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YACT: Dodge Intrepid SXT: any thoughts?

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PlatinumGold

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Ok, so my Olds intrigue has about had it. i figure it will do only cost me lots of money from this point forward.

so instead of keeping it, i'm thinking of trading it in for the Dodge Intrepid. here are my reasons for looking at the dodge, decent gas mileage, decent size and at 250 hp i'm expecting decent performance. oh ya and a pretty good price.

 
decent gas mileage, decent size and at 250 hp i'm expecting decent performance
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Lots of cars fit this criteria... any reason for the Intrepid, specifically?

Also, do you want to buy new or used?
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Ok, so my Olds intrigue has about had it. i figure it will do only cost me lots of money from this point forward.

so instead of keeping it, i'm thinking of trading it in for the Dodge Intrepid. here are my reasons for looking at the dodge, decent gas mileage, decent size and at 250 hp i'm expecting decent performance. oh ya and a pretty good price.
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my friend has a 2003 intrepid R/T, its nice, its BIG for sure, i dont really like the shape though


 
I'd maybe shop around for a used R/T or decked out SE with all the fixins. You could get a very low milage year old vehicle for dirt cheap. Intrepids drop like a rock in depreciation.

You could also shop around for 300m's that are a year old.
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I still don't understand buying a FWD car with that much horsepower.
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Especially a very large FWD car with that much horsepower.

Also, the insane depreciation pretty much kills off any deal you might get on the purchase price.
 
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
I still don't understand buying a FWD car with that much horsepower.
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i'm also considering the Mustang GT, but it is kind of small.

i really do prefer larger cars, but the Crown Vic just doesn't do it for me. i don't like the seats, the interior in general and most of the vehicles larger than the Intrepid really don't do that well on gas. with the intrigue right now i spend like $250 to $300 / month on gas.

i guess i could get the golf Turbo diesel if i want to get miserly on gas.

to be honest i have no idea what i really want for a car. just something not too small, something with decent gas mileage, something with decent performance, and something not to expensive.

i'm also considering the pontiac Grand Prix.

ideally i'd like a RWD, Manual, but it's not going to happen, my wife refuses to learn manual (she just learned to drive about 4 yrs ago) and she has to be able to drive the car occasionally and a high torque high HP RWD vehicle in wet weather is not good for a not so good driver.

so i'm stuck with FWD Autos.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
PG - what's your budget if you don't mind me asking?
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good question. i'd like to stay at about $25k to $28k.

i'm seriously considering getting a New Olds Aurora 2003, if i can find one and get a good deal on it. i get lots of incentives since i have an olds, i get a couple of loyalty rebates on top of the normal rebates and whatever i can talk them down to. as the '03 is the last year for that model i might be able to get it for about $26k, which is pretty good for that car, if it weren't in the last year of that model. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: kalster
avalon?
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sorry, for me it's basically american or korean. i'll consider an german vehicle, but they are usually out of my price range, other than the VW's that have had more quality issues than domestics lately.

 
Honestly, for your budget and your requirements, I'd look at an Accord LX V6. Good power, great MPG figures for a V6. Honda reliability and Honda resale.

Another option would be picking up a late model, low milage Maxima for ~18k-20k.

I suggest these based upon value, reliability, and performance. I couldn't ever, in good faith suggest a GM vehicle that isn't a truck to be purchased new.

And I'm a GM fan with about $2500 in GM points tallied up on my GM card.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: kalster
avalon?
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sorry, for me it's basically american or korean. i'll consider an german vehicle, but they are usually out of my price range, other than the VW's that have had more quality issues than domestics lately.
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u have had some bad experience with japs? they have very good reliability albeit styling is a bit boring (not the luxury ones)
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: kalster
avalon?
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sorry, for me it's basically american or korean. i'll consider an german vehicle, but they are usually out of my price range, other than the VW's that have had more quality issues than domestics lately.
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Why American or Korean? Not the best track record for either for depreciation or reliability. If you want a car the depreciates like a brick dropped off the Empire State Building and suffers from spotty reliability you really picked some winners. Hell, if you want a really crappy car buy a French car or a Russian car.

Japanese is the way to go.
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Honestly, for your budget and your requirements, I'd look at an Accord LX V6. Good power, great MPG figures for a V6. Honda reliability and Honda resale.

Another option would be picking up a late model, low milage Maxima for ~18k-20k.

I suggest these based upon value, reliability, and performance. I couldn't ever, in good faith suggest a GM vehicle that isn't a truck to be purchased new.

And I'm a GM fan with about $2500 in GM points tallied up on my GM card.
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at the risk of being called a racist.

i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today.

anyway, i'll take a lower quality gm over a higher quality japanese car. besides, my personal experience with american cars (having own GM's and Ford's) has been pretty good. ya ya ya, my olds has corrosion on the battery post and won't start, could have happened to anyone that didn't take care of their car if you ask me and is more a maintenance issue than a manufactuing one.

 
PG - after reading your comment about buing American, take a look at the Buick Regal. In this thread it got top honors for reliability. You can pick it up in LS form with the base 3.8L or in GS form with a supercharged 3.8L. It's room, powerful, and has great options.

IMHO it's not a bad looking car either. You can put your GM discounts twords it as well.
 
i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today
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not to start a flame bait

so ur pissed coz japan is successful?
 
as to resale value, a '98 Honda accord equiped similarly to my Olds intrigue has a kelleys trade in value of about $8300.00, my Olds has a value of about $7000.00. considering the drop in resale value that Olds experienced when they announced that they were shutting Olds down, i'd say that it is pretty equivalent.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Honestly, for your budget and your requirements, I'd look at an Accord LX V6. Good power, great MPG figures for a V6. Honda reliability and Honda resale.

Another option would be picking up a late model, low milage Maxima for ~18k-20k.

I suggest these based upon value, reliability, and performance. I couldn't ever, in good faith suggest a GM vehicle that isn't a truck to be purchased new.

And I'm a GM fan with about $2500 in GM points tallied up on my GM card.
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at the risk of being called a racist.

i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today.

anyway, i'll take a lower quality gm over a higher quality japanese car. besides, my personal experience with american cars (having own GM's and Ford's) has been pretty good. ya ya ya, my olds has corrosion on the battery post and won't start, could have happened to anyone that didn't take care of their car if you ask me and is more a maintenance issue than a manufactuing one.
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You didn't really state a principle in your post. Why exactly won't you purchase Japanese cars? Because they made a good product and we bought them and they profited by it? That's capitalism. Don't blame the Japanese for that.
 
Originally posted by: kalster
i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today
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not to start a flame bait

so ur pissed coz japan is successful?
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no, i'm pissed because of what japan did before attaining that success. what they did to Korea during Japans occupation of Korea. the fact that Japan never surrendered but just brokered a Peace Treaty with the US. the fact that the US pumped SERIOUS money into Japan to aid in their recovery while they allowed Korea to wallow in misery.

IF Korea had received the kind of economic support that Japan did after WWII, i guarantee you that South Korea would be a LOT farther along economically than they are now.

sure, call it what you want, but it's a choice i make.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: kalster
i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today
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not to start a flame bait

so ur pissed coz japan is successful?
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no, i'm pissed because of what japan did before attaining that success. what they did to Korea during Japans occupation of Korea. the fact that Japan never surrendered but just brokered a Peace Treaty with the US. the fact that the US pumped SERIOUS money into Japan to aid in their recovery while they allowed Korea to wallow in misery.

IF Korea had received the kind of economic support that Japan did after WWII, i guarantee you that South Korea would be a LOT farther along economically than they are now.

sure, call it what you want, but it's a choice i make.
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Let me guess, you're Korean?

Still, you can't blame Japan for American policy. I guess we felt sorry for dropping the A bomb on them and killing thousands of women and children.

BTW-I'm not Japanese.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: kalster
i have chosen on principle not to purchase a japanese automobile. i realize that many of them are assembled here and so forth, but it's really about what the japanese auto manufacturing represented. the rise of the japanese automobiles in the US and their success was central to japanese economic growth. without auto manufacturing japan would not be where it is today
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not to start a flame bait

so ur pissed coz japan is successful?
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no, i'm pissed because of what japan did before attaining that success. what they did to Korea during Japans occupation of Korea. the fact that Japan never surrendered but just brokered a Peace Treaty with the US. the fact that the US pumped SERIOUS money into Japan to aid in their recovery while they allowed Korea to wallow in misery.

IF Korea had received the kind of economic support that Japan did after WWII, i guarantee you that South Korea would be a LOT farther along economically than they are now.

sure, call it what you want, but it's a choice i make.
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well i know its a choice but i think we shud move on, its capitalism as alreayd mentioned.

american software companies are doing all this outsourcing to asian countries (shudnt jobs to 'americans' be a priority over cutting costs)

at the end of the day everyone wants the best product at the cheapest possible price


i am from india myself, we continously keep fighting (verbally and cross border) with pakistan but they are still our most favored nation (thatz from an economic standpoint) and as funny as it is they do try to maintain economic relationships while the dispute is long standing
 
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