A few months ago I got a new car: Mitsubishi Eclipse. This is a popular car, holds value and for some reason costs more than it should. I got an amazing deal on it and I thought long and hard about what car I wanted to get next and I kept going back to the Eclipse. It had everything I wanted and I was trying to get one that was a lot like my old car which was a Ford Probe.
I believe the Ford Probe is the perfect car for me. I drove it much longer then I should have and put more money in it then I should have. If I could have I would keep it forever but it was past its due to be replaced. Ford stopped making the Probe in 98 so theres no way to get a newer one.
I got the Eclipse and although there were some things that were obviously different I was keeping an open mind about it and trying to get used to it. I loved the car when I first got it and couldn't believe I had one. But the more I drove it the more Ive grew to dislike it. There is so much more car now and for some reason I dont like that. The windows are oddly slanted so that its difficult to see out of them when Im trying to back up and the spoiler blocks most of the view of the rear window if that makes any sense. The Probe had a spoiler but it didnt block the view. My old car could turn on a dime but this one cannot which makes U turns almost impossible. My old car was only a four cylinder but it had lots of zip to it, this one is a V6 but for some reason no zip. I live in the Midwest and winder/summer is hard on concrete, therefore we get a lot of potholes. For some reason when I hit a pothole in the Eclipse it hits it hard and I feel it 10x more then with the Probe. At first I would stop and get out to look for damage it would make such a hard hitting sound I was sure I had damaged something. Despite the Eclipse being a larger car the Probe had more trunk room. Plus the Probe had much better gas mileage. Although the Eclipse is higher off the ground the bumper is lower therefore I have to be really careful or I can scrape the bumper on speed bumps, driveways, steep hills.
There are things I do like about the Eclipse. Larger interior space is nice. The radio controls on the wheel is a big plus. The V6 is a plus. It certainly looks better than my Probe does right now although I think the Probe was hotter looking when new. It holds value.
I dont know what to do. I certainly cant just go buy another Probe since it will be a good ten years old, although Im tempted. I doubt Id be happier with a different car unless it was a Probe. A couple weeks ago I went to a Beach Boys concert and they had some love song about a car and I actually cried.
Hopefully I just need more time to get used to it, although its been around four months now. Why oh why did Ford stop making the Probe. = (
Probe
Eclipse
I believe the Ford Probe is the perfect car for me. I drove it much longer then I should have and put more money in it then I should have. If I could have I would keep it forever but it was past its due to be replaced. Ford stopped making the Probe in 98 so theres no way to get a newer one.
I got the Eclipse and although there were some things that were obviously different I was keeping an open mind about it and trying to get used to it. I loved the car when I first got it and couldn't believe I had one. But the more I drove it the more Ive grew to dislike it. There is so much more car now and for some reason I dont like that. The windows are oddly slanted so that its difficult to see out of them when Im trying to back up and the spoiler blocks most of the view of the rear window if that makes any sense. The Probe had a spoiler but it didnt block the view. My old car could turn on a dime but this one cannot which makes U turns almost impossible. My old car was only a four cylinder but it had lots of zip to it, this one is a V6 but for some reason no zip. I live in the Midwest and winder/summer is hard on concrete, therefore we get a lot of potholes. For some reason when I hit a pothole in the Eclipse it hits it hard and I feel it 10x more then with the Probe. At first I would stop and get out to look for damage it would make such a hard hitting sound I was sure I had damaged something. Despite the Eclipse being a larger car the Probe had more trunk room. Plus the Probe had much better gas mileage. Although the Eclipse is higher off the ground the bumper is lower therefore I have to be really careful or I can scrape the bumper on speed bumps, driveways, steep hills.
There are things I do like about the Eclipse. Larger interior space is nice. The radio controls on the wheel is a big plus. The V6 is a plus. It certainly looks better than my Probe does right now although I think the Probe was hotter looking when new. It holds value.
I dont know what to do. I certainly cant just go buy another Probe since it will be a good ten years old, although Im tempted. I doubt Id be happier with a different car unless it was a Probe. A couple weeks ago I went to a Beach Boys concert and they had some love song about a car and I actually cried.
Hopefully I just need more time to get used to it, although its been around four months now. Why oh why did Ford stop making the Probe. = (
Probe
Eclipse
