Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

Postby **dodint** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:51 am

I know of a factory in Wisconsin not seeing much use (Foxconn).

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:56 am

Is there a way to make your HD radio work better? Mine always seems to buffer and when it's non HD it is barely intelligible. Or is it just a matter of where I live?

Where you live, mostly, and some are better than others. The one in my Ford I can barely tell other than a little bit in sound quality when it changes. The Mazda, last night listening to the football game on WDVE on the turnpike it would either miss or repeat words when it switched between analog and HD.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:02 am

Is there a way to make your HD radio work better? Mine always seems to buffer and when it's non HD it is barely intelligible. Or is it just a matter of where I live?
Where you live, mostly, and some are better than others. The one in my Ford I can barely tell other than a little bit in sound quality when it changes. The Mazda, last night listening to the football game on WDVE on the turnpike it would either miss or repeat words when it switched between analog and HD.

Yes, I've noticed this on DVE a lot. I have resorted to just streaming through Android auto and the I heart app. 105.9 is worse than AM radio when it's not in HD.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:36 pm

I haven't had a car payment since my wife paid off her Saab back in 2010. We both sold our cars privately and paid the rest in cash for the two cars we have now.

Hoping for the same plan to work in about 5 more years. This time we're putting money into a robo investing account instead of letting it sit flat in a savings account.

It's kind of the reverse car payment plan, but instead of paying interest on the cars, we get the interest to use towards the next car purchase. Only problem is it all goes to the crapper if one of our cars dies in the next 5 years.

Postby **faftorial** » Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:04 pm

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:01 am

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:04 am

I've only ever owned #10 from the 90's.

Of course I've only ever owned 3 cars in my driving life... but still.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:12 am

I've never owned anything on that chart. The closest would be an '85 Corolla when I graduated high school. My history is:

13 BMWs
5 Dodges
2 Fords
2 Toyotas
1 Delorean
1 Land Rover
1 Nissan

Postby **MR25** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:39 am

1 03 Accord
1 11 Jetta
1 14 Maxima

And soon, 1 21 Camry

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 9:57 am

87 Chevy Camaro IROC-Z (t-tops, too, dodint)
92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
03 Mazda3
07 Acura TL Type-S

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:03 am

I wanted an '89 Daytona but I wasn't allowed to have T-tops.
My parents had a mid-80s Monte Carlo with T-tops. That was cool. Except each panel weighed roughly 800lbs.

Postby **CBear3** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:20 am

96 Dodge Avenger
98 M3
01 M3
09 Ford Flex
03 Mini Cooper
15 Expedition

Bet you can't pick out when the first kid was born.

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:28 am

I will say, I like the early 90's Ford Escort wayyyyy better than the later 90s Ford Escort.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:32 am

Cosworth...

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:32 am

I am kind of surprised to see the Caravan only crack that chart once.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:40 am

I drive a 2003 Camry right now. Close

Postby **faftorial** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:41 am

I've had:

'68 VW Beetle
'73 VW Beatle
'85 Subaru Wagon
'88 Mercury Topaz
'00 VW Jetta
'96 Ford Windstar
'04 Honda Minivan

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:42 am

What has Dodge done to the Ram to get it to #2? Ram trucks were always a joke, back when I was into trucks in the mid-1990s.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:47 am

They put a Hemi badge on it.

Postby **MR25** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:04 am

What has Dodge done to the Ram to get it to #2? Ram trucks were always a joke, back when I was into trucks in the mid-1990s.

They put one in Twister.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:06 am

What has Dodge done to the Ram to get it to #2? Ram trucks were always a joke, back when I was into trucks in the mid-1990s.

Maybe Chevy ran out of inventory. I'm joking but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth in that.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:08 am

92 Ford Taurus (I think, not sure what the year was)
05 Honda Civic
09 Honda CRV
(and an 06 Honda Ruckus)

Postby **faftorial** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:10 am

What has Dodge done to the Ram to get it to #2? Ram trucks were always a joke, back when I was into trucks in the mid-1990s.
Maybe Chevy ran out of inventory. I'm joking but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth in that.

I think RAM moved into second place a few years ago BC.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:13 am

Their current ad campaign centers around them winning the awards that used to go to Ford/Chevy. Maybe Stellantis actually corrected Ram's core problem.