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Dave

12/13/04, 10:15pm

http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/13/pf/autos/bc.autos.ford.suvs.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

Ford Motor Co. will kill off the Ford Excursion, its largest sport utility vehicle..... Apart from the Excursion, a mid-size SUV from Ford's lineup will also be killed.

YAY! 2 down..several hundred to go...

12/13/04, 11:35pm

I'm sure they'll just come out with something else even bigger and with more opportunities to accessorize.

Winky

12/14/04, 12:20am

Monster muscle cars in the 60's
Pintos and Vegas post Arab oil embargo
Yuppie Beemers then Soccer Mom Mini-Van's

SUV's

what's next your Dad's Oldsmobile?

PostCode

12/14/04, 12:51am

Na. They'll start going after those three banger Geo next. You know, the ones that get 50+ to the gallon. After that it's bikes because to many people are skidding and the residue is polluting the ground water.

Winky

12/14/04, 01:36am

Yeah the Yugo was ahead of its time lol
Wait til these (http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2004/11/22/285971.html) start tangling with SUV's

12/14/04, 01:47am

http://www.theautochannel.com/N/news/2004/11/22/285971.1-lg.jpg
I'm not sure the wife and I could fit in there, besides the fact we'd need three more just to take the kids out to eat. So, 60mpg, times 4. 15 mpg net. Huh. That's about what my Suburban gets.

Leslie

12/14/04, 01:49am

I saw one of those around Hallowe'en time.

It looked very silly bootin down the lane in the parkin lot I must say :lloyd:

Luis G

12/14/04, 12:39pm

We've had the smart for years, it is really small and expensive. With that money I'd buy a mini anyday instead.

SouthernN'Proud

12/14/04, 03:24pm

tonksy

12/14/04, 03:45pm

you can't haul a tree or a barbie doll house in a mini. come to think of it i doubt you could fit 2 infant carseats in a mini.

Gato_Solo

12/14/04, 03:51pm

Those square things Honda makes (I think it's Honda) are just about the dumbest looking things I have ever seen on the road. If you're in the market for a vehicle that just screams, "I have no flair in my life, no originality, and no desire to ever be anything except a statistic", there's the ride for you, man. I thought nothing would ever top the Volkswagon Thing, but of course...

Toyota makes one, too, under the Scion brand...Looks like this...

http://www.autointell-news.com/News-2003/August-2003/August-2003-2/Scion-Xb-2004-side-110.jpg

Every time I see one, I have a sudden urge to look inside the box to see what kind of car it really is. :D

Luis G

12/14/04, 03:54pm

you can't haul a tree or a barbie doll house in a mini. come to think of it i doubt you could fit 2 infant carseats in a mini.

I don't like the mini either, I was just pointing out how extreme is my disgust with the smart ;)

MrBishop

12/14/04, 04:57pm

Feh...they all beat the Reneault Kango, which is what I ended up driving around France and Spain with :P
http://home.online.no/~sipeters/Kango4.jpg

BeardofPants

12/14/04, 05:01pm

you can't haul a tree or a barbie doll house in a mini. come to think of it i doubt you could fit 2 infant carseats in a mini.

Jaysus, how big are your car-seats over there? :confused: My mother managed fine with me and my little brother each in our respective car-seats. :shrug:

DFisherman

12/14/04, 05:01pm

I miss my Renault 5. Sweet little car in the city. Cost next to nothing to run, could park anywhere. And it was such a lemon that no thief would touch it. Ran it for years until the road calcium got to the body panels. Ah well, C'est la vie.

- DFisherman

DFisherman

12/14/04, 05:04pm

Those square things Honda makes (I think it's Honda) are just about the dumbest looking things I have ever seen on the road. If you're in the market for a vehicle that just screams, "I have no flair in my life, no originality, and no desire to ever be anything except a statistic", there's the ride for you, man. I thought nothing would ever top the Volkswagon Thing, but of course...

http://web.infoave.net/~hfoster/s_thing2.jpg

If I remember rightly, these were the civilian version of the post-war Kubelwagen. The Wermach equivalent to the Willys Jeep. Or is it a later model?

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Gato_Solo

12/14/04, 05:13pm

If I remember rightly, these were the civilian version of the post-war Kubelwagen. The Wermach equivalent to the Willys Jeep. Or is it a later model?

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Later model, without the AWD platform. Basically a squared-off Super Beetle.

A.B.Normal

12/14/04, 05:18pm

Later model, without the AWD platform. Basically a squared-off Super Beetle.

The offspring of "Herbie the love bug" and a Garbage dumpster.

tonksy

12/14/04, 05:48pm

Jaysus, how big are your car-seats over there? :confused: My mother managed fine with me and my little brother each in our respective car-seats. :shrug:
not overly big but the states has specific laws and mandates as to the size of the seat and how long your child is to be in one. i remember that my sentra had almost no room after the 2 seats were in the back.

Inkara1

12/15/04, 04:31am

not overly big but the states has specific laws and mandates as to the size of the seat and how long your child is to be in one. i remember that my sentra had almost no room after the 2 seats were in the back.
5 years and 50 pounds, right?

tonksy

12/15/04, 09:11am

5 years and 50 pounds, right?
i think it's 70 lbs and a certain amount of height...but i think it's an either or thing. either you weigh enough or you are tall enough.

ClaireBear

12/15/04, 09:17am

We've had the smart for years, it is really small and expensive. With that money I'd buy a mini anyday instead.

Yup here in Blighty too...

The new C4 ... I think thats it is slightly larger with more boot space....

Anyone over the pond ever seen a Fiat Siaccento... now they are small. 'Bout the same size as the Smart but much less pricey.

I'm so pleased that Blighty have moved away from the "big is best" car addage... big is definitely NOT best... it guzzles petrol/gas like its going out of fashion, parking is a nightmare and inner town manouverability... forget it!

Give me a compact with short body length any day!

ClaireBear

12/15/04, 09:19am

DFisherman

12/15/04, 10:15am

My parents had a Renault 5 when I was little... DF you're betraying you age! :D ;)

In my defense, it was a used vehicle. A 1984 that I acquired in 1991 and drove until 1996.

If that's betraying my age, I better not mention my first car being a 1977 Plymouth Arrow...ah, bugger.

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Gonz

12/15/04, 10:22am

50 miles to the gallons,
with their knees on their chest,
They didn't get far but they
made up for all the rest..

In a Yugo.

Gato_Solo

12/15/04, 10:35am

In my defense, it was a used vehicle. A 1984 that I acquired in 1991 and drove until 1996.

If that's betraying my age, I better not mention my first car being a 1977 Plymouth Arrow...ah, bugger.

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Could be worse...my first car was a 1976 Chevy Nova...my second was a 1974 Toyota Corolla, my third was a 1983 Chevy Chevette, my fourth...a Caravan, my fifth, a 1985 Camry, my present 2 are a 1988 Audi 90 Quattro, and a 1998 Chrysler Sebring. At one point, I almost bought a GLH (http://www.xmission.com/~dempsey/shelby/sheldod2.htm)...but the insurance would've made the car overpriced...

ClaireBear

12/15/04, 10:41am

In my defense, it was a used vehicle. A 1984 that I acquired in 1991 and drove until 1996.

If that's betraying my age, I better not mention my first car being a 1977 Plymouth Arrow...ah, bugger.

Cheers,

- DFisherman

The model my parents had was slightly older and was a rather fetching metalic mint green...

To me men are like fine wines and high quality cheese... aging simply improves them and maturation makes them stronger... not to mention the fact that they taste an aweful lot better :brow: :D

HomeLAN

12/15/04, 10:42am

i think it's 70 lbs and a certain amount of height...but i think it's an either or thing. either you weigh enough or you are tall enough.

Under the new law, anybody under 6 has to be in a car seat or booster seat.

tonksy

12/15/04, 10:44am

Under the new law, anybody under 6 has to be in a car seat or booster seat.
good to know...thanks.

DFisherman

12/15/04, 11:46am

The model my parents had was slightly older and was a rather fetching metalic mint green...

To me men are like fine wines and high quality cheese... aging simply improves them and maturation makes them stronger... not to mention the fact that they taste an aweful lot better :brow: :D

But like wine and cheese, you take your chances the longer they age. After a while it's all vinegar and sourness. The trick is to find the right age.

Cheers,

- DFisherman

DFisherman

12/15/04, 11:49am

The model my parents had was slightly older and was a rather fetching metalic mint green...D

Mine was grey which I eventually had repainted metalic forest (deep) green. I better stop thinking about it, for I am getting stupidly nostalgic about a chunk of steel and rubber.

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Winky

12/15/04, 01:21pm

No! DF Dood!!!

Ever one list em'
1963 Ford Falcon convertible 170 cu inline six banger with two speed slush-o-matic!
1974 Ford Pinto 2.0 Liter four speed Weeeee Boom!
(Wiffie had a 1976 Chevette!)
Worked as a field Tech and they gave me brand new a Mazda GLC
Two of them actually. Racked up 14 points on my license and over 300K miles on them.
1987 Ford Mustang 2.3L purchased new in 87 Still have it still drive it goin' on 315,000 miles.
1986 Ford Mustang 2.3L
1996 Ford Probe
1992 Ford Mustang 5.0 convertible still have
1998 Ford Contour SVT. Still have!
Can ya say 'Ferd' Man?

Winky

12/15/04, 01:25pm

Oh I forgot to mention not ONE
of those (well the falcon) had auto-trans
Automatic transmissions are the devil! lol

DFisherman

12/15/04, 03:10pm

No! DF Dood!!!

Can ya say 'Ferd' Man?

Not really. It always comes out as "Fix Or Repair Daily".

Cheers,

- DFisherman

P.S.: On a side note, I have an uncle who retired just a few years ago that worked 37 years at the Ford St-Thomas plant in Ontario, making models like the Lincoln Continental.

Winky

12/15/04, 03:21pm

"First On Race Day"

Dang that's a long time to be makin' cars huh?

How does he pass his time now?

DFisherman

12/15/04, 03:25pm

"First On Race Day"

Dang that's a long time to be makin' cars huh?

How does he pass his time now?

Fixes his truck (a Ford).

Cheers,

- DFisherman

Gato_Solo

12/16/04, 09:12am

Q: Why did all Yugo's have heated rear glass?

A: So your hands didn't get cold while you were pushing them. :lol2:

chcr

12/16/04, 12:16pm

Monster muscle cars in the 60's
Pintos and Vegas post Arab oil embargo
Yuppie Beemers then Soccer Mom Mini-Van's

SUV's

what's next your Dad's Oldsmobile?

They already stopped making Oldsmobiles.