cddolphin Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 4 minutes ago, Bednarik60 said: Is best gas mileage something your looking for @cddolphin? 1. Good gas mileage 2. Low insurance rates 3. Reliability 4. Not American or German I'm low-maintenance. I mostly drive within the city, gas kills me. I don't ego drive and I don't have to tow or move stuff ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 2 minutes ago, cddolphin said: 1. Good gas mileage 2. Low insurance rates 3. Reliability 4. Not American or German I'm low-maintenance. I mostly drive within the city, gas kills me. I don't ego drive and I don't have to tow or move stuff ever. Prius is a really good option then dude. You could fill the tank up and drive around freely and probably not need to fill it for another 2 weeks. Your insurance is going to be dirt cheap. I don't know if it gets any cheaper then a Prius(low horse power with lots of safety integrated into the car). Yeah if you can put aside its not sporty or fast or is it super luxurious , but it will nice daily, smooth driving quiet(kinda nice to have to hear a loud exhaust), save you some cash/never kill you and be really solid car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I'm here for some hot prius action. I wish I had gotten a prius when I got my new car. It's a Camry. And is great don't get me wrong. Just feel like I could have gotten better mileage out of a prius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 I have a (nearly) 100 mile round trip commute. I've definitely considered a prius. Looked at a Chevy Cruze too. I like the looks of them a lot better, and they get in the mid 40s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) a hybrid i been liking the Hyundai Ioniq quite a bit lately, its got a nice look for a hybrid and gets 60 MPG and a brand new one starts around $21K. and its a Hyundai so its warranty is amazing. Edited July 22, 2017 by Bednarik60 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) Interesting thing about hybrids/electric is, you could be a used /older one right now and just upgrade the batteries and some other electrical internals for nothing really(few hundred bucks) and get power, steering, fuel gains. and that will continue as the technology develops. Kinda like a computer, where you can plug and play better internals. Edited July 22, 2017 by Bednarik60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Bednarik60 said: Interesting thing about hybrids/electric is, you could be a used /older one right now and just upgrade the batteries and some other electrical internals for nothing really(few hundred bucks) and get power, steering, fuel gains. and that will continue as the technology develops. Kinda like a computer, where you can plug and play better internals. My coworker just did that. Got a screaming deal on a civic hybrid cause the owner just didn't want to put ANY money into it, and the battery was toast. Got a new battery installed for for a couple thousand and was still about $2k under what he thinks he should've had to pay for a Civic with 60k miles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, domepatrol91 said: My coworker just did that. Got a screaming deal on a civic hybrid cause the owner just didn't want to put ANY money into it, and the battery was toast. Got a new battery installed for for a couple thousand and was still about $2k under what he thinks he should've had to pay for a Civic with 60k miles. A lot of people are starting to tune the Honda Insights the same way. Do you remember those?Your switching out the old nickel based batteries for the latest lithium-ion batteries. Makes you wonder if holding out for 3-5 years for the used market to get flooded with these hybrids and EV is the move right now and then upgrading any internals/batteries to whatever is the best at that moment say in 5 years(batteries will be better even by them, thanks to super genius's like Elon and his crew of engineers and people at Ford and Nissani.) Edited July 22, 2017 by Bednarik60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I been listening to a bunch of car podcasts and i hear that launching Tesla and some of these new electrical vehicles is brutal/not pleasant. Like all the guys(pro drivers, auto journalist, engineers, mechanics etc) you can get your self sick really easily and get your passengers sick, all them were saying there wives/GF hated it cause they kept getting really sick. 350-600 TQ instantly from 1 RPM to Redline is basically throwing your guts to the back of your spine lol. That is Disneyland/Knox Berry Farms- 6 Flags stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coors Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 6:37 PM, Bednarik60 said: Oh cool brah. Those are nice. What color/interior color? It's a gun metal exterior with black leather interior. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, coors said: It's a gun metal exterior with black leather interior. Dope nice combo. The leather on those are nice to. I have a Focus ST so we are basically cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I really want to put some Alcantara touches in the Focus ST. Alcantara is so nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bednarik60 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Quilted leather touches to are really nice and cool as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 @Bednarik60 Got passed by one of the new Jaguar F-Types on I205 north, right after I got off Highway 14. Definitely a head turner, stormtrooper'd out and looked lightly modded. Automotive brand stickers all over the rear quarter windows. WA plates so maybe you'll run into them on one of your highway nights. Not literally, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 On 7/23/2017 at 1:17 PM, Bednarik60 said: I have a Focus ST so we are basically cousin. What color is it? I pass a white ST parked in front of a house every day. Post pics of your car... do you have any plans for it? Not that it really needs anything more than the ST package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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