Size & MPG

[yooperdave]

Here is the best thing I found so far.

http://www.subaru.com/servlet/research?model=BAJA&trim=SPORT&command=overview

Check out the specs: cargo, seating, awd, mpg, etc

Yooper Dave

 

[jerrym4]

Ford F150 with a cummins

Link

 

[TresCrows]

Buick /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, you mean they still make those? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Old people in leisure suits and elastic pants drive Buicks. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif J

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> Buick , you mean they still make those? </font>

Except for the Grand Marquis, does Mercury actually sell any cars anymore?

I see GM keeping Buick around, but I don't think the Ford Motor Company will keep Mercury around too much longer. It will go the way of Oldsmobile and Plymouth. Pretty soon, they'll only be offering Fords and Lincolns. I think it's that way in Canada now, isn't it?

 

[om21braz]

Not just for the "old folks" anymore
one new Buick style

 

[Gatorboy]

<font color="blue"> ( Old people in leisure suits and elastic pants drive Buicks. ) </font>

Uh oh, I better run out and buy a new wardrobe so I can fit in with the rest of the Buick drivers.

BTW, I get about 27 mpg in this LeSabre and it is quick as all get-out for a 6 passenger car ... and the ride, is just beautiful.

 

[AndyM]

I see Buick has the "portholes" in the front fenders again, but they've got it wrong. The Park Avenue Ultra only has three holes in each fender. They used to put FOUR in the top model and three in the lower models.

Buick started put them on their cars in 1949, and they were still putting FOUR on each side on the Electra models in the mid-1980's. My dad taught me a long time ago how to tell a Buick by the number of holes in the fender. It disappoints me to see that they did it wrong! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[Egon]

Remember the 1958 Buick?

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AndyM]

I don't "remember" it because I wasn't born yet! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
My dad says he was driving a DeSoto around that time! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif HEMI! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

The 1958 Buick was a huge land barge! Of course, all makes were like that in 1958! Buick discontinued the "portholes" in the 1958 models, and public outcry caused them to return by 1960. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[om21braz]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I see Buick has the "portholes" in the front fenders again, but they've got it wrong. The Park Avenue Ultra only has three holes in each fender. They used to put FOUR in the top model and three in the lower models.)</font>

Unfortunately 3 holes is amount correct now, as it only has 6 cylinders but not anatomically as the motor is turned sideways per FWD.

Gatorboy - that's about what "the boss's" Buick gets mpg-wise, unlike my Roadmaster wagon which still is'nt bad at about 17-18 mpg average w/ 5.7 and again - plenty of power.

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Remember the 1958 Buick? )</font>

I do, and pretty well, too, since we had a Buick dealership across the street from my Dad's service station and we did a lot of the washing and other "make ready" on them. I sure liked the '57 models of all the GM products better than the '58 models. To me, the '58 GM products just felt and handled like big heavy, awkward machines. The '59s got a little better, but all had very soft and weak suspension that I didn't like. We put Monroe loadlevelers (shock absorbers with coil springs around them) all the way around on my Dad's '59 Olds and then it was a nice handling and riding car.

 

[yooperdave]

Anybody know much about this?

http://www.hondacars.com/info/prototypes/sut.asp?bhcp=1

Looks even better than the Subaru.

Yooper Dave

 

[Egon]

59 Olds was a nice car.

Egon

 

[Egon]

Did he by chance have the DeSota on which the front seats swivelled out when the door was opened.

Egon

 

[Lazy]

Hi
I had a 58 olds 2 door hardtop, wish I still had it. It was one of the best cars I ever had. I also had a 62 olds I like but it didn't ride as well as the 58. It might have been a little quicker in its get up and go for the first 1/4 mile.

Charlie,