The End of American Sedans

[ashdigger]

Toxic Maleness......you must be smoking that soapstone pipe.
The comment about running folks over was generic, since everyone appears to lament small cars.
But, in actuality, its like pipes and tobacco. Do what you like, just don't piss on my choices.

 

[trouttimes]

I hear you Ash. People ask me why I drive such a big truck. I say because I can afford to. Thanks everyone who drives the little cars, that leaves more fuel for me. Besides, I have oil company stock in my retirement. I need people to keep burning fuel.

 

[ssjones]

@ashdigger, I have driven approximately 60,000 miles a year for the last 15 years, in my 40 years total of driving I have accumulated zero tickets and zero accidents.

Damn! I thought that I was the highmileage man, that is some serious driving!
My last cars:

14 MKZ - 140,000 miles

08 Altima - 399,990 miles

03 Accord - 339,000 miles

96 Firebird - 115,000 miles

93 Nissan NX200 - 349,000 miles
My favorite sedan, we sold this a mint condition version of this in 2010, it had the license plate "SSJONES", we still miss it.

With 15" black steel wheels and four snow tires, it was unstoppable in the snow. And, with a bright red coffee mug on the dash, everyone got out of my way on the DC Beltway.

But I'm way below your 15 year total!

 

[mso489]

Didn't the little Ford Ranger truck have a Mitsubishi engine? Why did those engines live forever in the Ford trucks and barely run in the Mitsubishi sedans? A deep mystery. I don't mean to be glib, but I think Mitsu cars sort of died out from their bad reputation, and now they're trying to bring them back; I'm not sure how the new ones run.