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An old Marine from Ohio checking in. How are you all?
So my wife was given free reign within a budget to replace her beat up old Mazda 3. She has a time limit as we are moving soon on military orders, and she could end up wit my 2005 OutBack and she hates driving stick. You see we have 3 drivers and four (well, 8 counting the bikes) vehicles. So I am looking to trade 2 in and pick up one. Then I keep my Silverado (No way in God's green earth is old reliable going away), my daughter keeps her Malibu Maxx and my wife will be in a Cruze. Somehow we will be a Chevy family.
However, I am the one who has to keep these vehicles running while my wife shops with her eyes only. Generally speaking I do pretty well as we average 250k before we trade them off. But I am concerned over this choice. While I used to race the old Ford SVO motors, this little turbo worries me. What issues am I looking at having? Right now the front running car for her is out of warranty so once off the lot it is mine to fix. I want her to have a well optioned car as she usually gets the stripped out version. Can I get a heads up on these please? I drove one and it seemed pretty anemic for a turbo car.
So my wife was given free reign within a budget to replace her beat up old Mazda 3. She has a time limit as we are moving soon on military orders, and she could end up wit my 2005 OutBack and she hates driving stick. You see we have 3 drivers and four (well, 8 counting the bikes) vehicles. So I am looking to trade 2 in and pick up one. Then I keep my Silverado (No way in God's green earth is old reliable going away), my daughter keeps her Malibu Maxx and my wife will be in a Cruze. Somehow we will be a Chevy family.
However, I am the one who has to keep these vehicles running while my wife shops with her eyes only. Generally speaking I do pretty well as we average 250k before we trade them off. But I am concerned over this choice. While I used to race the old Ford SVO motors, this little turbo worries me. What issues am I looking at having? Right now the front running car for her is out of warranty so once off the lot it is mine to fix. I want her to have a well optioned car as she usually gets the stripped out version. Can I get a heads up on these please? I drove one and it seemed pretty anemic for a turbo car.