Test Track Post Show Car Purchase

[StarWarsGirl]

Yep. My car was one that my dad saw in 2001 in the post show and is now MINE. We looked at the GMC Envoy for my mom in 2004, but ended up going with the very similar Oldsmobile Bravada (aka my next car).

 

[Stu29573]

No, but I just bought a Mini Cooper Clubman..... Love it!

 

[matt9112]

I have been looking for options since about 2004. The only thing similar is the Ford Windstar and the components are not any better. When it comes to better models, I bought top of the line already so there is no where to go but down.

I have been dealing with the basic break pads and the ceramics so far and I think I am going to go with metallic on the next round. I have found a few metallics that rate pretty good when it comes to noise and dust and I have also found a source for drilled and slotted rotors that are one $20 a set more that standard rotors. Thankfully, ding brakes on this thing is pretty easy. I have the whole process to under an hour now.

buy a new van? if your anything like the spirit you can buy three new vans.

 

[Maelstrom Troll]

I'm a big sports car guy, but I went from a '10 Evolution to a '11 Lexus hybrid and although I'm saving hundreds on gas it isn't near the fun. I'm really hoping that Buick will fulfill the rumor of the upcoming 2015 Grand National. It was my dream car in the 80s and still is in a lot of ways.

 

[matt9112]

I'm a big sports car guy, but I went from a '10 Evolution to a '11 Lexus hybrid and although I'm saving hundreds on gas it isn't near the fun. I'm really hoping that Buick will fulfill the rumor of the upcoming 2015 Grand National. It was my dream car in the 80s and still is in a lot of ways.

The evo is a beast....and so underrated due to sales numbers and misunderstanding...did you get the ct300? Or one of the newer sedan hybrids? The new FRS is also living up to the hype. Sales are through the roof and it is wildly fun without breaking the bank or the gas pump. (Granted it asks for 91 octane) it is like a miata on steroids...with

 

[C&D]

I'm a big sports car guy, but I went from a '10 Evolution to a '11 Lexus hybrid and although I'm saving hundreds on gas it isn't near the fun. I'm really hoping that Buick will fulfill the rumor of the upcoming 2015 Grand National. It was my dream car in the 80s and still is in a lot of ways.

With the new for 2014 Twin turbo 3.6 in Cadillac's lineup (V-Sport) for the CTS and XTS (AWD), perhaps Buick may get a version of this engine too. The TT 3.6 will deliver 420 hp and should be a 'monster'; a new Grand National might be a hit (just have to wait and see if/when GM offers this engine to other divisions).

 

[Master Yoda]

buy a new van? if your anything like the spirit you can buy three new vans.

Sadly I am not like the spirit. I will be driving this sucker until the wheels come off. I have gotten use to not having a car payment and a few hundred on brakes every 2 years is a much easier cross to bear.

 

[NemoRocks78]

I used to get off of TT and loooove sitting in the Cadillac CTS models they had out. I wanted that car very badly, and in August '05 I got one. I wound up selling it less than a year later, though, because I was a big guy at the time and felt very cramped inside. It was a great car.

 

[Glasgow]

One little Spark? Too late?

 

[matt9112]

Sadly I am not like the spirit. I will be driving this sucker until the wheels come off. I have gotten use to not having a car payment and a few hundred on brakes every 2 years is a much easier cross to bear.

sidenote....are you involved with the Walt Disney company directly? and or were you ever?

 

[Master Yoda]

sidenote....are you involved with the Walt Disney company directly? and or were you ever?

Directly no. I worked as a Disney specific travel agent for 3 years and did the rood truss engineering for the expansion at Castaway Cay. Outside of that, I am just a fan.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

One little Spark? Too late?

How in the WORLD did I miss that connection?

 

[donaldtoo]

How in the WORLD did I miss that connection?

Funny, that's the VERY first thing that went through my head when I saw the name of your new ride in your original post...!

 

[JIMINYCR]

No, I checked but my Disney rewards card was just a few thousand dollars short to make the purchase... but I did consider picking up a Segway a few years ago after doing an EPCOT Segway try out.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

Funny, that's the VERY first thing that went through my head when I saw the name of your new ride in your original post...!

Being a woman sitting in an office filled with Figment stuff I feel completely ashamed I didn't catch it.

 

[MikeTaylorSound]

We nearly did. They had one of the prototypes for the Saturn VUE at TT in around 2000. When the VUE came out in 2001 the production model was a good bit different that what was on display and we elected to go with the SL2.

I still have my SL-2!

 

[cynic710]

the way i read this i sorta thought that at the end of the ride you can purchase the car you designed for the ride, that would be epic!

 

[Master Yoda]

Being a woman sitting in an office filled with Figment stuff I feel completely ashamed I didn't catch it.

Install this sucker and you can have the song as your horn.

http://www.horntones.com/myhorntones.html

I still have my SL-2!

I wish we still had ours, but my oldest daughter totaled it a few years ago.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

Install this sucker and you can have the song as your horn.

http://www.horntones.com/myhorntones.html

DH actually mentioned those things last night in conversation... I think they are so ridiculous. LOL

 

[Master Yoda]

DH actually mentioned those things last night in conversation... I think they are so ridiculous. LOL

I want a train horn, but the wife has forbidden it.