If you hadn't read the whole message, they are looking for an "American"
car... Jay, we have had the best luck with Pontiac Grand AM cars.. though
I couldnt get her into an Avenger, Stratus or Cirrus(she won't even look at
a neon). The '93 we had was an auto, 4dr 4cyl with A/C and rear defrost,
none of the conditions you talked about for the merc ever happened with it
or happened with the '99 GT she is now driving. That 4cyl has a 16 gal tank
and gets close to 400 miles a tank highway(350-375 in town) with the air on.
We drove that thing 2 years ago through the desert(on a 150,000 mile
odometer) without a care in the worl. The car still runs great today @ over
200,000 miles and still looks great. We were fortunate we did no wait till
'94 to buy it those models had the bad paint. Now we are even more pleased
with the GT. It has a 12 gal tank and averages 250-275 on the highway and
about 230 in town. Both are automatics btw.
Bill Day
billday@consolidated.net
AIM - BadManD73
'95 Ext Cab 3.9L Mag 4x4 Flame Red
http://www.dodgetruckworld.com/BadMan/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <barnesrv@comcast.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: DML: RE: O/T, non Dak related
>
> That car is struggling to run the a/c Jay, find yourself a Honda Accord or
> something. I had a friend who had one of the Mercs and it was POS...
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of jay & dana
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:37 PM
> To: DML
> Subject: DML: O/T, non Dak related
>
>
> I'm planning on buying a used car for my wife and would like to ask those
of
> you out there that know more than I a question. The engine is a 4 cyl, 5
> spd with air. When we took it out for a test drive everything ran great
but
> I'm curious about the fact that at idle when you push the button to
activate
> the rear window defrosters the idle would drop 100-150 RPM. When we turn
on
> the air conditioning at idle it would only drop 50 RPM or so. I've never
> owned a vehicle with air conditioning so I don't know if that little drop
is
> normal or not. But what gets me is the 100-150RPM drop when you turn the
> rear defrosters on. Should this be acceptable, or any ideas on what could
> be causing this fluctuation? By the way it's a 95 Mercury Mystique GS
2.0L
> (I know, but she likes it, it's not a ricer) :-)
>
> Thanks again guys for any feedback.
> Jay
>
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