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847badgerfan · « **Reply #3920 on:** March 14, 2026, 09:44:59 AM »

Take it up with the manufacturers.

utee94 · « **Reply #3921 on:** March 14, 2026, 09:52:35 AM »

I'm taking it up with people who are smarter and should know better.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #3922 on:** March 14, 2026, 10:08:18 AM »

All I know is that my wife wanted a basic SUV, so I went and got one (Equinox).

Smart.

She didn't want the one I wanted for her (GLE).

I think there should be more classes of vehicles.

Tractors
Trucks
Truck Wagons
SUV's
Wagons
Sedans
Coupes
Sports Cars

FearlessF · « **Reply #3923 on:** March 18, 2026, 10:02:40 AM »

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Cincydawg · « **Reply #3924 on:** March 18, 2026, 11:08:48 AM »

I don't think I'd want to drive a ZR1(x) on the streets. Maybe, I would if offered of course, but to push it at all? Nope.

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FearlessF · « **Reply #3925 on:** March 18, 2026, 06:24:57 PM »

If given one, I'd take a few test drives in the ZR1(x) and then trade down to a Z06 or wait and trade for the upcoming Grand Sport

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #3926 on:** March 19, 2026, 09:45:21 AM »

Quote from: utee94 on March 13, 2026, 01:11:14 PM

Yeah I've commented on this fable quite a few times. From that era I've owned 2 Chrysler and one Ford. My brother had 3 different Chevies. None of them were any better or worse than the others.

I find automobile brand loyalty to be weird. It's unnecessarily clannish. I guess as an engineer I just sift through the emotions and look at the facts.

Your Toyota hatred suggests otherwise.

utee94 · « **Reply #3927 on:** March 19, 2026, 09:55:44 AM »

Meh, Toyota can fuck right off.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #3928 on:** March 19, 2026, 09:58:02 AM »

In seriousness....as a marketing major a bazillion years ago, I know there's a lot of research on customer brand loyalty. I wonder if there's been any on customer disloyalty, i.e., brand hatred. If not, it seems like an interesting topic to get some data on.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3929 on:** March 19, 2026, 10:24:13 AM »

I think the car loyalty thing is quite parallel to the team loyalty thing. Why are you an "X" fan? Because of parents, birth, being a student, something.

Why are you a GM guy? Because your Dad was (usually).

I was a GM guy way back, as was my Dad. I had a GM credit card which yielded some large discounts at times. I had the Chrysler minivan of yore because nobody else made one comparable in 1988. That thing ran forever with few glitches. I changed my own oil and spark plugs etc. Four cylinder, easy to work on, single point injection.

I went back to GM after that, a Buick, a Caddy, another Caddy, then the GTI. My wife wanted something fun, I wanted something fairly practical. It was both.

Now the little sport ute thing which is ... pleasantly boring.

I owned a Ford Pinto briefly, it was pretty much junk I thought. I bought it off a friend who was given a poor tradein value and sold in a month later.

utee94 · « **Reply #3930 on:** March 19, 2026, 10:35:40 AM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on March 19, 2026, 10:24:13 AM

I think the car loyalty thing is quite parallel to the team loyalty thing. Why are you an "X" fan? Because of parents, birth, being a student, something.

Why are you a GM guy? Because your Dad was (usually).

I was a GM guy way back, as was my Dad. I had a GM credit card which yielded some large discounts at times. I had the Chrysler minivan of yore because nobody else made one comparable in 1988. That thing ran forever with few glitches. I changed my own oil and spark plugs etc. Four cylinder, easy to work on, single point injection.

I went back to GM after that, a Buick, a Caddy, another Caddy, then the GTI. My wife wanted something fun, I wanted something fairly practical. It was both.

Now the little sport ute thing which is ... pleasantly boring.

I owned a Ford Pinto briefly, it was pretty much junk I thought. I bought it off a friend who was given a poor tradein value and sold in a month later.

Oh yeah for sure. That's why I'm amused by it. I guess my parents weren't really brand-loyal when it came to cars, and so I didn't inherit any of those biases. All of my impressions are first-hand from my own experiences, and in my experience, the "Big 3" are all the same.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #3931 on:** March 19, 2026, 10:39:52 AM »

I was a GM guy because that's what my Dad always had.

I actually tried Plymouth and Ford, was disappointed, and went to Porsche. Then Volvo and then M-B.

Now, for me, it's "the best, or nothing" (as they say).

utee94 · « **Reply #3932 on:** March 19, 2026, 10:46:39 AM »

Sporty

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3933 on:** March 19, 2026, 10:52:53 AM »

Quote from: utee94 on March 19, 2026, 10:35:40 AM

Oh yeah for sure. That's why I'm amused by it. I guess my parents weren't really brand-loyal when it came to cars, and so I didn't inherit any of those biases. All of my impressions are first-hand from my own experiences, and in my experience, the "Big 3" are all the same.

I think most brands today are quite good, maybe Stellantis lags. Find the vehicle to match your needs and choose it on color or whatever you like. Sometimes one interior can be more to your liking than others.

The Koreans are making solid vehicles these days if the car mags are to be trusted at all. Hyundais of course used to be .... well, not great.

We only have 12,000 miles on ours after two plus years.

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