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In Reply to: RE: More on the Ford Maverick from "Jalopnik." posted by ghost of olddude55 on June 08, 2021 at 12:47:47
It's the worst of all worlds to my way of thinking.
I miss my Taco ;)
all the best,
mrh
Follow Ups:
THIS is a short bed.
The mighty Suzuki Mighty Boy, sold in Oz in the 1980's ;-)
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
Remember this? Hummer H2 SUT, while on the topic of useless beds.
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all the best,
mrh
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reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
...if that was the predecessor to the X-90, eventually (but briefly) sold in the US in the mid-90's?
"So I talk to the night, I head for the light, try and hold it on the road. Thank God for the man who put
the white lines on the highway"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP
And, years back, I worked with a woman who had one.
Sort of scarily-proportioned little beasties -- even compared to a Smart Car (or a Suzuki Samurai).
all the best,
mrh
They are a useless - all style and nothing else.
Which works for me if it's done honestly.
Manga on wheels.
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
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all the best,
mrh
They were big in the trade auto parts delivery business, with a cutie in short shorts at the wheel ;-)
Keep Your Hands Clean,
John K
Used values of old Tacomas are skyrocketing.
Anyway, we don't have a farm, so we don't need to haul hay. We don't have a construction business, no need to haul sheets of plywood or load the bed with gravel.
But our cars are both two-door coupes. Large trunks with mail-slot trunk openings. I really need a large 32-gallon recycling can but I have no way to get it home from Lowes.
Broke the lawn mower two years ago, and if it happened now, I'd have to have the new one delivered.
That's how the Maverick's bed is useful.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
Looks like maybe four or four-and-a-half feet long.
Even that Taco was a little over 6 feet long, right at the lower limit of 'useful' IMO.
all the best,
mrh
They'd fit in the Cobalt's trunk if it didn't have such a small opening. The car has a big trunk. I can barely reach all the way into the back of the rear seats.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
I've owned two of them, the first one was a 2010 totaled in a drive-by sideswiping incident. I replaced that one with a 2017, same color.
Reliability and unrivaled utility for a compact car.
And it's pretty fun to drive... 130hp out of the 1.5 liter four, in a relatively light platform.
What are you waiting for?
Regards,
SF
you canput, umm, I mean, fit all sorts of weird stuff in the back of 'em! :)
Our son has a 2013 Fit (smaller than the current morph) with a 5-speed and he absolutely loves it.
all the best,
mrh
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1) Finding one with a manual transmission.
2) Finding one that isn't rusting out. Up here in the snow belt, Fits have a tendency to rust in the rear quarter panels around the wheel openings after only three or four winters.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
Up here the US brand name pickups have serious rust after 3 to 4 years.
Not hard to find manuals here, either -- folks up here are flinty.
Our son's was bought in the DC suburbs, FWIW -- obviously not recently, though.
all the best,
mrh
and probably half of them have rust coming through the rear quarter panel ahead of the rear wheel openings.
My next door neighbor's daughter bought one new--it was first generation--and I got to watch the rust progress first hand. She traded it in for an (ugh) HRV.
The powers that be use salt brine on the roads around here. Some kind of program called "Clear Roads" the goal of which is to have the roads completely clear of snow and ice at all times.
So they use brine instead of cinders or rock salt and that stuff penetrates where regular salt can't. If you don't get the underside of the car cleaned regularly, it'll rust.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
I've seen a few for sale locally, but that's it.
I'd love a Fit. My wife probably would also. When that distracted soccer mom in the CRV nails my Cobalt, the manual Fit is at the top of my list as a possible replacement.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
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