Ever Wish You Had a New Car?

I have new cars and old cars, the new ones goto the dealer (when the warranty runs out, they get traded), I fix the old ones. As much as I like my old cars, theres nothing like driving in my GMC Sierra pickup with the a/c on, leather seats, satellite radio, cup holders...Ahhh I think I might just go take a drive.

 

GMC? I don't think that a Ford...
Isn't that against the law or something?

 

We got a 2007 Mustang for my wife about six months ago, and just love it. Hate the car payments, and being our first all-black car it is testing my detailing skills and I am paranoid about scratching it. It gets babied, and I keep telling everyone that she is just "taking care of it" for me for a couple of years.

Traded in her 1996 Monte Carlo that only had 70K miles on it but still was scary everytime something when wrong. Couldn't do much repair work on it myself. The intake started leaking coolant ( a known failure in many GM models that used Dex-Cool when it first came out). What would be a $30 repair on my Comet (not including the beer) ended up being a $700 repair that had to be done by a pro. You need special tools to pull the injectors and who knows what else would ambush you in the process. Good riddance ...

My daily driver ... a 1995 Suzuki Sidekick 4 door that I inherited with 60K miles on it. It now has 155K miles and still runs great. 5 speed stick, nudges 30 mpg on the highway, and screams along at 4000 rpm at 80 mph quite happily. It's only 1.6 litre ... 90-ish cubic inches. Very easy to work on, and has only needed basic stuff, starter, alt, etc. Perfect for my work, hauls a bunch of stuff for its small size. When my wife and I go camping, she and I and everything we take just fits. If our son's family moves to the area, I might move up to an Explorer so that the five of us can ride comfortably. Otherwise, the zuki gets driven until it won't drive no more, and according to some diehard fans, it is only about halfway there ... 300K miles! At this point I can see that happening. Not bad for a too-small vehicle that I would have never chosen for myself.