The Intellectual Dark Web

heydaralon
Posts: 7571
Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by heydaralon » Fri Mar 15, 2019 12:59 pm

DBTrek wrote:
Thu Mar 14, 2019 1:12 pm
No, it doesn't need to be in the hands of impulsive consumers with immediate Taco Bell wants. Those people have never driven anything in this country, except a beat-up Honda Accord with 227,000 miles through a drive-thru.
Is this a direct jab at me? lool mine had closer to a quarter million miles before it got totaled... Not big on TB, better Mexican chain food for not much more.
Shikata ga nai

heydaralon
Posts: 7571
Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by heydaralon » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:10 pm

As an aside, the Honda Accord is a damn fine car. May not be the flashiest thing available, but they hold up well and keep going. I had a 2003 one with manual transmission and two doors. I loved it.
Shikata ga nai

User avatar
Speaker to Animals
Posts: 38685
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:59 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:14 pm

Consumer Reports gives the Accord good ratings. DB probably drives a Kia.

Smitty-48
Posts: 36399
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:22 am

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:16 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:14 pm
DB probably drives a Kia.
Go for the Stinger, DB. That's a tight whip.

Nec Aspera Terrent

heydaralon
Posts: 7571
Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by heydaralon » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:23 pm

Speaker to Animals wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:14 pm
Consumer Reports gives the Accord good ratings. DB probably drives a Kia.
One of my exes drove a Kia. It never seemed to have many problems. I knew a couple folks with them in college, and what I gathered is that they were pretty reliable cars. I'm not sure where the hate comes tbh. Do you feel they are poorly engineered? I've never owned one.
Shikata ga nai

User avatar
Speaker to Animals
Posts: 38685
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2016 5:59 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:25 pm

heydaralon wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:23 pm
Speaker to Animals wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:14 pm
Consumer Reports gives the Accord good ratings. DB probably drives a Kia.
One of my exes drove a Kia. It never seemed to have many problems. I knew a couple folks with them in college, and what I gathered is that they were pretty reliable cars. I'm not sure where the hate comes tbh. Do you feel they are poorly engineered? I've never owned one.
I have heard the exact opposite. There is a class action lawsuit right now from consumers whose cars' engines are basically dead after a year or so and no relief from the company. Then there was at least one other lawsuit I can think of that involved Kia engines literally catching fire during operation.

Hard pass on that shit.

User avatar
DBTrek
Posts: 12241
Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:04 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by DBTrek » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:37 pm

I had a Honda Accord in college . .. that I bought with like 123k miles already on it and sold two years later without any problems.

And you jackasses should know I drive a Ford Pickup, not any sort of metro-ass import car.
Jeez.
"Hey varmints, don't mess with a guy that's riding a buffalo"

heydaralon
Posts: 7571
Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by heydaralon » Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:44 pm

DBTrek wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:37 pm
I had a Honda Accord in college . .. that I bought with like 123k miles already on it and sold two years later without any problems.

And you jackasses should know I drive a Ford Pickup, not any sort of metro-ass import car.
Jeez.
F150?
Shikata ga nai

User avatar
Ex-California
Posts: 4114
Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:37 pm

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by Ex-California » Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:02 pm

I bought a 2017 Explorer in December 2018 with 10k miles on it. We put 3k more miles on it by 2/14 and a wrench light came on

It's been in the shop since then, they can't figure it out and an engineer from Michigan even flew out to troubleshoot. The verdict is apparently a new engine so we're going to be without it another couple weeks.

I've had Fords before, I like Fords, and I was going to buy either an F150 or a new Ranger in a couple years when I'm done with my Lesbian car. I don't know now.

(although that 2.3 Ecoboost felt like a good motor)
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session

Smitty-48
Posts: 36399
Joined: Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:22 am

Re: The Intellectual Dark Web

Post by Smitty-48 » Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:04 pm

My second choice would have been the Ram, but the dealer had the Z71 fully loaded at the right price.

Kia Stinger is amazin tho.
Nec Aspera Terrent