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[silicon_ghost]

it looks just like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-...020QQitemZ300200797574QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

there are a couple different colors. the ones i need are grey. if you come across any lmk. thanks!

 

[akcskye]

I have personally owned 2 imports.

1988 Daihatsu Charade (married into that car...hubby owned it), and a 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle.

1988 Daihatsu Charade's motor completely crumpled when the brand new timing belt broke. Completely DEAD. Cost for repairs $3750 (in 1996 money). The repairs meant getting a motor imported from Japan.

We sold for $500 to someone who had a Daihatsu engine. Car's worth at that time: $350.

1998 VW New Beetle...Casper...my dream car, turned into a nightmare. Only 98k on it when the air conditioning went out because there was something bent in the motor putting a strain on the belts, ruining the compressor, and eventually the heads. Costs of repairs...$2800. Car's worth at the time: $2600.

My Ford Ranger, bought in 1996, only $1200 in repairs over 12 years time, and problems on a MUCH less grande scale than the imports.

I'm scared to death that my brand new Pontiac Vibe (well, new to me, it's a 2006 if you want to get technical), is a brother to the Toyota Matrix, and at 41k miles, is already throwing a differential silenoid code. ***rolls eyes***

Sorry...just as your experience with foreign cars is great, others have had equally un-great experiences, so respect our decision to not buy foreign and we'll respect your decision to buy foreign.

ETA: Cricket, now my 2nd Ford Ranger, is over 200k miles, too. It can still peel out as well.

man, i was just going to let your nonsense go. i take it you are the type of person that goes by what people say and not your own experience. i have owned 3 american cars and one import. and the import won me over. sorry and about me taking note of the oldest car or truck on the road, should i also check to see how many of those if not all have been rebuilt or have a completely different motor? now when i see hondas driving around with 300,000+ miles on them and still sounding as strong as when it had 100,000, than i am impressed. i know of someone that had a honda CRX with 400,000+ miles on it and the damn thing could still squawk the tires! maybe you should look into hondas a little bit more before you start knocking them! they dont call the motors "bulletproof" for nothing.

and why is it that all these american car companies are laying most of its workers off? probably because like i said in my previous post, they just dont make cars like they used to.

 

[Booncha57]

I'm a firm believer of, if you take care of any car/truck it will last. I've owned almost 20 vehicles so far, most of them under $800. (I used to enjoy buying a new beater every year for the winter. They always have a lot of character. If I payed $200 for a bomb and it lasted 6 months I was happy.) My old roommate and I each had 1988 5.0's and we thought it was funny when he parked his civic for a few months to drive his mustang and then went to drive it again the alternator seized up and burned the belt off after he finally got it started. All the poop that everyone was taking about our fords being junk and they never had one problem after sitting under 2 feet of snow all/every winter. They also make those exhausts really well on those civics...sometimes it's hard to tell if they have an aftermarket exhaust on them or a foot of pipe missing somewhere.

 

[jwheels54]

my ranger has 388 thousand miles on it replace 2 clutches a starter plugs and wires and that is it motor still runs strong...... well as strong as a na 2.3L can

 

[silicon_ghost]

I'm a firm believer of, if you take care of any car/truck it will last. I've owned almost 20 vehicles so far, most of them under $800. (I used to enjoy buying a new beater every year for the winter. They always have a lot of character. If I payed $200 for a bomb and it lasted 6 months I was happy.) My old roommate and I each had 1988 5.0's and we thought it was funny when he parked his civic for a few months to drive his mustang and then went to drive it again the alternator seized up and burned the belt off after he finally got it started. All the poop that everyone was taking about our fords being junk and they never had one problem after sitting under 2 feet of snow all/every winter. They also make those exhausts really well on those civics...sometimes it's hard to tell if they have an aftermarket exhaust on them or a foot of pipe missing somewhere.

no, thats called stupid young kids going on a shopping spree at autozone!

 

[stx4.0]

Zamos is totally correct silicon ghost.They have been trying to shove that japanese reliabilty crap down our throats for years and its all a bunch of B.S and I hate to be rude but its people like you that have bought into that crap that have made all these jobs disappear.Its a shame but its always those bad apples that make all the rest of us pay for that stupidity.We have an 86 GT Mustang that has 401,010 miles and the only parts under the hood replaced so far other than normal maintenance items are the water pump and master cylinder,it still has the original plug wires.My daily driver is an 88 Ranger with the bullit proof 2.3,at last oil change it has 503,000 miles with MVD paperwork to prove it.I am the 3rd owner and know the previous two.Yes the motor has been rebuilt but turning 4.10 gears for a couple hundred thousand miles and especially the way I drive it,a rebuild was very well earned.Us true americans can tell the difference between milk and oil so we don't have to worry about what our motors will run on.My Grandfather fought in world war II and he would frequently tell of the time when one of the Japanese prisoners told him "don't matter how many of us you kill,one day we will have you under our thumb and you will bow to the sun"..Its a shame but he did live long enough to see alot of that happen.I tell you what,you show up in his driveway in a Jap car,you seen an old man get real ugly real quick and for good reason.He didn't go fight for this country and see alot of his friends get tortured and killed so people like you could disrespect this country and buy Jap vehicles on a B.S excuse that they are more reliable.Yeah you can be a passifist and say forgive and forget but history is always doomed to repeat itself and everytime you pass on an american car you add another nail to the coffin and you drag the rest of us down with you.You like japanese so much,you have no buisness being in the USA,go to Japan,they like easy to fool people.

 

[zamos]

Stx 4.0,
I LOVE YOU MAN ! Are you sure your not one of my long lost brothers ?

 

[silicon_ghost]

nuff said!
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/who-makes-the-best-cars/20080229111409990001

just more fuel for the fire!!

 

[zamos]

If you tell the lie often enuogh it becomes the truth and the mindless masses will believe ! Lenin ( Russian communist )

 

[jarz21]

My Grandfather fought in world war II and he would frequently tell of the time when one of the Japanese prisoners told him "don't matter how many of us you kill,one day we will have you under our thumb and you will bow to the sun"..Its a shame but he did live long enough to see alot of that happen.I tell you what,you show up in his driveway in a Jap car,you seen an old man get real ugly real quick and for good reason.He didn't go fight for this country and see alot of his friends get tortured and killed so people like you could disrespect this country and buy Jap vehicles on a B.S excuse that they are more reliable.

That reminds me of an older gentleman that I had met 6 or so years ago. I was working at a video store and watched a beautiful '70s Audi 100 pull into the parking lot. When the man came in, I made a comment about his car. He was very proud of his Audi, having bought it brand new. We got to talking about different cars, and he mentioned his absolute distaste for Japanese automobiles. His reason was that he hated the thought of owning a vehicle that was built by people who were trying to kill him and his friends while fighting in WWII. Hmmm.... He hated Japanese cars because the Japanese were trying to kill him, but he was totally infatuated with his German-built car. Interesting. I may be mistaken, but I have always been under the impression that there were a few Germans killing some Americans back then as well. I guess the fact that HE wasn't being shot at by Germans makes it all alright under that mindset.

 

[akcskye]

I just saw on the news last night that Honda has another recall announced.

All that aside...why are you here if Fords are such demon spawn?

Do you really own a Ford Ranger as your profile says? If so...why?

 

[silicon_ghost]

i never said that they were demon spawns, just said i prefer reliabilty.

and yes i own a ranger. i bought it to use as a winter beater and am real close to putting it in the demolition derby!

 

[blkmazda90]

im confused here.

Did you say you replaced an engine because you hydrolocked it ghost?

You can unlock that

 

[silicon_ghost]

it was cheaper to go with a bigger, better engine than to tear it apart and replace stuff. i either bent a rod or spun a bearing. didn't want to mess with it.

 

[zamos]

Better - I thought they coud run on milk an water ????!!