travelover
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Here ya go..........I may invest in a small Motor Cycle to curb my enthusiasm..... sigh.
Here ya go..........I may invest in a small Motor Cycle to curb my enthusiasm..... sigh.
... I am getting super tempted to buy something fun again. It's been a while since I had a bad-ass hellcat sort of a car but the frugal voice inside me keeps reminding me how far behind I am in my FI goals so I've been looking at the 'best bang for the buck' options. On that short list I've considered a used STi (to hop up) or a C5/6 Z06- more tempted by the latter as the perfect mid-life crisis car (which it suits me). Jeez, now I have to go look at Craigslist again...this is why I haven't been wanting to post in this thread.
And, in a recent thread, you were thinking of dropping your term life insurance that was costing you $50 a month?
will be picking up 95 firehawk vert next weekend. that will be my summer daily
Pictures please! (when you get it)
And, in a recent thread, you were thinking of dropping your term life insurance that was costing you $50 a month?
Earlier this year my wife and I decided to rid ourselves of my Acura TL Type S. It was a nice car, but low to the ground and becoming increasingly hard for me to get out of. My wife wouldn't drive it. So the search began for a new vehicle. We knew we wanted an SUV because of our plans to travel once I retired.
Ultimately we settled on a 2016 Volvo XC90. I love it! Large enough for us to pack up with luggage. Handles like a dream. Luxury features and loaded with safety options. It was a long search, but so far I've been very pleased with the car. We shopped against Lexus, Audi, BMW, Acura and Lincoln. Did a lot of test drives. In the end it was between the Lexus and the Volvo. The latter offered better cargo room and a roomier front cabin.
Do you know what engine is on the XC90
I been driving Volvo's for the past 20 plus years and currently have 3 of them at home. They are from the 90's but still going strong. There are probably more computers and electronic DIM's that will probably drive me crazy.
It's the Turbo that gives you the power. I drove an Audi A4 Quattro with Turbo for many years - very peppy and sipped that Premium gas.On our new car we have a four cylinder turbo charged/super charged engine. Considering it's only four cylinders, I was amazed at how much get up and go it has.
It's the Turbo that gives you the power. I drove an Audi A4 Quattro with Turbo for many years - very peppy and sipped that Premium gas.
Rita
Sold our 06 cayman S and bought a 15 vw gti fully loaded. Also we reprogrammed the chip in the gti for more power.
Wouldn't go back the the porsche, loving the gti's perfect balance of just about everything.
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We got a 2009 PONTIAC AWD Vibe (= Toyota matrix). Good and reliable but we paid too much (had a trade in to get rid of). Next time, we will buy a 2910 in Canada.
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GTIs are a nice bang for the buck. Did your reprogramming increase the boost pressure or was it more ignition timing related?
Both, and it was a very noticeable boost in power, very. Checkout the power curves on unitronic.ca
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2012 Toyota Prius. Not a blast to drive but the gas mileage is incredible. Overall cost of ownership is very low.