Ford's 3 cylinder 1.0 liter ecoboost Fiesta off to good start

[marauder]

Sorry, I'm just on a bit of a rant lately with people justifying their 7 year $250/month vehicle payments because they're saving at the pump. I know this does not apply to everyone, it's just a soap box I stand on from time to time. If you can afford this car with cash on hand and you are buying it because you love subcompacts then it's actually not a bad looking ride. If someone is spending 20k of money they don't have to "save on gas" they are an idiot. Plain and simple. That's my point.

My apologies though, I wasn't trying to distract the point of topic. I was simply agreeing with bronsin's observation. The mentality is simple when you look at the debt problem in the USA. Right now these gas savers are selling like crazy and the prices are going through the roof. People will lose their butts on a gas guzzler trade in just to get better gas mileage, but none would be caught dead driving a 10+ year old gas getter and putting their money in the bank.

Back on topic, we had a Chevy Sprint Turbo with the 1.0 Turbo/Intercooled engine. It was actually a lot of pep and I think averaged high 40's without effort, low 50's if you kept it around 55-60. It was a lot of fun. Maybe when these cars used hit my price range I'll be ready to replace my Yaris. I just can't get past the hackjob aston martin grill Ford is using on everything. The way they scale it on these cars it looks like a catfish mouth.

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by marauder

Sorry, I'm just on a bit of a rant lately with people justifying their 7 year $250/month vehicle payments because they're saving at the pump. I know this does not apply to everyone, it's just a soap box I stand on from time to time. If you can afford this car with cash on hand and you are buying it because you love subcompacts then it's actually not a bad looking ride. If someone is spending 20k of money they don't have to "save on gas" they are an idiot. Plain and simple. That's my point.

My apologies though, I wasn't trying to distract the point of topic. I was simply agreeing with bronsin's observation. The mentality is simple when you look at the debt problem in the USA. Right now these gas savers are selling like crazy and the prices are going through the roof. People will lose their butts on a gas guzzler trade in just to get better gas mileage, but none would be caught dead driving a 10+ year old gas getter and putting their money in the bank.

Back on topic, we had a Chevy Sprint Turbo with the 1.0 Turbo/Intercooled engine. It was actually a lot of pep and I think averaged high 40's without effort, low 50's if you kept it around 55-60. It was a lot of fun. Maybe when these cars used hit my price range I'll be ready to replace my Yaris. I just can't get past the hackjob aston martin grill Ford is using on everything. The way they scale it on these cars it looks like a catfish mouth.

And to each their own. I understand what you're saying, however. At some point, people need to buy new cars, and many will do so with the intent to save gas, and I get that. Yes, there are some people out there that are spending a ton of cash they don't have to save fuel. And from a financial standpoint, often it doesn't make sense (at least to me).

I've always wanted to drive a Sprint Turbo, and they come up for sale on craigslist from time to time (as well as TeamSwift.net). Love those cars!

I also agree with the Fiesta grille comment. Like I said in my review of the '14: Not everything looks good with an Aston Martin Grille.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

At some point, people need to buy new cars, and many will do so with the intent to save gas, and I get that. Yes, there are some people out there that are spending a ton of cash they don't have to save fuel. And from a financial standpoint, often it doesn't make sense (at least to me).

Also, it makes more sense for people who know how to do all of there own work to buy older cars that have experienced most of their depreciation. This can result in a very low overall cost. For those of us without significant chunks of that knowledge, it often makes sense to buy a new car that we think is going to be very reliable and drive it 'until the wheels fall off' (so to speak). I've never made payments on a car, so i've never factored that into the equation.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by marauder

If you can afford this car with cash on hand and you are buying it because you love subcompacts then it's actually not a bad looking ride.

I fall into this category, but I don't think I'd buy one. It might be better looking than a Yaris, but I don't think it provides as much value for the money when compared to a Yaris.

If someone is spending 20k of money they don't have to "save on gas" they are an idiot. Plain and simple. That's my point.

If you don't know how to do all of your own repairs (and don't have the time...or another vehicle to drive while you do the repair at your leisure) it would likely make sense (even if you had to make payments) to buy a new subcompact rather than an old/older V8 that has experienced most of its depreciation. I agree, spending 20k if you have to make payments often doesn't make sense, but buying a bare bones Yaris or Spark (or the outgoing model year (discounted) re another subcompact) and making payments could make sense.

The way they scale it on these cars it looks like a catfish mouth.

. I might not have found this funny prior to moving to the South .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by marauder

The way they scale it on these cars it looks like a catfish mouth.

Yesterday I was driving on a street where all of the houses on one side of the street are on Lake Conroe and each house has its own dock. One of the houses on that side of the street has a (production, not homemade) Catfish mailbox (so well done, it almost looked real). I chuckled, and thought of this thread. Apparently there are hundreds of thousands of Catfish in Lake Conroe. Perhaps they are what the owner looks for when he takes his boat out to fish, or fishes from his dock.