Does anybody know what this car is called? Because I really want it. Or rather, I want N to want it. For myself I want a Chrysler PT Cruiser.
Please Identify This Car
Opinions, art, debate
Opinions, art, debate
Does anybody know what this car is called? Because I really want it. Or rather, I want N to want it. For myself I want a Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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It’s a Cadillac. Hard to tell which one with the photo so focused on the emblem 🙂
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Ah, a Cadillac! This is good to know.
I should have centered the photo so that the lights (what do you call them?) got into the picture. They are very beautiful. And the car;s backside looks very imposing.
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Those choices are like taking rolls of bills and setting them on fire!!!
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I’m not sure what you mean. Because this car is big and it needs more fuel?
Remember, I know nothing about cars. I refer to a car’s “face” or “backside” on regular occasions. 🙂
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Cost of vehicle compared to actual value. How good it is as a machine. How much it costs to maintain, how long it will last, etc., how much it costs to repair.
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Which car would make more sense, then? Right now N. has a very very old Honda.
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That is to say — these are definitely not “frugal”. 😉
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Clarissa, if I were N i would choose a Chrysler PT Cruiser as well. It looks very nice. I also preferred small cars.
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The Honda is a good choice. My father’s is 24 years old and people approach him on the street wanting to buy it, it is such a good vehicle.
It depends on what you want / what you care about — you might be able to afford these cars whose looks you like and if so, you should go ahead and do it. I, however, would be reading Consumer Reports and also making a list of characteristics I wanted in a car. Some of mine are:
– lower tech (not a lot of gizmos)
– all wheel drive (it is good for these oily / icy / wet Louisiana roads, and can be in the mountains)
– standard transmission
– good roof for rack to carry bicycles / kayaks / etc.
– hatchback so I can stack in camping equipment or perhaps an unwieldy piece of furniture, or at least a small bicycle
– normal height from ground: I do not want super low because we have all these puddles here and rain, if you are parked on low ground and it rains 30 minutes you do not want the water to reach your engine
– good reviews of engine and other mechanical things. This is the MOST important because cars are expensive and maintenance and repairs are expensive and you really need them to be strong and last. Cars are poor investments because they lose value quickly, so a car that is a black hole for cash in other ways as well is a poor choice unless you really have money to burn and do not mind.
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Thank you! I’m now realizing that I’m still very far away from being ready to buy a car. Probably light years away.
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I don’t know if you have to worry about the cost of petrol – over here it is €6.15 the litre, costs me about €85 to fill up my Alfa Romeo – but if you do, go for the least thirsty car you can.
If you don’t, go for the car that holds its value best if you want to buy new. Over here, Audis are good for that. I’d like to have a nifty Volvo.
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Over here, Audi repair and maintenance costs an arm and a leg. Volvos are expensive too but they break down less and the Volvo mechanics seem to be less money hungry and more reliable than the Audi ones. My father bought a Volvo in 1964 and kept it until 1988 when he got the Honda. Saabs seem to be like Audis, fancy but finicky. These are just my impressions.
But in a coldish weather state like IL I would consider used Volvos, BMWs and Mercedes. They are strong cars intended to last and they are from cold places.
This is all very high end, though. The middle class sensible options are Japanese, and it is wise to get a hybrid nowadays because cost of fuel will only go up.
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Coldish weather in my area??? Over 100F for 3 months straight! Summer from March to November! I went to the Dominican Republic in July and it was colder there!!
This is a very very painful issue.
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€6.15 the litre, isn’t this roughly equivalent to $36 a gallon??? That is 12x what it is in Louisiana!
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I mean €1.60 per litre. 🙂
Maths was never my strong point and I just knew there was a six in there somewhere. It only struck me this morning in bed that my maths was off.
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In Florida Cadillacs were thought of as old people cars. Not that there’s anything wrong with that… 😉
Me, I love my ancient, beat-up Tercel. Toyotos have been my car brand choice since the 80s. They never die. (I mean, I’ve had things break on them and need to be fixed, but I’ve never had them just keel over like the Ford Escort that was only 4 years old and completely fell to pieces. Never again!)
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I am very happy with my Chevrolet Cobalt. The things I want are manual transmission, non-power windows, and low-cost maintenance. I have had good luck with Mazdas as well, especially the “Miata.”
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Dear Clarissa, you surprise me. You do not fit my stereotype of a driver of a PT Cruiser.
For what it’s worth, the stereotype, or rather my wife’s, is a middle-aged black woman driving slowly in the middle lane of a 6-lane freeway, leaning forward and nervously clutching the wheel lest it escape.
Every time we saw a PT Cruiser it would be doing that, and my wife would tell me the kind of person who would be driving it, and when we passed it, it turned out she was right every time.
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Oh, thank you for killing my dream. 🙂 🙂 And here I had fantasies of myself, getting out of a PT-cruiser in a huge black hat and a silver fox boa. . .
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