# If you're stumped for a last-minute gift **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123 "2022-12-24T15:38:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/21 "2022-12-25T14:58:04Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Aries/Reliant; 2,105,059 plus millions of derivatives; Well if you are gonna go all-platform-volumes on me… 😃 Then you must include the Ford Falcon into the mix! And even the _Falcon_ is more collectable than a Dodge Aries! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/22 "2022-12-25T15:15:21Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Then you must include the Ford Falcon into the mix! Don’t forget the Mercury Comet ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/23 "2022-12-25T15:21:08Z")
> [@It\_s-Me](#): > > Don’t forget the Mercury Comet Also, the original Maverick, which was built on the Falcon platform. > **[Ford Maverick (1970–1977)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Maverick_(1970%E2%80%931977))** > > The Ford Maverick is a compact car manufactured and marketed by Ford for model years 1970–1977 in the United States, originally as a two-door sedan employing a rear-wheel drive platform original to the 1960 Falcon — and subsequently as a four-door sedan on the same platform. The Maverick replaced the Falcon in most of the world, but > Australia kept selling and developing the Falcon. > The Maverick was also manufactured in Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, and from 1973 to 1979, in Brazil. > The name "mave... ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/24 "2022-12-25T15:52:28Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Also, the original Maverick The Falcon name was dropped in 1970 but I forgot the Maverick was built on the Falcon platform! ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/25 "2022-12-25T16:02:35Z")
If it were a Subaru Commercial a golden retriever would be driving. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/26 "2022-12-25T16:05:14Z")
Heck yes, if I came across a 60-63 Falcon convertible, wagon, or Ranchero… ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/27 "2022-12-25T16:10:19Z")
I am partial to the 64/65 models. I like the sharp-edged styling. Fairlanes of that era, too! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/28 "2022-12-25T16:39:50Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > The Falcon name was dropped in 1970 but I forgot the Maverick was built on the Falcon platform! They continued to sell Falcons for a short time after the Maverick was introduced. Possibly to use-up excess stockpiles of body parts? The father of one of my friends bought one of those end-of-the road Falcons for a really low price, and it had some mismatched interior parts. There was one part (I can’t recall which one… ) that was white plastic on one side of the car, and black plastic on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Hugemoth\_144444](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@Hugemoth\_144444](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Hugemoth_144444)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/29 "2022-12-25T16:58:17Z")
I love the old Falcons and have owned several including a 62 sedan, a 62 station wagon. The 64 and later ones seemed a lot heavier. My friend had a 60 sedan with a 144 ci engine and 2 speed automatic. It was comical driving in the Sierras with 4 big guys in the car. 20 mph going up hill on the highway! ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/30 "2022-12-25T19:12:37Z")
I did like the 64 T-Birds and Galaxies. Of course if we all liked the same thing, there would only be one car company producing only one model. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/31 "2022-12-25T19:16:03Z")
The Falcon name continued down under in Oz. I think the car Mad Max drove was an Aussie Falcon. But I could be wrong, not going to research it today. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/32 "2022-12-25T19:44:23Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I think the car Mad Max drove was an Aussie Falcon. Yes, indeed! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/33 "2022-12-25T21:50:17Z")
Aussies had some neat versions of US cars that then got changed over the years. There was a Mopar slant six modified for much higher HP. Would have been a BIG improvement over the 198 CID one in my Duster. Edit-it was called the ‘Hemi Six’ and was a new design that US Chrysler decided not to use in 1970. 245 CID to start. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/34 "2022-12-26T00:01:18Z")
I want my 68 Cougar xr7 back, So much better than a mustang imhop. If I had room for a summer driver I would buy one! ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/35 "2022-12-26T16:48:44Z")
I grew up in the '50’s and 60’s and I loved cars. As the years passed and life got complicated there were times when I could have an old car along with the family hauler, and now of course my kids are grown, life has been good and I could afford to have a 60’s something, but I don’t. Because driving one scares the hell out of me. The suspensions and controls are sloppy, the brakes are terrible and the mechanical systems are simple, inefficient and harsh. A modern family sedan or “crossover”, the equivalent of a station wagon, is a much better car, probably faster, definitely safer, better handling and more efficient, and has about double the life expectancy. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/36 "2022-12-26T17:03:00Z")
+1, on all counts, but I would add that even the cars of the '70s had lousy brakes and handling that was… not so good. Even the comfort level of the cars of yesteryear cannot measure-up, in many ways. As but one example, Automatic Climate Control is far easier to live with than the HVAC systems from _The Good Old Days_. ---
**Author:** ![andyw77\_155343](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9a28c/32.png) [@andyw77\_155343](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andyw77_155343)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/37 "2022-12-26T18:54:51Z")
I’d prefer the walnut also. Maybe you can chose that, and stitching color, when ordering. I’m not sure they’d let me get very far into a dealership. ---
**Author:** ![bloody\_knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@bloody\_knuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bloody_knuckles)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/38 "2022-12-27T13:19:13Z")
It’s no Rolls Royce, but I snapped up a brand new (leftover) 2022 Mazda CX5 Signature in late November. The 2023’s were in and it was the end of the month so I made a lowball offer to the dealer ($3,000 below dealer invoice, not MSRP) and they eventually accepted (after trying real hard to squeeze me for more money). The CX5 Signature is the most luxurious and unnecessary vehicle I have ever owned and I LOVE it. I don’t care what other people think, it is super comfortable and I love all the new technology. To be fair, I have most of the same technology in my 2018 Mazda 6 Grand Touring Reserve so it wasn’t a big jump to the 2022, just some minor changes (for the better). I have driven my share of older, stripped down, high mileage cars in my time and I am happy to finally drive something that feels upscale without venturing into the silly spaces of Lexus, Acura, Maserati, BMW, Mercedes, Alfa-Romeo, Rolls Royce, Bentley, etc. I don’t begrudge people their vehicle choices or their reasons for making them. I am very happy with my choice and, ultimately, that is what should matter. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/39 "2022-12-27T14:49:03Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > If I was wealthy enough to afford a half-million-plus dollar car, I’d buy a $5k ca People who have that kind of money aren’t worried about a $495,000 investment. They already have hundreds of millions invested. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123/40 "2022-12-27T17:48:57Z")
Bellevue dealership has a Landspeed editon black badge Ghost with a $589K asking price, with a bright yellow interior. One of those combinations that you’d love to have been a fly on the wall at the factory when it was ordered. ![Blackbadge](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/4/948451eaac371f52ce0f7f10bd2b53d74b7a0334.jpeg) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-stumped-for-a-last-minute-gift/188123.md?page=3)