Help us car shop...... - Page 6

monster · 12-13-2011, 11:43 PM

Our need for a new car coincides with beest's need to use up his vacation allowance.... test-drive city, here we come......

monster · 12-13-2011, 11:44 PM

(we're liking the Subaru recommendations. it does come in manual, right?)

zippyt · 12-14-2011, 12:28 AM

why does it HAVE to be Manual ??

ZenGum · 12-14-2011, 02:04 AM

With Subaru outbacks the manual is the only one which comes with low-range option (good for steep hills, bad surfaces etc.) You don't get that with the manual.

You seem to have rejected corollas. Was there a reason?

monster · 12-14-2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

why does it HAVE to be Manual ??

Because we like to drive manuals. I have a manual windstar if it were possible.

monster · 12-14-2011, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Because we like to drive manuals. I have a manual windstar if it were possible.

oh and ^^^ but only a man can post that

infinite monkey · 12-15-2011, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

oh and ^^^ but only a man can post that

Heh. No, I like manual transmission too. My CRX was a 5 speed. Loved it.

glatt · 12-15-2011, 09:23 AM

Manual transmission is superior in every situation except stop and go traffic on the highway. That gets really old after even just a couple of minutes.

Beest · 12-14-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

why does it HAVE to be Manual ??

monster · 12-14-2011, 04:11 PM

Corollas -any special reason to consider them? priced slightly higher, reviews are so-so. Only Saloon are avaialable here so that would be an issue -do they even do a hatchback any more/over here? The Yaris would be the Toyota offering in the size we are looking at and that is generally poorly reviewed, but I think beest is planning to give one a go....

Beest · 12-14-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Corollas -any special reason to consider them? priced slightly higher, reviews are so-so. Only Saloon are avaialable here so that would be an issue -do they even do a hatchback any more/over here? The Yaris would be the Toyota offering in the size we are looking at and that is generally poorly reviewed, but I think beest is planning to give one a go....

In Toyota's infinite wisdom the Yaris is only available in manual in a 3 door, for 5 door you have to have automatic

monster · 12-14-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Beest

In Toyota's infinite wisdom the Yaris is only available in manual in a 3 door, for 5 door you have to have automatic

Oh, that was that one? See, that's why we're not into Toyota. And we won't be into Ford when we get to replace the Windstar for similar idiot reasons

zippyt · 12-14-2011, 10:12 PM

Slick i drive a 10 and 12 speed Manual , 40 and 60+Thousand lbs respectively,
so I'll be Hanging on to my Man card Thank you verry Much !!

monster · 12-14-2011, 10:23 PM

and yet you asked why.......

zippyt · 12-14-2011, 10:33 PM

because that SERIOUSLY limits your choices of new cars, That is all

12-13-2011, 11:43 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Our need for a new car coincides with beest's need to use up his vacation allowance.... test-drive city, here we come...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-13-2011, 11:44 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(we're liking the Subaru recommendations. it does come in manual, right?) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-14-2011, 12:28 AM	#3
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	why does it HAVE to be Manual ?? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-14-2011, 02:04 AM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	With Subaru outbacks the manual is the only one which comes with low-range option (good for steep hills, bad surfaces etc.) You don't get that with the manual. You seem to have rejected corollas. Was there a reason? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-14-2011, 04:11 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Corollas -any special reason to consider them? priced slightly higher, reviews are so-so. Only Saloon are avaialable here so that would be an issue -do they even do a hatchback any more/over here? The Yaris would be the Toyota offering in the size we are looking at and that is generally poorly reviewed, but I think beest is planning to give one a go.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart Last edited by monster; 12-14-2011 at 04:20 PM.

12-15-2011, 09:23 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Manual transmission is superior in every situation except stop and go traffic on the highway. That gets really old after even just a couple of minutes.

12-14-2011, 10:12 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Slick i drive a 10 and 12 speed Manual , 40 and 60+Thousand lbs respectively, so I'll be Hanging on to my Man card Thank you verry Much !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-14-2011, 10:23 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and yet you asked why....... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-14-2011, 10:33 PM	#15
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	because that SERIOUSLY limits your choices of new cars, That is all __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

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