Damn right you are.

“resale value” That’s a term I don’t understand.

Save the money. Put a turbo on the Mazda, tune up the suspension a bit, make the car interesting by adding some custom touches. You will never find a car that is made just for you; you have to make a car yours.

72% nuclear power, and 18% renewable energy. So, their fossil fuel use (in power generation) is practically nothing.

I would have no problem (financially) getting another Taurus, but I am thinking about the Mazda 3/Focus because it would be so much easier to deal with in the city. This is the same case with most people who live here, big cars just aren’t as practical in a city environment.

I see $15,000 in repairs in the near future.

Well the platform mine was on dated back to the original 80's Taurus, so all the bugs had been worked out. The Milan was at the beginning of that platform run. And in the 2000's, Ford could tell there was trouble ahead and started a massive cost cutting program. It did lower the quality of their cars for a bit until…

I will complain about all cars with plastic cladding. Only the Wrangler and a few select real SUV’s can handle it, everything else just looks tacky.

How dare you insult the Taurus. Mine is 19 years old, 340,000 miles, and still running like a champ.

Look at common repair costs for the Mercedes. Then look at a new Honda or Chrysler with leather seats, similar features, and a full warranty for the same price. There is no way that this is worth the same amount of money.

30k for a ten year old minivan with notoriously high repair costs. How can anyone think this is an acceptable price?

Ah, I see. I can always appreciate a bargain.

Interesting. They’re all just rebadged cheap cars. Why do you like these instead of Fiat or VW? I’m not being sassy or anything, I am honestly curious.

So, basically every Seat in history is a rebadge of someone else’s economy car.

For me, the gas mileage, emissions, and reliability improvements would be worth the trade off.

Engine swap with a modern 300 hp V-6. It would be faster, and most likely raise the mpg into the 20's.

Daewoo Dance!

I actually don’t mind the T-bird. But in general I am usually against retro designs. Think about Ford’s most iconic designs: the 49 “shoebox,” the first Mustang, the 60's Lincoln Continental... They are design icons because they were unlike anything that had come before it. They were unique and ahead of their time.…

Yes, because retro designs work so well with modern crash safety standards.

And minivans will be the hip, cool vehicle of choice.