Cars, Bikes, and Other Assorted Motorised Vehicles

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Sooo... a test: you can chose from one of two cars — a Toyota Yaris, or a Porsche Panamera. You do not have to pay for the car, the insurance, or the taxes.

Discuss.

I have none.

I also have been, in the past, frequently surrounded by people with big interest in cars. Being not knowledgeable on the subject, I was also left out.

Do I have to pay for fuel?

Ah, I'd take the Porsche either way.

Yes. Yes you do.

I'd pick the Yaris, not because of the fuel, but because I could probably get another car entirely for the amount new tires on the Porche would cost.

I'd be bored as hell, though... the Yaris is the vanilla of cars.

edited 6th Mar '13 12:17:09 PM by GameSpazzer

If I have to pay for petrol, then the Yaris.

If I don't, then the Porsche.

If I still live in a city, then the Yaris.

If I don't, then the Porsche.

If I have a family, then Yaris.

If I don't, then Porsche.

(looks up Yaris)

(looks up Porsche)

Porsche Panamera.

The Yaris. Because you can customise them to buggery. So much so that you could end up embarrassing a Panamera at the lights without coming anywhere near the cost of a decent (i.e, specced up to a halfway decent level) Panamera, which sets you back far more than the price of a stock Panamera.

Porsche charge like wounded buffalo for anything above standard, and have done for decades.

The Yaris, definitely. I'm not straight nor cool enough to own a Porsche.

And it's not like I'd need it.

And I have to pay for gas, which is really expensive right now.

I don't like Toyotas or Porsches, really, but I could see the Porsche benfitting from some chromey bits and a flame paint job. Really, it's an accountant's car so I'd have to do something like that to it.

edited 7th Mar '13 6:24:54 AM by InverurieJones

Drop the Porsche as low as it'll go, big wheels, flat black paint with tinted windows to match, do away with any fancy exhaust system and have fire-spitting straight pipes right through the bonnet.

Aye, but then you are spending far more money on what is nothing more, in its purest terms, than a stretched and pimped out Hitler Buggy.

Ooh, can I get a Hitler-Buggy?

Yeah, here. http://www.porsche.com/uk/models/panamera/

Make sure you go for the paint jobs that this company offers for the full experience though,

http://www.repuestossam.com/en/kubelwagen/paints.htm

Stick a big old Balkenkreuz on the door and we're good to go...

Hitler Buggy?

Here's◊ the one you really want...

I drive a Yaris! The first generation 3-door hatchback one◊, in fact.

Great for: navigating cities, reversing into parking spots.

Not great for: motorways. Oh god, the motorways.

I have a question on model years when a car/bike is produced. Does the year indicate when it was first made or it was made the previous year (1996 car models made in 1995)?

The year indicates when it was first offered for sale. Chances are, it came off the assembly line sometime during the previous year.

I guess that confirms my suspicions. Thanks.

I would take the Yaris, because I am cheap.

Speaking of cheapness! And cars! Reliability is awesome! I'm currently trying to put 300,000 miles on my 2002 Subaru Forester. Right now, it's at 190,000. It has new struts, had the head gaskets replaced in 2014, and it's running well.

(For reference, the most miles I've ever put on a Subaru was over 298,000. I couldn't afford to get the bad stuff under the car fixed, so I had to sell it to someone who could. I am no longer living paycheck to paycheck like I was back then, so 300K seems reasonable to me.)

The Toyota Yaris is a stripped-down, bare-bones Econobox with a noisy buzzing engine, thin hard tires that give a harsh ride, and no sound insulation to speak of. Car and Driver magazine once described it as "Ex-Lax for the road — you'll go, and you'll be glad when it's over."

edited 23rd Jun '17 6:00:02 PM by pwiegle

In Manila, I'm planning to get a Camaro even though the Chevy branch don't import them anymore. My folks think a German car is a good one for long term investment.

I dunno, I think the Camaro is cool 'cause the body seems sleek (Not sure if it's the right word), nice engine and partly cause of Hawaii Five 0.

Although I don't know how to defend my choice... Duterte is allowing the car taxes to be increased, which means there ain't no hell I can buy a car like that next year.

edited 25th Jun '17 8:57:30 PM by Ominae

I was just reading the "Drive" section of my Sunday newspaper, which is all about cars. The car they reviewed this week is the new Karma Revero, a plug-in hybrid luxury touring sedan that costs $130,000.

Come on! I live in rural Pennsylvania. Nobody around here would be interested in such a car, even if they could afford it. (My own car is a fifteen-year-old Chevy Malibu, which is common, along with pickup trucks and SUVs.)

The review was originally written for the Los Angeles Times — out there, I can envision some demand for this thing. But why is the Reading Eagle wasting space in our local paper by re-publishing this crap? Are they simply too lazy to write their own articles? And even if they are, they could certainly have chosen a review that would be far more relevant to local car buyers.

edited 2nd Jul '17 7:02:18 AM by pwiegle

The Revero is an updated continuation of the Karma, which wasn't received so well when it first came out, so I suppose a PR team is desperate.

Maybe so, but in my neck of the woods, the only hybrid that anybody around here gives a shit about is the Toyota Prius, which is basically a hyper-mileage Econobox. Certainly not some gussied-up, pretentious, pseudo-European Gran Tourismo.

Must have been a slow news day in the automotive world...