My conclusion after attending the San Francisco Auto Show last fall was that my next car will be a Honda Fit. I swear this car is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.
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Double Bass The Ultimate Challenge
- Thread starter ThumpPlunkJunk
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I recently bought this car and I am very happy. I fold down the left half of the rear seat and put the bass on it's side, neck goes between the front seats. Still space left for the amp and 2 passengers. Great mileage, too.
I'll have to look into it more. There's going to be a lot to factor in with all the cars, but I'm glad I have enough time to sift through them all.
it would be safe to say my bass was shuffled by horse and wagon the first half of its' life, anything i get it in is bound to be an improvement.
My DB hasn't left the house yet, I drive a Toyota Echo o o o but my EUB does fit lol. My oldest daughter lives near tho and she has a Durango
- Sep 19, 2007
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The Honda Element is my favorite, although it's in its last year of production. I get 25mpg and enough room for everything. Buy new now, or buy used later.
I'll throw my two cents in. I, as a youth as well (although 6 years older) also have been fascinated by older cars. I've also owned several. All of them cost me thousands of dollars in repairs. I've also driven two newer Hondas, a 2005 Civic Si, 2007 Accord Sedan V6/6spd. (My brother and I have some very kind parents whom I owe a lot of money for that Accord!) Only one major repair was necessary, a water pump for the Civic, and it was well under warranty.
Oh yeah, El Caminos are sweet but ours was in terrible condition when we got it. We did a full rebuild but now it's sitting in our driveway rusting because my mom never trusted it enough to give it to me as my daily driver. I've begged my dad to keep it though. So many memories.
Oh yeah, El Caminos are sweet but ours was in terrible condition when we got it. We did a full rebuild but now it's sitting in our driveway rusting because my mom never trusted it enough to give it to me as my daily driver. I've begged my dad to keep it though. So many memories.
I loved the Honda Fit with a manual transmission! I just didn't think my bass fit very well in it. There just wasn't enough space between the 2 front seats for the neck (with a thick Moradian case). Also, I put the bass in from the back and the 4" plus drop meant I had to lift the bass up to get it out (and 30 years ago that wouldn't have been a problem, but these days with a fully carved bass it's hell on my lower back).
Yes the gas mileage is amazing! And it's such a peppy car even on steep hills.
+10 on the diesel thing. I have a 1983 Mercedes 300d turbo diesel with a conversion kit to run on strait waste vegetable oil I get for free from restaurants. I filter it, dump it in the tank and go. There are allot of those merc's out there, and they will go 500,000 miles no prob.
How expensive is that conversion? And how hard is it to come by waste veggie oil?
Also, what does the process of filtering entail?
I feel the need to interject here that filtered waste vegetable oil is NOT the same as biodiesel (which can be made from waste vegetable oils via a chemical process). I have a diesel 07' VW Bug that runs perfectly on diesel and biodiesel (up to 100%) without a engine conversion kit. Biodiesel is available at many places across the country and costs about the same as regular diesel and gets the same MPG.
One thing, though. You can't run on 100% biodiesel in the winter because it will congeal in your gas tank/engine. Very ugly.
My VW bug is the perfect bass-mobile. There is plenty of room in the back when the rear seat is folded down.
One thing, though. You can't run on 100% biodiesel in the winter because it will congeal in your gas tank/engine. Very ugly.
My VW bug is the perfect bass-mobile. There is plenty of room in the back when the rear seat is folded down.
In my "real" job, I work in the auto parts industry. Based on my experience, I will only buy Honda. Better reliability than Toyota during the last few years and most models have enough room for gear. In have put a GK410RBH, 115RBH and a 6 space rack in the back seat of my wife's Honda Accord.
Thanks for the clarification.
Still, veggie oil sounds like a good idea, to me. If I can find a "New" used Diesel Beetle, that is.
Why Honda, though? In comparison to other car manufacturers, not just Toyota.
