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Author Topic: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)  (Read 158892 times)

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1450 on: August 21, 2015, 01:36:53 AM »
AND WE'RE BACK.

2015 Mustang Ecoboost w/performance package
Looks
Still want to have sex with it.

Interior
Still love the interior.

Drive
Remember everything I complained about with the GT? Yeah, pretty much completely gone. Car feels tighter and more balanced. Torque is available below speeding ticket speeds. Ride quality strikes almost perfect balance for me between stiffness and compliance. Automatic transmission doesn't hold car back. Car doesn't feel as fat/pig-like as before.

This is it.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1451 on: August 21, 2015, 05:31:24 AM »
Add more lightness and the Mustang enters BMW M-territory.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1452 on: August 21, 2015, 05:41:20 AM »
Still waiting for the Mustang to go back to being an actual ponycar. Let me know when I can get a 2700lb Mustang the size of an FRS with an actual V8.

Now this is a Mustang!

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1453 on: September 09, 2015, 09:23:11 AM »
Impractical as heck, but it's the nicest car I've seen since forever;
http://www.evo.co.uk/honda/16652/honda-project-24-motogp-power-f1-inspiration

I know they won't build it like that though (Soichiro is gone), and frankly, they'd need way better results with McLaren on the track to make pistonheads even remotely consider buying into their brand right now.At least it's got Potenzas on it instead of Pirelli crap.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1454 on: September 09, 2015, 02:17:05 PM »
My dad picked up a Volvo XC90 D5 in July after trading in his Bentley Continental GT V8 2013, and I finally got to test it last week! Really great car actually, very nice interior, tho I dont like having a touchscreen.
And ofcourse, it looks really cool. Its in black with sort of dark beige interior. A really nice place to be.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1455 on: September 09, 2015, 03:29:28 PM »
Yeah I think Volvo is finally starting to learn that their "premium-ish" interiors are not going to cut it any longer. Acura may be able to sell their Honda++ products based on perceived reliability and strong resale, but Volvo doesn't have that reputation to rely on, and while their cars may still be safer than the competition, when everybody is earning 5-star crash tests and Top Safety Pick scores, it's hard to prove that. They have to deliver on merits, or they're finished.

The new XC90 is a very good start, but if they know what's good for them, they'll deliver a new XC60 by 2017. The market is too tough for Volvo to sit around on their 8/9/10+ year model cycles. The previous XC90 was nearly old enough to get its own learners permit.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1456 on: September 09, 2015, 04:11:03 PM »
Been waiting for this to drop. Still no numbers (mpg or $) yet.





The looks have got to be an acquired taste. The front looks fine-ish, the back... not sure if I can take it. The pearl interior panels around the shift knob and other parts are really bad looking. At least the flying bridge from the 3rd gen is gone.

Overall, it doesn't pull me in. Might try going for a new volt, which actually looks great and should be better inside too. They will likely be around the same price after government subsidy (~$26k) so I'd lease it first to get full subsidy, then buy it off lease.

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1457 on: September 09, 2015, 04:24:12 PM »
Tbh, I'm more intrigued by the new Volt as well. 52 miles on electric is pretty sweet. The new Prius is heinous and Toyota needs to be punished. They even borrowed the white plastic Hasbro trim from the last Volt which is absent from the new Volt.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1458 on: September 09, 2015, 05:45:09 PM »
Wow that interior is a mess, even by Prius standards. I mean it looks like a urinal.



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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1459 on: September 09, 2015, 06:27:17 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on September 09, 2015, 05:45:09 PM
.... it looks like a urinal.

I'll be borrowing that line in case I ever need to comment on  a Prius interior in future. Hope you don't mind.
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