, but at least I got a 4-cyl. It does have a nice mileage gauge, so I can check what my foot is doing to the fuel, although it only does trip mileage (not real time). So despite my heartache at losing my favorite car:(, I'm looking forward to seeing some 30+ mileage for a change!!! |
Shot at 107?!?
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Nevertheless, it's a good move. I can sympathize -- I went from a new 300 hp turbo Evo to an older, 4-banger hatch automatic (way before 107K -- around 40K due to poor build quality and cost of ownership).
My favorite car was a '99 Civic Si 5-Speed. Traded "up" for the Evo. Start of the continuation of a bad cycle of addition to speed (velocity, to be specific). If I still had that car today, I would pulling down similar FE numbers and less money spent. Fact is, we sacrifice for the greater good. I predict that you'll soon grow to love the simplicity and economy of the Fusion. It won't happen overnight, but give it time... -RH77 |
Bullockracing -
Yeah, sorry you had to let the Mustang go. I had a CRX that I sold to my friend. When he had kids he sold it without telling me. If I had known ahead of time, I (probably) would have bought it back and found a way to keep it going. I would look for a Ford Fusion Forum for details on care and feeding. Without saturnfans.com, I would have traded my SW2 at 110K miles (dealership wanted $1800 for transmission fix at the time, :eek::eek::eek:). I miss my CRX, CarloSW2 |
"...but at 107K miles, the maintenance was getting too much."
Says something about Detroit, doesn't it? As best I can remember, the Insight's the only car I've had that had less than 100K on it when I bought it. The '88 Toyota pickup had 200K, and I guess maintenance is getting to be a problem, since I had to replace an alternator belt the other day :-) |
Aerocivic has approx 490,000 miles on it.
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Good luck with the Fusion. I was able to get one up to 37mpg with just airing up the tires and keeping it under 60mph.
I thought it drove wonderfully. I can't wait to get seat time in the Hybrid, already had training on it and have seen it in person, it is an impressive automobile. |
It depends on how old the car is, how often its driven, and how well it's maintained. I 've seen enough daily driver Mustang/Camaro/Firebirds that were no trouble, become high maintenance nightmares once they became weekend warriors.
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So it was either sink $3100 into a car with 107K miles, or put $3100 down on a new (and more efficient) car with no miles. Seemed like a no-brainer to me... btw, my payment didn't increase significantly, and my insurance went way down... |
Last time I bought a top end gasket kit incl head gasket it was $80?
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