What car should I buy? - Page 10

lumberjim · 12-16-2013, 11:17 PM

That's a screen shot from Waze. It's my favorite nav app. Tells you if there are cops ahead, predicts your route based on history, all that smart shit. Like gas listings in your area.
I sometimes go to citgo. Occasionally lukoil. I see on Waze that exxon was actually cheaper 3 days ago, but that station never seems to be open. There's a sunoco, but it's inconvenient pulling out after. Oh, I also use Coastal in Pennsauken a good bit. They usually are about the same as Wawa. And no credit card premium.

lumberjim · 12-17-2013, 12:02 AM

I would like to try and see if that made a diff for me, but my driving is so erratic, that I don't think I could accurately compare. Most days I make 2 2.4 mile trips to work and back, but then when I go see the kids, ill do 55 to 65 miles each way on the highways. The number of those trips varies widely.

Have you ever analyzed whether it's cost effective to use 89 or high test? Like, do you get better mpg with higher octane? And if so, is it worth the extra dough?

tw · 12-17-2013, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Have you ever analyzed whether it's cost effective to use 89 or high test?

The BMW study was rather disappointed to discover increased engine wear with higher octane.

However one near 40 MPG tanks a previous summer ago was after an accidental fill up with Exxon high test. But it was also ideal conditions - mostly highway on a hot and humid days. That created a curiosity. But insufficient numbers exist to say more.

monster · 12-17-2013, 08:43 AM

Lola, I think they're saying you should buy a tank armed with nucular weapons

boys, can you not hear yourselves? STFU or go to your rooms and argue it out via instant messaging on your iPods. None of us wants to hear another syllable about it. You can come out for dinner if/when you've learned how to behave in a civilized and social fashion. And picked up your goddam laundry while you're in there.

Lamplighter · 12-17-2013, 08:50 AM

Yes, Mommy. But he started it.

monster · 12-17-2013, 09:42 AM

I don't give a flying fuck who started it, I'm finishing it and I'm kind of surprised you didn't learn that lesson already. Must be you're not as smart as I thought. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong on that

Big Sarge · 12-17-2013, 09:50 AM

monster - it's a serious issue to some of us. Out of respect for this thread, I suggested we take it to a different thread.

monster · 12-17-2013, 10:44 AM

then start one, post a link for your buddies to follow you and leave lola to pick a car. Walk the walk.

Lola Bunny · 12-17-2013, 07:12 PM

Well, I've stopped reading a long time ago. Thank you everyone who gave me opinions. I read all those.

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Lola Bunny · 12-22-2013, 07:49 AM

I'm seriously thinking of getting the Altima. I wasn't going to get a car until the end of the next year, but the car started to shake badly last week. It's fixed now. So, I decided to sell this car while it still worth something.

Glatt: I am going to check out the radio when I get to the showroom. Thanks for the pointer. I was in a car that has a touch screen once. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to adjust the A/C temperature. And I was on the passenger seating, staring at the screen. I finally had to ask the driver to do it...lol.

Griff · 12-22-2013, 07:51 AM

I think Glatt made a great point on that. Good luck!

tw · 12-22-2013, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

Glatt: I am going to check out the radio when I get to the showroom.

If you have to look at the radio to change basic functions, well, close your eyes. Using only a hand, volume and station selections should be possible. A driver must do that when driving; especially when in the dark. In one rental car, I had to pull over to finally change the station.

Big Sarge · 12-22-2013, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tw

If you have to look at the radio to change basic functions, well, close your eyes. Using only a hand, volume and station selections should be possible. A driver must do that when driving; especially when in the dark. In one rental car, I had to pull over to finally change the station.

Whoa pardner. You mean we are supposed to close our eyes when we drive at night?

Lola Bunny - What made you want to start such a vile and vicious thread?

tw · 12-22-2013, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Whoa pardner. You mean we are supposed to close our eyes when we drive at night?

Obviously that was never said. Your reply ignores the topic; to only attack the messenger.

Try to read what is written rather than reply to what you want to see. I believe you are incapable.

glatt · 12-28-2013, 01:59 PM

Just got the latest issue of Consumer Reports today. They had a short article about how much radios (or infotainment systems) suck today.

And there was another article about the best and worst cars for the money.

12-16-2013, 11:17 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	That's a screen shot from Waze. It's my favorite nav app. Tells you if there are cops ahead, predicts your route based on history, all that smart shit. Like gas listings in your area. I sometimes go to citgo. Occasionally lukoil. I see on Waze that exxon was actually cheaper 3 days ago, but that station never seems to be open. There's a sunoco, but it's inconvenient pulling out after. Oh, I also use Coastal in Pennsauken a good bit. They usually are about the same as Wawa. And no credit card premium. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-17-2013, 12:02 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I would like to try and see if that made a diff for me, but my driving is so erratic, that I don't think I could accurately compare. Most days I make 2 2.4 mile trips to work and back, but then when I go see the kids, ill do 55 to 65 miles each way on the highways. The number of those trips varies widely. Have you ever analyzed whether it's cost effective to use 89 or high test? Like, do you get better mpg with higher octane? And if so, is it worth the extra dough? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-17-2013, 08:43 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Lola, I think they're saying you should buy a tank armed with nucular weapons boys, can you not hear yourselves? STFU or go to your rooms and argue it out via instant messaging on your iPods. None of us wants to hear another syllable about it. You can come out for dinner if/when you've learned how to behave in a civilized and social fashion. And picked up your goddam laundry while you're in there. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2013, 09:42 AM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I don't give a flying fuck who started it, I'm finishing it and I'm kind of surprised you didn't learn that lesson already. Must be you're not as smart as I thought. I'd be delighted to be proven wrong on that __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2013, 09:50 AM	#7
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	monster - it's a serious issue to some of us. Out of respect for this thread, I suggested we take it to a different thread. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

12-17-2013, 08:50 AM	#5
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Yes, Mommy. But he started it.

12-17-2013, 10:44 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	then start one, post a link for your buddies to follow you and leave lola to pick a car. Walk the walk. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-17-2013, 07:12 PM	#9
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Well, I've stopped reading a long time ago. Thank you everyone who gave me opinions. I read all those. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

12-22-2013, 07:49 AM	#10
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	I'm seriously thinking of getting the Altima. I wasn't going to get a car until the end of the next year, but the car started to shake badly last week. It's fixed now. So, I decided to sell this car while it still worth something. Glatt: I am going to check out the radio when I get to the showroom. Thanks for the pointer. I was in a car that has a touch screen once. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to adjust the A/C temperature. And I was on the passenger seating, staring at the screen. I finally had to ask the driver to do it...lol.

12-22-2013, 07:51 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think Glatt made a great point on that. Good luck! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-28-2013, 01:59 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Just got the latest issue of Consumer Reports today. They had a short article about how much radios (or infotainment systems) suck today. And there was another article about the best and worst cars for the money.

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