Mr. Sauerkraut
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After driving Volkswagen for years, it was time for my first american car.
Well...whatever "american car" means...
it´s a "mercury capri" of 1991.
this is it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mercury-Capri.jpg
Well, it was a very nice deal. Including the hardtop it was only 200$. But it was another 1000$ for lots of spare parts.
But it runs now. In spring it will need a new coolant because the cooling system was never cleaned up. But that´s not that problem.
Babes like it. It runs and drives. but at 90 mph it starts getting very loud inside. I can´t use my 105 HP - and I have german Autobahns here. That really hurts. My old golf with his 75HP Machine ran nearly 110 MPH.
Quality is not that bad as expected. What I like is that every switch is dismantable. they can always be repaired again. But it isn´t to compare with any german car.
The Machinery of this car comes from mazda. It´s a kind of a better miata. The rust protection is very good - even in compare to the miata. My car is of 1991 and there is no spot of rust anywhere.
Well, i want to drive it next year and resell it with a new inspection in 2015. only if my wife doesn´t fall in love with it. It´s very retro, late 80ths Style. But hey, anything comes back, why not these strange buckets?
After driving Volkswagen for years, it was time for my first american car.
Well...whatever "american car" means...
it´s a "mercury capri" of 1991.
this is it: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mercury-Capri.jpg
Well, it was a very nice deal. Including the hardtop it was only 200$. But it was another 1000$ for lots of spare parts.
But it runs now. In spring it will need a new coolant because the cooling system was never cleaned up. But that´s not that problem.
Babes like it. It runs and drives. but at 90 mph it starts getting very loud inside. I can´t use my 105 HP - and I have german Autobahns here. That really hurts. My old golf with his 75HP Machine ran nearly 110 MPH.
Quality is not that bad as expected. What I like is that every switch is dismantable. they can always be repaired again. But it isn´t to compare with any german car.
The Machinery of this car comes from mazda. It´s a kind of a better miata. The rust protection is very good - even in compare to the miata. My car is of 1991 and there is no spot of rust anywhere.
Well, i want to drive it next year and resell it with a new inspection in 2015. only if my wife doesn´t fall in love with it. It´s very retro, late 80ths Style. But hey, anything comes back, why not these strange buckets?
