The Automotive Thread

[Dexman PE PMP]

It's all about clean air...

 

[Supe]

Thankfully the only things I'm drafting are rocks and the occasional small woodland creature.

 

[knight1fox3]

^Used Lincoln Mark X or first gen caddy SRX.

The SRXs look pretty sharp. Engine seems pretty beefy too. I've been eying up this one: http://tinyurl.com/myn2ly2

 

[Supe]

That's a lot of car for $31k.

 

[Master slacker]

I thought it was cool until I saw "AWD". We don't need that down here, but from what I gather, it just adds weight and reduces the already limited room to access anything.

Side saddle V6 with a turbo and AWD. Don't plan on doing anything yourself.

 

[MA_PE]

50k in a relatively short time. Someone got their use out of it

 

[snickerd3]

50k in a relatively short time. Someone got their use out of it

i can't see the link...how long was a short time? I put 50K miles on in about 2 yrs.

 

[Supe]

That's still only 17k/yr or so, with 12k being the norm. Probably mostly highway miles. Sure tough to put that many on in stop and go traffic.

 

[knight1fox3]

Agreed on the mileage.

I thought it was cool until I saw "AWD". We don't need that down here, but from what I gather, it just adds weight and reduces the already limited room to access anything.

Side saddle V6 with a turbo and AWD. Don't plan on doing anything yourself.

Ya I figured as much. But being in WI, the AWD is nice during the winter months. The only vehicle I care to work on myself is the one in my avatar.

 

[MA_PE]

50k in a relatively short time. Someone got their use out of it

i can't see the link...how long was a short time? I put 50K miles on in about 2 yrs.

it's a 2011. Sorry 25k / year is a lot of miles to me. My '99 has 111k.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

50k in a relatively short time. Someone got their use out of it

i can't see the link...how long was a short time? I put 50K miles on in about 2 yrs.

it's a 2011. Sorry 25k / year is a lot of miles to me. My '99 has 111k.

When I got my Maxx, it was just over a year old and had 23K on it. Since then, I've put less than 10K a year on it. It has just shy of 65K now, i believe.

 

[Master slacker]

50k in a relatively short time. Someone got their use out of it

i can't see the link...how long was a short time? I put 50K miles on in about 2 yrs.

it's a 2011. Sorry 25k / year is a lot of miles to me. My '99 has 111k.

My '92 has 106k and my '96 has 79k.

 

[envirotex]

^How do you do that? I have a 2007 that I bought in 2009 with 25K on it. Now it has 110K. It's our primary family vehicle...i.e. when all get in the car to go somewhere, that's the car we take, so I was thinking that 21-22K per year was pretty good.

I did the lease thing once, and we ended up way over on mileage. I would never do that again.

 

[mudpuppy]

My 2006 has 50k on it. My 1997 had 80k on it. It helps living 4 miles from work.

 

[Flyer_PE]

1991 MR2 - 102k

1999 GMC - 112k

2004 Jeep - 98k

The one that gets the most miles in any given year these days is the Jeep at around 10k. When the weather won't allow me to fly to a client site, the GMC accumulates miles in 800-mile blocks.

 

[MA_PE]

so I'm not only one that thinks the subject car has high miles.

 

[Master slacker]

^How do you do that? I have a 2007 that I bought in 2009 with 25K on it. Now it has 110K. It's our primary family vehicle...i.e. when all get in the car to go somewhere, that's the car we take, so I was thinking that 21-22K per year was pretty good.

I inherited the '92 ("Morton") from my Granny when she passed. She literally drove it about one mile per week for the few years she could drive. When I got it in 2007, it had about 50k miles on it.

The '96 is my fun car (since the acquisition of Morton). Only drive it from time to time. I'm the second owner and have put 61k on it in 10 years.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

so I'm not only one that thinks the subject car has high miles.

It wouldn't scare me away.

 

[MA_PE]

I inherited the '92 ("Morton") from my Granny when she passed.

I give....what's a Morton?

 

[MA_PE]

so I'm not only one that thinks the subject car has high miles.

It wouldn't scare me away.

I would keep looking unless it was a smokin' price and I could get an extended warranty.