Hi Bill
Ya, I'm looking for an American car for her but she's partial to Honda's.
She has an 84 Honda with over
300,000 Kms on it and it still runs great but it's nickel and dimeing us to
death with "keep it running parts". And let's not talk about the rust :-)
She wants a 4cyl for good gas mileage and a 5 speed ( a chick that likes a
stick, gotta love it) We're still looking right now because all the used
car salesmen are pricks and all the "this is normal" is really pissing me
off.
Anyway thanks for your response.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Day" <billday@consolidated.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: September 4, 2003 6:01 AM
Subject: DML: Re: RE: O/T, non Dak related
>
> 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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