If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:38:26 -0400, "C. E. White"
> wrote: >Earlier this month I asked for advice regarding a new car for my Mother to >replace a Ford Freestyle that was totaled in an accident. I mostly was >looking for advice regarding the Toyota Venza and Highlander. Well we >finally went shopping and my Mother is getting a new Highlander I'm not disagreeing with your mom's choice but why does she need an SUV?? What were her needs from a technical perspective? |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:14:19 -0700, Ashton Crusher > wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:38:26 -0400, "C. E. White" > wrote: >>Earlier this month I asked for advice regarding a new car for my Mother to >>replace a Ford Freestyle that was totaled in an accident. I mostly was >>looking for advice regarding the Toyota Venza and Highlander. Well we >>finally went shopping and my Mother is getting a new Highlander >I'm not disagreeing with your mom's choice but why does she need an >SUV?? What were her needs from a technical perspective? She doesn't like cars that are easy to park, safe on the highway, or that can be handled out of an accident instead of plowing its way through one. Having fuel bills equal to the monthly payment is also important. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
"AZ Nomad" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:14:19 -0700, Ashton Crusher > > wrote: >>On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:38:26 -0400, "C. E. White" > wrote: > >>>Earlier this month I asked for advice regarding a new car for my >>>Mother to >>>replace a Ford Freestyle that was totaled in an accident. I mostly >>>was >>>looking for advice regarding the Toyota Venza and Highlander. Well >>>we >>>finally went shopping and my Mother is getting a new Highlander > >>I'm not disagreeing with your mom's choice but why does she need an >>SUV?? What were her needs from a technical perspective? > > She doesn't like cars that are easy to park, safe on the highway, or > that can be > handled out of an accident instead of plowing its way through one. > Having fuel > bills equal to the monthly payment is also important. She bought a four cylinder front wheel drive Toyota Highlander! Come on, this is not a Excursion, it is a Camry wagon (more or less). The EPA rates it 20 city, 27 Highway, 22 Combined.....not as good os the Camry, but about the same as an Avalon and a lot better than any mid-sized SUV. Have you actually been in a Highlander? Ed Ed |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
C. E. White wrote:
> "AZ Nomad" > wrote in message > ... >> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:14:19 -0700, Ashton Crusher > >> wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:38:26 -0400, "C. E. White" >>> > wrote: >>>> Earlier this month I asked for advice regarding a new car for my >>>> Mother to >>>> replace a Ford Freestyle that was totaled in an accident. I mostly >>>> was >>>> looking for advice regarding the Toyota Venza and Highlander. Well >>>> we >>>> finally went shopping and my Mother is getting a new Highlander >>> I'm not disagreeing with your mom's choice but why does she need an >>> SUV?? What were her needs from a technical perspective? >> She doesn't like cars that are easy to park, safe on the highway, or >> that can be >> handled out of an accident instead of plowing its way through one. >> Having fuel >> bills equal to the monthly payment is also important. > > She bought a four cylinder front wheel drive Toyota Highlander! Come > on, this is not a Excursion, it is a Camry wagon (more or less). The > EPA rates it 20 city, 27 Highway, 22 Combined.....not as good os the > Camry, but about the same as an Avalon and a lot better than any > mid-sized SUV. > > Have you actually been in a Highlander? > > Ed > > Ed > > I hear ya - I have a 4 cyl, 5-speed stick, FWD '06 Saturn Vue and they (NY State and Saturn) classify it as a SUV. After I bought it and had it in for it's 1st and last dealer service they let me know my "truck" was ready. At the counter I told the guy "my '99 F150 is a truck - and that's a small truck as it is when talking about trucks - This is not a truck" .....he smiled and said that he knows, but they make him call it that and he'd get in trouble if he didn't. (BTW - Gotta say that the VUE has 95K on it and not one prob...Still won't buy another though...they won't be around anyway by the time I'm ready to look) I agree with you though - I have my SUV (and I hesitate calling it that) because they don't make wagons anymore I guess...These are the Ford Country Squires, Plymouth Fury's and Impala/Caprice wagons of today...I have 2 kids and soccer/karate/etc practices to play chauffeur with and it gets 30mpg in the summer and 27 winter. Some people are getting conditioned to automatically see someone buying an SUV or say "why do you need that?" and scorn you without knowing that it gets better mileage than the car they're driving...Sad state of affairs in this country...People are sheep doing what they're told, feeling the way they're told they're supposed to feel based on spoon fed crap instead of using their own noggin: SUV = BAD - CAR = GOOD. Get what you need...Need the room but not 4WD or a 6 cyl... Sorry for the ramblings... |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
IYM wrote:
> I agree with you though - I have my SUV (and I hesitate calling it that) > because they don't make wagons anymore I guess...These are the Ford > Country Squires, Plymouth Fury's and Impala/Caprice wagons of today...I > Sorry for the ramblings... It's okay, I was sad to see the only car mentioned in the bible be discontinued (God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in his Fury). |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
SMS wrote:
> IYM wrote: > >> I agree with you though - I have my SUV (and I hesitate calling it >> that) because they don't make wagons anymore I guess...These are the >> Ford Country Squires, Plymouth Fury's and Impala/Caprice wagons of >> today...I > >> Sorry for the ramblings... > > It's okay, I was sad to see the only car mentioned in the bible be > discontinued (God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in his Fury). yea, the Fury was the last wagon my family owned when I was a kid and it went before it's time...It was the first new car my family bought (replaced a Rambler Wagon) and it got wrecked in a snowstorm accident when a lady lost it on a highway and came down the hill sideways and got the front end in her passenger seat. As a kid, I thought the headlight covers opening/closing and top of the fender amber turn signal indicators were the coolest things! lol After the Fury, the gas prices went nuts and it was a pick-up truck when we needed to haul stuff and a Chevette when we needed to haul butt... |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:58:23 -0700, SMS wrote:
> IYM wrote: > >> I agree with you though - I have my SUV (and I hesitate calling it that) >> because they don't make wagons anymore I guess...These are the Ford >> Country Squires, Plymouth Fury's and Impala/Caprice wagons of today...I > >> Sorry for the ramblings... > > It's okay, I was sad to see the only car mentioned in the bible be > discontinued (God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in his Fury). <GROAN!> GO SIT IN THE CORNER!!! |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Results of Weekend Shopping for a New Car For My Mother
SMS wrote:
> IYM wrote: > >> I agree with you though - I have my SUV (and I hesitate calling it >> that) because they don't make wagons anymore I guess...These are the >> Ford Country Squires, Plymouth Fury's and Impala/Caprice wagons of >> today...I > >> Sorry for the ramblings... > > It's okay, I was sad to see the only car mentioned in the bible be > discontinued (God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in his Fury). I heard that the apostles were "all in one Accord". -- aMAZon zeszutko at nycap.rr.com "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Looking for the Mother Ship!? | wild1bill | Auto Photos | 8 | January 31st 09 11:01 PM |
Jack and Bill by Mother Goat | L.W. \(Bill\) Hughes III[_8530_] | Auto Photos | 4 | November 21st 07 08:07 AM |
Nordschleife - The Mother | Michael Wollenschein | Simulators | 10 | September 13th 06 06:27 PM |
Thank you Mother Mopar | Steve | Chrysler | 0 | December 26th 05 09:22 PM |
My mother | Catman | Alfa Romeo | 3 | October 21st 05 03:33 PM |