At this point, I would settle for a six cylinder RWD Mazda 6 with a manual transmission, but it's not looking good for the manual transmission.
About to - Duramax Yukon XL we ordered should be showing up any day now. It's a whale of a beast of a monster of a vehicle. More like a ship to pilot. But, we legit need it, I'm a travel sports Dad now, so, you know. We're gonna burn up the SE coast this Winter going to tournaments. Should buy a freakin' condo in Orlando at this point, but I digress . . .
Now if money was no object and I had my ultimate dream car - Emory Outlaw 356 porche for the DD. Or a Sport Quattro from back in the day. Or possibly a 1989 944 Turbo S.
If I replaced my daily driver my heirs would start legal action as I just purchased an Audi TT Coupe as my daily driver in June, but legal action not withstanding I'd buy a Jaguar, any model, just because I've never had one. Gone through lots of car makes all these years of driving, but never a Jag. Would it be a wise choice? Maybe not, but still worth considering just for the hell of it.
Come to think of it I've never had an Alfa either. That might be a step too far even for me.
I still want a Giulia. My current thinking is to do a lease and limit the downside, but have the upside of a buyout at the end if it proves reliable. If not, I've checked off the Italian car ownership box that an Italian like myself must do and I go elsewhere with my car dollars.my ex had 2 Euro Alfa GTVs. Fabu driving car, best FWD cat I have ever driven. Unfortunately, dreadful reliability. They Replaced the first, a 2000, after 4 months because it had so many issues and the replacement went back early after less than 2 years on a flatbed…..
So far, so good, knock on wood. Did great round trip to Tampa, averaged around 25 mpg all in including a lot of in town driving from hotel to sportsplex. Per other owners it gets even better after break in, we only hit 1300 miles after this trip. Fantastic on the highway. Quiet, comfortable, solid. It is YUGE. You get used to it quick.hope the Yukon diesel works out for you. They still don’t seem to have solved the crank / no start issue with that engine yet and last I heard there was a temporary halt in production of it.. keep us posted how it goes.
Good to hear. Check the forums on the crank/no start. pretty widespread with the baby duramax. There have ben four or five attempted fixes so far. fingers crossedSo far, so good, knock on wood. Did great round trip to Tampa, averaged around 25 mpg all in including a lot of in town driving from hotel to sportsplex. Per other owners it gets even better after break in, we only hit 1300 miles after this trip. Fantastic on the highway. Quiet, comfortable, solid. It is YUGE. You get used to it quick.
Haven’t heard of any such no start issues with the 3.0L “baby” Duramax. I’m usually rather obsessive about researching such things too. Did see a prod halt but think it was for pickups, and due to chip shortages but it’s the internet, who knows. Ours got built and shipped relatively quickly.
You made me look - eek! Actually looks to me like GM has fixed majority of them w/ an ECM flash, and it impacted mostly pickups with late 2020 into early 2021 manufacture dates. Here's hoping anyway. We had a 2016 GL 350 Diesel that no-started on us a couple times under 2500 miles after new, took the Dealership guys multiple attempts to fix it finally tracing to intermittent fault in some weird secondary relay (fuel pump maybe?) under the rear seats. Super frustrating and since it wouldn't EVER start (unlike the Baby Duramax which, to a person seemed to always start on 2nd attempt) we bailed on it. Dealer was great, it qualified for Lemon Law but they just took care of it w/ trade in assistance.Good to hear. Check the forums on the crank/no start. pretty widespread with the baby duramax. There have ben four or five attempted fixes so far. fingers crossed
It absolutely was a great 4DSC but the 190hp Maxima (90-92?) was a stellar car in its day.Nice to see my 18-year-old daily driver featured on the homepage of Jalopnik today!
The Infiniti G Was A Better Four Door Sports Car
Infiniti’s rear-wheel drive sport sedan embodied the Nissan Maxima’s four-door sports car mantra better.jalopnik.com
It's been a great car. Same color, but mine has the wing. Tough to replace.
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Drove one of those around Iceland for a week. Fun, but not sure I'd want to own one.While I am waiting for the RAV4 delivery I have been provided with a "I wish but I can't" as we call them here...
A Dacia Duster , pretty well equipped as it goes with whistles and bells, but it is only FWD (and a bit lighter on the forward train, for my tastes). All in all I like it, listed price is quite convenient, so that it doesn't cost a fortune to buy it and lots of people has chosen it here. Good groud clearance, good cargo comp, a little cramped in the rear passenger aisle, good mileage (it is equipped with a Renault 1.5 Turbo diesel engine, coupled to a 6 gearbox manual transmission; the engine behavior reminds me of the 2.1 TD Renault engine that was equipping my 1987 Jeep Cherockee), but it's only a stopgap equipment until the RAV arrives...
While I am waiting for the RAV4 delivery I have been provided with a "I wish but I can't" as we call them here...
A Dacia Duster , pretty well equipped as it goes with whistles and bells, but it is only FWD (and a bit lighter on the forward train, for my tastes). All in all I like it, listed price is quite convenient, so that it doesn't cost a fortune to buy it and lots of people has chosen it here. Good groud clearance, good cargo comp, a little cramped in the rear passenger aisle, good mileage (it is equipped with a Renault 1.5 Turbo diesel engine, coupled to a 6 gearbox manual transmission; the engine behavior reminds me of the 2.1 TD Renault engine that was equipping my 1987 Jeep Cherockee), but it's only a stopgap equipment until the RAV arrives...