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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 3839130" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>I have three:</p><p>2014 Fiesta ST. First (and only) car I ever bought brand spanking new. I was wanting/needing a new vehicle, and saw the top gear special where Jeremy Clark’s on did an amphibious landing in a Fiesta full of Royal Marines. I knew I had to have one. Got it specced exactly how I wanted right out of the factory, I think I had one of the first in Oklahoma. It doesn’t look like much, and the interior was pretty lacking, but 2700lbs pushed around by a turbo 4 banger and a 6 speed row it yourself tranny was more fun than a barrel of monkeys. It was the perfect balance of fast enough to be fun, but slow enough you could hotrod around town without killing yourself every time you wanted to hear the turbo scream. And I still averaged 27mpgs around town. Probably the only ford I would consider buying, I still miss that little party on wheels. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]294682[/ATTACH]</p><p>Second was my 2000 Lexus LX470. Bought it off a retired Tulsa Cop for $7000, loved it. Treated me well, went anywhere I pointed it, and aside from needing a new alternator, was utterly reliable. It had a little rust in a few spots, but was a great vehicle. Had records of every service it had and every tire rotation/battery/oil change since it came off the boat. Sold it for $6800 after 3ish years of faithful service, planned on buying a 3/4 ton Cummins. Still miss that beast, it was a great vehicle, and I’ll probably buy another one when I sell my current truck. Sadly, I won’t be able to touch one as nice for less than $13k now. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]294683[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So I sold the Lexus, which left me with my dream car in the garage, a 2015 BMW M4. Light modifications, was sitting at about 500hp even to the back tires. All the carbon fiber, all the bells and whistles, and it had the beautiful red leather interior I wanted with it. I made 25mpgs around town, and as high as 30mpgs doing 100mph the entire way back from Austin one weekend. Wonderful, reliable car. The week after I sold the Lexus, I planned on going truck shopping that Tuesday after work. Well, the ‘Rona was in full force, and that Tuesday morning I was walked into the office at work and was told that due to business conditions, I was being let go. I needed something to work out of, so I ended up selling the BMW that week at a disadvantage and purchasing a pickup. To add insult to injury, the pickup I bought has ended up being the worst, most unreliable, most expensive to maintain vehicle I have ever owned. One day I’ll own another BMW. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]294684[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 3839130, member: 35036"] I have three: 2014 Fiesta ST. First (and only) car I ever bought brand spanking new. I was wanting/needing a new vehicle, and saw the top gear special where Jeremy Clark’s on did an amphibious landing in a Fiesta full of Royal Marines. I knew I had to have one. Got it specced exactly how I wanted right out of the factory, I think I had one of the first in Oklahoma. It doesn’t look like much, and the interior was pretty lacking, but 2700lbs pushed around by a turbo 4 banger and a 6 speed row it yourself tranny was more fun than a barrel of monkeys. It was the perfect balance of fast enough to be fun, but slow enough you could hotrod around town without killing yourself every time you wanted to hear the turbo scream. And I still averaged 27mpgs around town. Probably the only ford I would consider buying, I still miss that little party on wheels. [ATTACH type="full"]294682[/ATTACH] Second was my 2000 Lexus LX470. Bought it off a retired Tulsa Cop for $7000, loved it. Treated me well, went anywhere I pointed it, and aside from needing a new alternator, was utterly reliable. It had a little rust in a few spots, but was a great vehicle. Had records of every service it had and every tire rotation/battery/oil change since it came off the boat. Sold it for $6800 after 3ish years of faithful service, planned on buying a 3/4 ton Cummins. Still miss that beast, it was a great vehicle, and I’ll probably buy another one when I sell my current truck. Sadly, I won’t be able to touch one as nice for less than $13k now. [ATTACH type="full"]294683[/ATTACH] So I sold the Lexus, which left me with my dream car in the garage, a 2015 BMW M4. Light modifications, was sitting at about 500hp even to the back tires. All the carbon fiber, all the bells and whistles, and it had the beautiful red leather interior I wanted with it. I made 25mpgs around town, and as high as 30mpgs doing 100mph the entire way back from Austin one weekend. Wonderful, reliable car. The week after I sold the Lexus, I planned on going truck shopping that Tuesday after work. Well, the ‘Rona was in full force, and that Tuesday morning I was walked into the office at work and was told that due to business conditions, I was being let go. I needed something to work out of, so I ended up selling the BMW that week at a disadvantage and purchasing a pickup. To add insult to injury, the pickup I bought has ended up being the worst, most unreliable, most expensive to maintain vehicle I have ever owned. One day I’ll own another BMW. [ATTACH type="full"]294684[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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