Mr. Clean- Heh heh, maybe Volvo 850s are something *else* you and I won't see eye to eye on
But then we had a really awful one so maybe I shouldn't generalize too much.
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Originally Posted by loco Well, so far, so good. ..By the way, I envy you for having a 3rd gen! What a gorgeous car that was! What color was yours? |
Glad to hear things are going well with your RX-8. The first gen ones seemed to have the same apex seal problems as the turbo ones. Mine never did, but then I was a fanatic about the oil level/changes.
The 3rd gen was my wife's daily driver, despite having the track package (memory fails me, was it "R1"?). Silver, red interior. She really liked it but I just couldn't get remotely comfortable enough in it to drive it. I was physically incapable of doing heel & toe in that car. Bought it sight-unseen so that's what I get
I think she still sorta misses it and that was the only time I sold a car that she would've liked to keep. Lucky for me that she fell head over heels for the Audi I got her as a replacement!
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Originally Posted by tabinha It seems to me your question relates to econmics. If you can aford it, why not get a new car every three years.?Why drive an old car? |
Realizing that I'm, uhm, "different"
With me it's that I actively dislike the direction many carmakers are going. I'd buy a new S8 today if I could get one just like my '01, but a) they quit making them, and b) the new A8, while better in many ways, has some changes that deviate from "how I think Audis oughta be" and a lot of "features" that I'll never use and don't want to be distracted by. The new S8, if they ever come out, just might have so many "improvements" that I won't like it as well as my old one.
And I find it sorta satisfying to keep "old" stuff in service indefinitely. Having a "history", an extended period of ownership, sorta makes things become a part of my life. When a something has "been and done" with *and for* me, I'm reluctant to part with it.
And FWIW, the wealthiest woman I know still drives a '92 Audi V8 even though she could buy a new Rolls whenever the old one needed an oil change.