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Offline Quo vadis Domine

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Re: 2000s sedans or coupes with best MPG?
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2021, 09:28:20 PM »
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    • Quote from: Emile on September 05, 2021, 06:22:37 PM
    The good old days of the land yachts! The trunks were almost big enough to fit a spare car in.
    My dad was always fond of Imperials but the last big car that he had was a '77 Royal Monaco that actually delivered an impressive 20mpg on long hi-way trips.
    Imperials were very nice cars. After the Caddy he got an 1979 Oldsmobile 98 Regency. Great looking car.
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    Re: 2000s sedans or coupes with best MPG?
    « Reply #16 on: September 05, 2021, 09:56:49 PM »
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    • Quote from: Emile on September 05, 2021, 06:22:37 PM
    The good old days of the land yachts! The trunks were almost big enough to fit a spare car in.
    My dad was always fond of Imperials but the last big car that he had was a '77 Royal Monaco that actually delivered an impressive 20mpg on long hi-way trips.
    That's my father's old Cadillac, he bought it with 90K miles on it, had it about eight years, haven't had problem one with it.  That car is huge.  So is the trunk.

    That generation was all about big "boat" cars, comfortable and roomy, hideous gas mileage.  Right before I got the Camry, I was spending $400 a month on gas, 10-11 mpg, it was breaking me up!  And now I can afford to put the "good stuff", 93 octane premium, in the tank, and still have money left over, compared to what I was spending, and using the cheapest gas I could get.  I want to baby the engine in the Camry until everything gets good and seeded in.
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    Re: 2000s sedans or coupes with best MPG?
    « Reply #17 on: September 05, 2021, 10:21:26 PM »
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    • Quote from: SimpleMan on September 05, 2021, 12:36:40 PM
    WRT the one downvote on the Camry mileage, all I can say is, someone must not like Camrys.  SMH.  (And it's not a "Japanese car", it was manufactured in Georgetown, Kentucky, that plant supports a lot of American jobs in a region that could use them, true, some money trickles back to Nihon, but those auto workers' salaries keep turning over and over again in the local economy.  People in that part of the country know a good job when they see one, they're glad to have it, and they hang onto it.)

    My "field test" yesterday was under the most optimal conditions possible, cruise control limited to 55 mph (the speed limit), hardly any traffic, road straight as an arrow, rolling country, you'd go up an incline, then sail back down again (using no gas), then you'd have to slow down for someone, which, paradoxically, increased the displayed MPG figure, then I got to finish it off with stop-and-go on the highway back into town.  My photo is from where I was stopped at a traffic light just outside of town, i.e., a cuмulative figure for about 35 miles of driving (had just filled the tank up before taking the trip).
    Since I was quoted in reply #12 I hope you didn't think I was the one who gave the down vote.  To the contrary, I gave one of the up votes!  Though I have a Ford Focus, when I first started shopping back in 2017 I was primarily looking for a Subaru.  I have also in the past owned a 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit (gasoline engine) and a 1991 Isuzu Trooper II, both of which served me well.
    When I next go auto shopping, hopefully not for another 4 - 5 years, I will, as always, be open minded, do my research, and see what's available on the market at the time, as I'll likely buy used.  Everyone I know who has owned Japanese designed vehicles (I am aware that some are manufactured, or perhaps assembled, in the U.S.) has always been exceptionally pleased with them.  With that said, I've also have been pleased with the U.S. and German designed vehicles I've owned.
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    Re: 2000s sedans or coupes with best MPG?
    « Reply #18 on: September 06, 2021, 09:37:13 AM »
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    • Quote from: moneil on September 05, 2021, 10:21:26 PM
    Since I was quoted in reply #12 I hope you didn't think I was the one who gave the down vote.  To the contrary, I gave one of the up votes!  Though I have a Ford Focus, when I first started shopping back in 2017 I was primarily looking for a Subaru.  I have also in the past owned a 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit (gasoline engine) and a 1991 Isuzu Trooper II, both of which served me well.
    When I next go auto shopping, hopefully not for another 4 - 5 years, I will, as always, be open minded, do my research, and see what's available on the market at the time, as I'll likely buy used.  Everyone I know who has owned Japanese designed vehicles (I am aware that some are manufactured, or perhaps assembled, in the U.S.) has always been exceptionally pleased with them.  With that said, I've also have been pleased with the U.S. and German designed vehicles I've owned.
    No, I just couldn't understand why an innocuous post, such as mine was, would get a downvote.  The only thing remotely objectionable about that post, was that I could have been seen as not driving safely, preferring to take a picture of my odometer, rather than being attentive to my driving.  I was at a stop light when I made that picture.  Or else I could have been seen as a shill for the Japanese automotive industry, and all I can say, is that I have had too many bad experiences --- and very few good ones --- with American cars, and thought buying another one (especially going into debt, which goes against everything I believe in) would just be throwing good money after bad.  I've got a 2009 Buick on the pad, made in Oshawa, Ontario, that is as dead as cold fried chicken.

    I could have bought the Camry outright, but what with our family circuмstances, needing a new car right now, and possible tax consequences of taking it out of my 401(k), it made more sense to take out a loan.  I plan to pay it off just as soon as I can.  I don't do debt.
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