Any New "NON Appliance" Cars we should be looking out for? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Carrameow · #1 10-30-2006, 11:40 AM

To me, an Appliance Car is, well its NOT a Hyundai Sonata or Excel, or a Honda Accord ( even though its not such a bad car!) or even a Lexus. You use them for 100K and unload them, just like your refrigerator or TV and you don't bother to wax it, talk to it or even maintain it.
A Non Appliance Car is a car of distinction, a machine of character, like the Mercedes 240D, 300D and Volvo 240 and SAAB 9000, all cars I was introduced to here.
They are cars you keep on the road for a half million miles and are your prize possessions. You talk to them, sneak out of work and risk your job to find parts for them and even weld and paint them when they rust...You honk at another driver of one when you pass them and they honk back... Could you imagine repainting your Excel when it rusted? Could you imagine honking at a fellow Hyundai Excel driver or Honda Accord driver?
If they made the 240D and 300D in 1980 and the Volvo 240 up to 1990 and the SAAB 9000 in 1995, there must be something out there of 2000 vintage that I could start to dream about owning...in about five more years when i could afford one...

OldPokey · #2 10-30-2006, 12:05 PM

My 95 Buick Century is an appliance. It uses no oil, it has no vices. It needs struts and new tires, but the cheapos on there work well enough. It gets regular fluid changes and drings RUG, and gets undercarriage washes after winter salt fests - that's it. I installed a nice radio because otherwise it would be too boring and would put me to sleep during my daily commute.

vstech · #3 10-30-2006, 12:10 PM

I am thinking about the new challenger from DC, it looks Awesome, and it would of course come with the 6.1L HEMI
Maybe the new camaro...
John

rg2098 · #4 10-30-2006, 12:23 PM

A CDI. Generally the people who buy the diesels have somewhat of a caring about the vehicle. You don't get the "Homies" pimping out a diesel and driving it until it falls off the road.

Hatterasguy · #5 10-30-2006, 12:56 PM

There are a lot of nice new cars out there. MB makes a ton, the new W221 and W211 are sweet! I think the new SL's look amazing.

I'm actualy starting to like the BMW X5 and Range Rover 4.6 a lot if you want to talk trucks.

Infiniti makes that sweet V6 in the G35, that is one nice package.

What a great time to be a car fan! There are so many fast, cool looking cars out there! There are fast to! A V6 powered Accord will crack 60 in about 5 and a half seconds.

Carrameow · #6 10-30-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

What a great time to be a car fan! There are so many fast, cool looking cars out there! There are fast to! A V6 powered Accord will crack 60 in about 5 and a half seconds.

These sure aren't Appliance cars, but they aren't the ones I am talking about that we 300D lovers would like to own.Tese cars are like the Corvette or Porsche, they aren't like the 300D which is more of the kind of car I am talking about...we all can afford them, they are eminently repairable, they are common sense engineered...The 300D is a car without an ECU, and though the Volvond SAAB have ECU's, they rarely go bad and are still fundamentally mechanic orientecars...

GREASY_BEAST · #7 10-30-2006, 01:10 PM

The Loremo is scheduled to come out in 2009... in Europe... who knows if/when in U.S. http://www.loremo.com... I would defenitely take extra good care of that car... although there isn't much to take care of

... I really can't think of any other new vehicles that don't have so many damn bells and whistles that I wouldn't even want to get near one... VW TDI is nice but waaaaay too complex and too many electronics... I like knowing that I can fix most things on my 300TD on the side of the road.