OMG Car change up...
 

Why does it have to be so complicated....

I meant to post last week but PB was down then I got busy...

So from abt 2 weeks ago
I have 2 leases. I have 2 new cars on order to purchase.

Before the swap:
2007 Lincoln MKZ due back July 5th 2010
2007 Chevy TB SS due back Sep 30th 2010

*pic is from 2007
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About a 6 weeks ago I ordered:
2011 Ford Fiesta SES due in Aug 2010
2010 Chevy HHR SS due in May 2010

The HHRSS came in 2 weeks ago. I happen to be at the dealership doing some financing homework when it rolled in on the truck (you can see in the rear of the pic).
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So instead of extending the MKZ and turning in the TB SS early. We just turned in the MKZ, got the HHR SS. Keeping the TB SS till her new Fiesta comes in.

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I love the new ride. Once again, like the TB. I don't like the standard versions, but the SS changes most of the things I don't like. Bumpers, side skirts, wheels, lowered, etc.

Anyway, I ordered it with the performence package which includes Brembo brakes and a cool gauge screen in the dash. Also, a stage 1 kit for the turbo. Effectively turning up the boost a bunch. According to the in the car display... about 275hp/375 ft lbs. Let's just say... 100 mph in 3rd and 2nd gear is a big handfull. Torque steer all over the place, even with a white knuckled fist trying to hold it. On the highway, the TB SS will take it for the 65mph full throttle roll. But that is again... "No replacement for displacement" theory.

I have (haven't d/l the pics to PB yet) done the front door and windshield strip tinting. I changed out the tails for a set of blacked out LED versions (it's not a mustang or camero so I shouldn't hear gripe). I have a TWM short throw shifter in the garage just waiting to be installed. HID kits on the way for the headlights and fogs. I'm ordering today, LEDs for all the other lights on the car (parking, front turns, plate, dome, map, etc).

I thinking about running a Margnaflow cat back stainless exhaust, a rear sway bar, and a few others. This is the first car I have bought in over 10 yrs. I'm enjoying myself, doing some mods to it.

To each his own.

You can have it. Fugly.

Yeah it seems like you either like or not. Its never an in between. My BIl don't like it but he said it redeems itself a bit when you drive it, again for somebody that don't like it. For me it will work perfect. I needed a smaller car. Lower payment, and better mpg. It does all of that, can still put the dog in it, and it's fast. Win win.

So, you mean the engine drives the wrong wheels, and it's ugly?

I'd have passed, and kept looking.

The Brembos can't stop my distaste for that styling.

To each their own... so far it's great

That's a pretty significant change......A midsize car & a midsize SUV, to a small car and a small SUV.....

You uphold my faith that it is indeed possible for Americans to get a clue and stop getting bigger & bigger vehicles every 2-3 years.

It certainly is a move in the right direction, and Gas Man's Gas Bills will be better for it.

Hope you didn't pay too much...
 

That's it homeslice. The hhr ss will get abt the same mpg as her mkz did. However, the fiesta will get more than double what the tbss does. From 15 to mid 30's. Fiesta is ranged 30city/40hwy.

Plus with lower sticker prices and good interest rates on the loans for 72 month. Between the 2 new cars (purchase) vs the 2 leases. Will save abt $150. Month in payments. Insurance goes up abt $18 a month once the complete switch over is done. $16 of it with the mkz to hhrss switch. $2 up from tbss to fiesta.

So call it $130 a month savings in payment. But mpg shud rack in another $100 a month in gas. At least! Shit the saving alone will nearly make my bike payment.

I'm glad I upheld ur faith. That was the trend I was doin. But I have changed my pov. There is no reason for us to have bigger cars.

And yes its lowering gas man's gas bill. Not exactly perfect for my job but I need to survive and adapt. I'm also switching over to all syn oils in all my vechicles. Which also lowers crude oil consumtion. Little steps towards a bigger goal.