A little late to the party but the guy had a Jeep Wrangler Sahara. Which I assume has shitty gas mileage.

It would have to be just yesterday. I was going about 45 when and old guy in a mid-90's Saturn  drove out of a shopping mall on my right and just coasted into my lane going about 5 mph. When I stopped I was maybe 5 inches away from this guys bumper. I was a bit startled so I didnt do anything but lay on my horn, but…

I do understand repairs are going to be expensive, I would not be planning on DDing the thing, more like a summer/weekend driver. So the issues wont be that frequent.

When I said that I ment more along the lines of it led to more choice in hot hatchbacks. There is a lot more choice today than there was before the focus, I know I'm putting more on the Focus but its just my opinion.

I was just asking to see if you agreed with the given suggestion. "The above Golf" refered to the one put up by in the question above, and in the MK1's life time only 9 of the 20 engine's offered topped 70hp.

Well it was an improvement from what we were used to.

Then the Golf above is a terrible answer right? I did everything that the focus did in America just in Europe. You were lucky to get one to go over 70hp, because of that it was very slow and overall not a very interesting driving experience.

Golf's were loved by small groups of people on in the coast states, not by everybody, or even many. Was it the greatest? No. But did allow many of the greatest to happen? Yes. With out the success of this in the american market something like the ST wouldnt have happened.

The 1998 Ford Focus. Now just hear me out, up until this point hatchbacks were the laughing stock of the American car market, yeah there was the Golf, but it was a bit expensive and had some sketchy Volkswagen parts. This car made it okay to buy a hatchback and led to all the performance hatchbacks we have now.

Well your going to pay around 12k for a nice GTO, plus 3-6 grand in parts, and another 2-3 grand in labor, do the same again it you want it to handle well to. And your going to end up with a car that may be as fast as the Mercedes but still has a horrible plastic interior. Not to mention GM cars of the mid 2000's dont…

The German horsepower wars cars are going to be really hard to resist in a few years. When nice lowish mile CL55's will be going for 15k they will be one hell of a value.

But nobody is pointing out the abusive relationship that M&M was in.

A lot of people in that previous thread seemed to think it was some sort of an Older Chrysler car. And that color does look a lot like the Chrysler gold.

It was actually the Miata that made color photos possible. All prior color photos are adjusted to what they would have looked like.

A few simple modifications makes the Mazda Miata the most amazing off-road vehicle ever created. EVAR!

First I'm gonna go against the grain and say that I love the grill. Sadly Lincoln has a terrible reputation of making pretty awesome concepts, getting rave reviews and then getting cold feet about change and they go back to the norm. Damn it Lincoln! The norm isnt working out for you, build the damn car.

Um... How many times do you shift while cruising on the high way for hours at a time. Drowsy driving normally doesnt plague those in the city.

First you need to go regular gas

Every damn ad says "EPA Estimated", if you feel someone fucked up sue the EPA.

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