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i'm getting interested in cars.
but, i wanna be able to see a car and no what it is.
like not soo specific, but when a car drives by i wanna be able to say
"oh that's a mustang" or "oh that's a p.t cruiser" & so on..
those are the basic kind of cars i know.
thanks!
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i'm not positive what your question is, but i'll try. those are not the basic "types" of cars, more the models. first of all, let's get the types (referring to body types) straight:
trucks (full size, midsize, pickups)
vans (usually on a truck or truck like chassis or used to be, very identifiable with sliding doors)
sedans (4 door cars)
coupes (2 door cars)
convertibles (anything with a top that goes down, hard top or soft top)
suv's (truck chassis, enclosed with a another row of seats usually)
crossover's (looks like an suv, but has a car chassis)
that's in a nutshell, and there are lots of variations of these and maybe some i missed.
then comes other terms like:
roadsters (2 door, usually kinda quick and fun, usually convertible)
sports car (anything that is relatively fast and usually needs to be 2 door)
muscle car (a type of sports car that is American built, sometimes heavy but always lots of horsepower)
ricer (japanese built, slightly derogatory, comes from term "rice burner," usually cheaply built and owner modified, identifiable by large spoilers and "fart cannons"-loud mufflers that are tingy- hanging out the back of them)
super car (usually european built, but the corvette zr1 falls into this, ridiculously fast, very expensive, exotic looking)
that's just kinda the tip of the iceburg, but it'll give you an idea.
now, to what you were referring to, the make and model. the make refers to manufacturer, the model refers to the specific car, here are some of the big ones and a COUPLE of the most popular cars in each:
detroit big 3 (american made)
GM [buick, cadillac, saturn, hummer, gmc,saab, pontiac] (camaro, silverado, malibu, corvette, xlr, g8 etc) [GM has a lot of branches]
Chrysler/Dodge (challenger, ram, charger, viper, etc)
Ford (mustang, F-150, focus, fusion, etc)
major japanese made
Honda (accord, civic, pilot etc) [acura is the luxury brand]
Toyota (camry, tacoma, etc) [lexus is the luxury brand]
Nissan (370z, pathfinder, altima etc) [infinity is the luxury brand]
Hyundai (genesis, tiburon, etc)
Subaru (impreza, outback, etc)
major european made
BMW (z4, 135i, x8, etc)
Mercedes Benz (e-class, slk-class, etc)
Audi (r8, tt, etc)
Volkswagen (rabbit, jetta, gti)
Now again, this is only scratching the surface. If you really want to be able to identify everything that goes down the road, read lots of car magazines and pay attention to the car commercials. The best magazines are Car&Driver, Motortrend, and the like. Hope this helped!
i'm not positive what your question is, but i'll try. those are not the basic "types" of cars, more the models. first of all, let's get the types (referring to body types) straight:
trucks (full size, midsize, pickups)
vans (usually on a truck or truck like chassis or used to be, very identifiable with sliding doors)
sedans (4 door cars)
coupes (2 door cars)
convertibles (anything with a top that goes down, hard top or soft top)
suv's (truck chassis, enclosed with a another row of seats usually)
crossover's (looks like an suv, but has a car chassis)
that's in a nutshell, and there are lots of variations of these and maybe some i missed.
then comes other terms like:
roadsters (2 door, usually kinda quick and fun, usually convertible)
sports car (anything that is relatively fast and usually needs to be 2 door)
muscle car (a type of sports car that is American built, sometimes heavy but always lots of horsepower)
ricer (japanese built, slightly derogatory, comes from term "rice burner," usually cheaply built and owner modified, identifiable by large spoilers and "fart cannons"-loud mufflers that are tingy- hanging out the back of them)
super car (usually european built, but the corvette zr1 falls into this, ridiculously fast, very expensive, exotic looking)
that's just kinda the tip of the iceburg, but it'll give you an idea.
now, to what you were referring to, the make and model. the make refers to manufacturer, the model refers to the specific car, here are some of the big ones and a COUPLE of the most popular cars in each:
detroit big 3 (american made)
GM [buick, cadillac, saturn, hummer, gmc,saab, pontiac] (camaro, silverado, malibu, corvette, xlr, g8 etc) [GM has a lot of branches]
Chrysler/Dodge (challenger, ram, charger, viper, etc)
Ford (mustang, F-150, focus, fusion, etc)
major japanese made
Honda (accord, civic, pilot etc) [acura is the luxury brand]
Toyota (camry, tacoma, etc) [lexus is the luxury brand]
Nissan (370z, pathfinder, altima etc) [infinity is the luxury brand]
Hyundai (genesis, tiburon, etc)
Subaru (impreza, outback, etc)
major european made
BMW (z4, 135i, x8, etc)
Mercedes Benz (e-class, slk-class, etc)
Audi (r8, tt, etc)
Volkswagen (rabbit, jetta, gti)
Now again, this is only scratching the surface. If you really want to be able to identify everything that goes down the road, read lots of car magazines and pay attention to the car commercials. The best magazines are Car&Driver, Motortrend, and the like. Hope this helped!
Need a vehicle that 3 car seats can fit in the backseat.?
EJ
I need a vehicle that will fit three carseats in the back. I have an infant, front facing (19mo old 29 lbs) and a front facing 5yr old in a booster.
I am not wanting a car as we live in an area that the roads are horrible in the winter. So we are looking for something that is an SUV. I know I can fit all three in a van, but we wanted to see about an SUV. Our credit isn't the best right now but all we have is a two door blazer that only has two seats in the back and then the front seats. So our family can't even fit into the car we have.
So the vehicle needs to be a reasonable price (not an Armada or Suburban or anything).
Thanks In advance.
For those of you assuming I don't want a van because it is "un cool" and saying I don't "need" an SUV you are wrong. I live in Wyoming and live 30 miles from town in the country where my 4 mile drive way is dirt... I need an SUV and 4WD in order to get down my drive way in bad weather. We got 12 inches of snow a few weeks back when town got 4. A van is not going to cut it... Sorry to burst your bubble. And not to mention why the hell comment being rude and spiteful... Why not say nothing at all.
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Hey! I hear ya. I have three kiddos, ages 6, 3, and 19 months. :) We had a minivan and hated every minute of it and traded it off after 1 year with it. We have a Mercury Mountaineer. We. Love. It. It works really well. It has third row fold down seating (which is really comfortable and roomy - I can sit in the 3rd row very comfortably and I'm 26 years old and 5'3). My youngest daughter is in a full carseat still and my middle daughter is in a booster and they both sit on the middle row (with enough room between them where an adult could sit) while my oldest daughter sits in back in the 3rd row. The 3rd row seating is easily accesible via part of the middle row folding down where she can very easily get back there, or through the lift gate. The 3rd row has a push button power fold up-fold down mechanism where the entire row can be folded up or just one section can be up or they can all be folded down for hauling stuff. Size wise, it is shorter than the minivan and hauls the same amount of stuff in the back. It drives and handles SO well. The gas mileage isn't bad at all - about 25 mpg on the highway which is 2 to 3 mpg less than the minivan. You can also get them very reasonably priced...we purchased ours used with low miles (it's an '06) for $13K. Nothing wrong with it, and in mint condition, their "luxury" edition. The 4 wheel drive works great. :) That's just my two cents worth...
Edit: someone else said that minivans drive better than SUV's in the winter....no...nononononononono.... we had a minivan through an upper Midwest winter (snow cover pretty much October through March) and the minivan was HORIBLE...the devil even...lol. I spent HOURS stuck in the snow and ice on FLAT ROAD surfaces in town... it steered horribly and had no traction...the minivan made front wheel drive CARS I've had look like 4x4's as far as drivability in the winter was concerned. We have not had any trouble with our SUV in the winter - it gets around SO WELL. Never been stuck once. I would never, never go back to a minivan...you couldn't pay me enough to drive one again, let alone in winter time... (shudder shudder, cringe cringe) ;)
PS - the Volvo XC90s are great - they also have the AWD and 3rd row seating feature, however, make sure you live close to a volvo dealer if you need repairs... we considered that and were pretty much decided on the XC90 but the closest dealer was 130 miles away and the repair shops around where we live won't touch 'em... much to my intense chagrin... but yeah Volvos are great too!!!!! And you can get a used one for under $20K...
PSS - Jeep Grand Cherokee warning: I loved my jeep...but...3 carseats did not fit in the back... that's why we got the minivan... Even if you can cram the carseats in there...you'll never be able to get the boosters buckled without removing a carseat and then putting it back in... Not saying it can't be done, just saying you don't want to do that...and the jeep gets the same mileage as the mountaineer and less than the XC90 and both of those have the seating you need and they are also 4 wheel drive...don't do the JGC thing at this point in your life...just sayn' :)
In regards to your edit to the haters: I was literally grinning from ear to ear when I heard that...lol...some people are so freaking rude...and foolish to even say stuff like that... but like Mark Twain said, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." some people just can't seem to pick up on that, can they? lol ;) Ignore the dorks, do your own thing and love every minute of it :D ;)
Hey! I hear ya. I have three kiddos, ages 6, 3, and 19 months. :) We had a minivan and hated every minute of it and traded it off after 1 year with it. We have a Mercury Mountaineer. We. Love. It. It works really well. It has third row fold down seating (which is really comfortable and roomy - I can sit in the 3rd row very comfortably and I'm 26 years old and 5'3). My youngest daughter is in a full carseat still and my middle daughter is in a booster and they both sit on the middle row (with enough room between them where an adult could sit) while my oldest daughter sits in back in the 3rd row. The 3rd row seating is easily accesible via part of the middle row folding down where she can very easily get back there, or through the lift gate. The 3rd row has a push button power fold up-fold down mechanism where the entire row can be folded up or just one section can be up or they can all be folded down for hauling stuff. Size wise, it is shorter than the minivan and hauls the same amount of stuff in the back. It drives and handles SO well. The gas mileage isn't bad at all - about 25 mpg on the highway which is 2 to 3 mpg less than the minivan. You can also get them very reasonably priced...we purchased ours used with low miles (it's an '06) for $13K. Nothing wrong with it, and in mint condition, their "luxury" edition. The 4 wheel drive works great. :) That's just my two cents worth...
Edit: someone else said that minivans drive better than SUV's in the winter....no...nononononononono.... we had a minivan through an upper Midwest winter (snow cover pretty much October through March) and the minivan was HORIBLE...the devil even...lol. I spent HOURS stuck in the snow and ice on FLAT ROAD surfaces in town... it steered horribly and had no traction...the minivan made front wheel drive CARS I've had look like 4x4's as far as drivability in the winter was concerned. We have not had any trouble with our SUV in the winter - it gets around SO WELL. Never been stuck once. I would never, never go back to a minivan...you couldn't pay me enough to drive one again, let alone in winter time... (shudder shudder, cringe cringe) ;)
PS - the Volvo XC90s are great - they also have the AWD and 3rd row seating feature, however, make sure you live close to a volvo dealer if you need repairs... we considered that and were pretty much decided on the XC90 but the closest dealer was 130 miles away and the repair shops around where we live won't touch 'em... much to my intense chagrin... but yeah Volvos are great too!!!!! And you can get a used one for under $20K...
PSS - Jeep Grand Cherokee warning: I loved my jeep...but...3 carseats did not fit in the back... that's why we got the minivan... Even if you can cram the carseats in there...you'll never be able to get the boosters buckled without removing a carseat and then putting it back in... Not saying it can't be done, just saying you don't want to do that...and the jeep gets the same mileage as the mountaineer and less than the XC90 and both of those have the seating you need and they are also 4 wheel drive...don't do the JGC thing at this point in your life...just sayn' :)
In regards to your edit to the haters: I was literally grinning from ear to ear when I heard that...lol...some people are so freaking rude...and foolish to even say stuff like that... but like Mark Twain said, "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." some people just can't seem to pick up on that, can they? lol ;) Ignore the dorks, do your own thing and love every minute of it :D ;)
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