Yeah. I don’t have one at all, it fell apart just like those Cadillac and Olds fillers. I would paint it before I put it on, but yeah, it’s not super nice. This is the only one I’ve ever found for sale, though. Here’s what it currently looks like.
Hmm… I really like this… This is sweet, but I don’t want a diesel or that heavy-duty of a truck. Holy cow!!! (Third and fourth gear slip and it needs a rear brake job, but for that price…)
This is sweet, but I don’t want a diesel and it’s not big enough. I need a long bed. Often enough, I guess. I don’t really like borrowing other family members’ vehicles to transport stuff, either, which is a semi-regular occurrence.
Ford guys acting like a sedan version of their pony car is something special... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_LX_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Zeta_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Alpha_platform
Looks like I will need to buy a new (used) car: This is... or should I say was my Ford Focus.... it run just fine yesterday... but today the underground parking garage was flooded and so water entered the vehicle up to the level of the footwell. A neighbour alarmed me but in the end it was to late: After checking that the air intake was still above the water level, I made an attempt to move the vehicle out of the underground parking because the water level kept rising. Surprisingly, the ignition still worked. More surprisingly the engine started. Pretty bubbling as the exhaust was under water but hey, it runs. Without applying any throttle, I let the clutch slip and carefully moved forward in an attempt to reach the ramp that leads out of the garage. An ear shattering BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM followed.... at first I thought the engine had hydrolocked but in fact it was the side passenger airbag that was triggered. My neighbours told me to shut down the engine again and I obeyed, because an airbag that deploys when it should not deploy can lead to serious injuries and I really had no interest to find out if the driver airbag would trigger, too. So even though its mere meters to the upward ramp (it is next to the redlight behind my car) the vehicle cannot be moved there under its own power. The ramp is also quite step, so any pushing would be life threatening for the people attempting it. So we pushed it back to its parking position, the locked steering-column lock leading a a diagonal final position. The electric window lifters died in the meantime so it still sits there with windows open while the water level keeps rising. It is going to be totalled for sure. It also cannot be removed from the underground garage, because a tow truck cannot operate in such deep water either. So now it sits there for the time being, with 3 more vehicles that share its fate of an untimely end. The deployed side airbag. LEARNINGS: 1. Even though the air intake was well above the water line, water in the footwell can lead to very dangerous things like airbags triggering. I was VERY lucky that it was not the driver airbag that triggered. It could have been seriously injured by it. 2. More luck was that I opened the windows before attemping. This was meant to give me an additional escape way in case the water would make it impossible to open the doors. Those open windows allowed the airbag blast to escape more easily, reducing the shockwave that hit me. If you have to drive in water - which you really should not - it is IMPERATIVE that you open the windows and any sun roof you have. Doors can be blocked and far to many people turn their own favourite car into their own grave. DONT LET THEM CLOSED! OPEN THEM ALL THE WAY! You want as many possible escape routes as possible! When you car ends up in deeper water, open all windows and doors immediately. While this will introduce more water to the inside of the vehicle, rising water pressure makes you unable to open the doors, trapping you inside if the electric system fail on you which it will. Get out ASAP. You dont have much time before the vehicle sinks like a stone, taking you with it into its grave. And now I will need a new car.... really a pity that the Vivace is not for sale in real life. EDIT: And never try to rescue your car from an underground or flooded garage building unless you are 100 % certain, that - the water level cannot raise rapidly - you will drown! - no water can flow down the ramp - you wont get out, neither by vehicle nor by foot and you will also drown! A vehicle is replaceable... you are not.
