Random ass car whoring thread.

[alpha]

looking for mileage? why not a prius? seriously. youd get made fun of. but who gives a shit? you be able to get 55 mpg. ive thought about it.

There's no reason to pay the premium on a Prius when a Civic can get 40mpg, give or take.  You won't recover the extra money you spend on the Prius over a Civic in fuel savings during the time you own the car.

[accordguy04]

I'll tell ya what NOT to get if your goin for gas mileage.  A Kia Forte.  My mom got on and it gets a pretty decent 31 mpg, but thats NOTHING when you compare it to what Kia "claims" is their mileage, which is 38 mpg.  My moms commute is all highway from Bethlehem to Scranton and the highest she has gotten is 31 mpg (and she is a driving saint, never 2 mph over the limit, lol)  It just really sucks and pisses my dad off because he and my mom have had Hondas for years (Accords for my dad, and an Odyssey for my mom), it pisses him off because with every Honda he's had, what Honda "claimed" the mpg was... WAS the mpg.  So goin from that to it being almost a full 10 mpg off, sucks!
And don't even get me started on the Sorrento (4 cyl), i took it to NYC last month with 4 ppl in it and three bikes on the back and it made 19 mpg?!?!  I made more in my 6-6 with a full car and a stuffed tight trunk on the way down to NC last summer (29 mpg).


/rant

[wtcii]

Speaking of gas milage I drove the LS460 from Nashville to Irvington. It was about 700 miles and drove 80 pretty much the whole way. I averaged 31.5 mpg revving at about 1750 rpms. It had 5 people in it and the trunk was filled with luggage. That plus the fact that it is a 4.6 L V8 with almost 400 hp, I would say it was pretty amazing. Oh, and it is rated at 24 mpg for the hwy. City sucks though.

[slipkord]

How in the hell could you hit 7 mpg more than epa??

[wtcii]

I honestly have no idea. Maybe Lexus just rated it low. I put BP midgrade in it one of the fill ups and thats the tank I got 31.5 on. The first tank was premium costco and I got 27-28 mpg.. Around town we get 15-17 mpg. It is rated at 16. I'm guessing the 8 speed transmission just helps a ton on the hwy. Now that I think about one time I tried to be efficient as possible on a drive from Nashville to Tupelo and managed to get 36 in the ES350. That was 59 mph for 75% of the miles. I filled up at the gas station right by my grandparents house then got on the highway then got on the Natchez Trace Parkway. That 36 was short lived and with the AC off. I did have my cooled seat on. Maybe Lexus just rates their cars low. We have 3 RX's and they are all either below or right at EPA.

[slipkord]

You make me want a lexus, Im too tall for an es350 though, stoopid engineers designing the seat too high. I have been looking for a car lately, but not hardcore like before.  :

[slipkord]

I just found a 666 but with 66k miles for $17k, price seems on the high side, CBP FTW!!

Edit - that is the nada price but seems high still for 66k

[gargantula99]

Dont temp me to sell mine

[slipkord]

Hehehe, if the price is right 

[b_beau_09]

Looking into Subaru Legacy GT's.. found one that I'm hoping to check out tomorrow evening.. not sure if I can get there after work or not..

http://www.vwsubaru.com/used/Subaru/2006-Subaru-Legacy-d8a8f3370a0a006401e867d69a585ef5.htm

what do you think? I may be able to knock 1k off of that price since it's a dealership chain I used to work for, but not sure..

[gargantula99]

Do it!

[Mike]

There very nice cars.

[alpha]

picked up a new daily today..

[slipkord]

Tease!!

1 series?

[gargantula99]

Bet it's a bike.