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Topic: Family Car
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MissingCat
Gearhead Posts: 215
From: BC, Canada
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 09-28-2001 12:26 AM
   
Well, we've decided (probaby to Dave "Wythors"'s delight  ) to turf the trusty? 97 Pontiac Grand Am in favor of 2 cars. The criteria for the first car (for my wife) are:4 door (to get the kids in and out easily)
easy to work on (tired of paying for work that I can do myself on an older car)
reliable
reasonably powerful - V6 minimum
reasonably priced
The second car (mine) is easy...  Any suggestions as to what is worth looking at and what should be avoided like the plague? I'm thinking of something in the early 1990's but would entertain older if it's a good solid car. Thanks for any advice! ------------------
Scott '68 Cougar GT at some point in the future...
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ragtopjr
Gearhead Posts: 1958
From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-28-2001 02:45 AM
The early 90's SHO's were a very cool car(however you likely dont want her to have a faster car then you), They also only come in a standard Tempo's and Topaz's are truly a disposable car IMO.
For a family car i really think the honda accord is hard to beat, reliable, good fuel economy, decent power and good resale.Now for your car it should be a 84-93 convertible(5.0 of course) ------------------
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Gearhead
Gearhead Posts: 1342
From: Vancouver Island, Great Wet North
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 09-28-2001 11:42 AM
I agree.... a nice Honda Accord can't do you wrong. Those cars run forever, and you can get them at a fairly reasonable price.Now, as for your car... did I mention the 68 Cougar I found for sale in Chemainus last weekend?? Or the lady that came up to us when we were looking at the 68 and gave us her husband's number because he has "a bunch of those Cougars he would like to sell"? Oh, I guess I did forget to mention that. Call me ya big doofus.
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 480
From: Reno Nv
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-28-2001 01:57 PM
The accord is a great car my wife has had 4.Dose that make her a ricer?Her new one is a 1998 V-6 3.0L that really moves out good.It gets 36+mpg on the highway and easy 30mpg around town.It's not one of the more reasonable accords out there.Where the 94-97 accords are alittle smaller and get better milage,but not has much power.As for you have no choice but to get a classic Ford.[This message has been edited by Fastymz (edited 09-28-2001).]
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IIGood
Moderator Posts: 1591
From: Arnold, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-28-2001 04:39 PM
She's only a ricer if all of those cars have overly-large spoilers, extremely oversized exhaust tips, silly neon graphics plastered all over the car, and rims larger than what comes on the Cobra R. Yet there's a bone-stock 4-cylinder under the hood. ------------------
Frank S.----MCA Member 40390
'99 Mustang coupe
'77 Ghia--"II Good"
'76 Cobra--project
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 480
From: Reno Nv
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-28-2001 06:26 PM
IIGOOD None of the above.Hers is all stock looking.With some small mods to the motor.Stock daul exhuast that will stay that way.I love kicking ricer butt in her car, with the hole family in the car.They get so mad. Ron
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wythors
Gearhead Posts: 2487
From: The cold, gray Pacific Northwest
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 09-29-2001 11:35 AM
Scott, you've got mail."(probaby to Dave "Wythors"'s delight)" MY delight? What aboot your delight?!?!?!? By the way, what's "probaby"??? A new classification of infant? "Mr. Lohnes, I'm pleased to tell you that Sara just gave birth to a Probaby. He should be walking and talking by tomorrow afternoon and graduate college by the end of next week. Congratulations."
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 17228
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-29-2001 03:34 PM
quote:
Originally posted by wythors:
By the way, what's "probaby"???
Sounds like a baby that does it for a living, or extremely well. "The probaby just provided me with a written estimate." or "Look at the way she grips that bottle! She will soon be ready to go probaby!" ------------------
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'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC The terrorist may have killed 6,398 Americans,
but there are 281,000,000 of us left, and WE'RE PISSED!!!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 17228
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-03-2001 07:32 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MissingCat:
Any suggestions as to what is worth looking at...
How about a big block Camaro? 
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'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC Be American, Drive American!
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MissingCat
Gearhead Posts: 215
From: BC, Canada
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 10-04-2001 12:01 PM
Big block? I thought you were a car guy?! The 305 Guinea Pig is only a small block bowtie... if you want the big block, you have to go for the high HP 396 Raccoon or the high torque 454 Porcupine! Of course, the small block 327 Skunk has been known to go like stink too!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 17228
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-04-2001 01:44 PM
Wrong!Hampster = mouse = small block
guinea pig = rat = big block Get it straight, you're embarrassing yourself!  ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC Be American, Drive American!
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Gearhead
Gearhead Posts: 1342
From: Vancouver Island, Great Wet North
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-04-2001 02:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
Wrong!Hampster = mouse = small block
guinea pig = rat = big block Get it straight, you're embarrassing yourself!
I always thought that guinea pig = guinea pig???  That chevy guy obviously doesn't know what he's doing... he can't even get his rodent's right!!  Either way they are just vermin and should be taken out on sight. Who put the picture of a Chevy up here anyhow... oh, it was you Steve.  Sorry about that!
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wythors
Gearhead Posts: 2487
From: The cold, gray Pacific Northwest
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 10-04-2001 09:50 PM
Guinea pig? What? Did he put a Fiat engine in that thing?
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Big D
Gearhead Posts: 1686
From: Wells, Nevada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-04-2001 10:09 PM
Actually a Nissan Maxima is one of the finest family cars around... If you look at classifieds they are hard to find... They should hold together for a good 200,000 miles...We had an '87 that we put 232,000 on before we sold it... 
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Don
66 Brilliant Blue Fastback
302 with 5 speed
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