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Current generation Sebring Convertibles

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OMG female driver, get a Cannondale instead please.

speaking of which, almost got hit by one of them this past week. pulling out of a parking spot (right side of the street parked) while facing to HER right, fixing her child in the back. the car was moving forward and to the left (toward me, which was driving in the single lane on the street). for those who dont get it: her = facing back/left. car= going forward/right. me inches from being hit before i honk for the next 30 seconds and yell at her.
 
Originally posted by: RedBeard
Originally posted by: AdamK47
It's not everyday we see female members starting threads in the garage section.
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It's not everyday I see assholes in my threads. This coming from the loser who brags about the number of games he has installed. Seriously?
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Not everyday? You must not post on AnandTech very often.

It's not bragging. It's an addiction and that thread is my way of calling for help.
 
Originally posted by: Fmr12B
Did some major 'vert shopping the past 6-years. I've owned 3.

'92 240SX
'95 Cutlass
'08 Saab 9-3 Aero

Current gen Sebring is fantastic - 2008+ models. The ones you are looking at are most likely rental fleet cars. Don't buy a former rental car.

We need room, a decent trunk and comfortable back seat for 2 tweens. If you need a trunk than remove all hard top convertibles from your criteria. With the trunk down they suck up all but about 4cu-ft of space.

The Sebring can be had in either soft-top or retractable hard top. With the soft top down, the trunk is still pretty damn big!

if you can afford it, swing up to a Sebring Limited - 3.5L V6 250HP and 6spd Automatic. The 2.7L V6 with 190HP is OK, but 4spd Auto.

The rear seat room is pretty nice - only better leg room is the Toyota Solara.

The downside to the Solara is it is a hack job 'vert and was not designed as a convertible. The factory builds a coupe and then send it to another facotry where they cut the roof off and mount a convertible top along with welding in plenty of support. Strucutural integirty is compromised and you end up with a wet noodle of suspension and torsional rigidity with plenty of cowl shake. Solara soft-top also does not stow away under a hard cover so its not as sleek or pretty to look at with the top down

The upside to the Solara is big trunk and lots of rear leg room plus a gorgeous interior. In 2008 they made some big improvements by adding HID's and an optional sport kit. The Solara coupe was killed off in 2009 and only Solara verts are made now.

EOS - tiny back-seat
CLK - tiny back seat
G6 - no trunk but decent rear seat. Same platform as Saab 9-3
BMW 3 - tiny rear seat (we only looked athe previous gen as we were not interested in hard top verts)
PT Crusier - tiny trunk and funky styling - Positive - turbo power in GT
Mustang - leg-room is pretty poor but decent trunk and cheap. The 4.0L V6 is plenty of power
Saab 9-3 - Turbo power, decent fule economy, luxury features everywhere, excellent warrnaty, free service for 3yrs, I own a '06 Sedan so am familair with them
C70 - boulevard cruiser, not very sporting
A4 - really liked these but resale was high

Came down to 4-cars for us. A4, 9-3, Solara, Sebring

We liked the Sebring a lot but the Saab won out because of the deal we got. A4 was great but resale value was high and finding one with the 3.2L engine was not the easiest.

Caranddriver.com reviews the Sebring, V6 Mustang, and Pontiac G6
They tested the 190HP V6

Chrysler has done a few cars right (Caravan) and the Sebring 'vert has been a very good seller for them. They made a very good, useful, convertible which some of us want.

The driving dynamics were important to us but we also needed functionality.

Our Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible
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Yep, I was going to post the Car and Driver review. Even though it placed 3rd of 3 cars they actually seemed to like it pretty well other than it being anti-sporty. For just driving around enjoying the open air, it's probably a pretty good deal at $15K for a low-mileage '08+.
 
Originally posted by: KentState
Is the convertible anything like the sedan? All I know is that I have a rental sedan right now and it's the worse car that I've ever driven. Thing takes for ever to get up to speed and the interior is 90s Chevy Monte Carlo.
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Are you sure you're pushing the pedal down far enough? If you get it revving up to 6k, it shouldn't take forever to get up to speed.
 
Ah cool, I just helped my mom-in-law get an '09 Fusion SE. She's pretty happy (came out of a 4-banger Wrangler, what a pile of shit).
 
I loved my 2002 Sebring convertible. Great car. I drove a 2007 with the small 4 cylinder and it was terribly slow. Otherwise it wasn't too bad.

I'd love to get a great deal on a one or two year old Sebring convertible with the 3.5 liter.
 
Originally posted by: RedBeard
Originally posted by: AdamK47
It's not everyday we see female members starting threads in the garage section.
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It's not everyday I see assholes in my threads. This coming from the loser who brags about the number of games he has installed. Seriously?
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dont bother with him. Probably never even talked to a real woman in his life.
 
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