Just bought an AWD turbo diesel Passat Wagon - Pissant 2.0. Considering the places I took my previous two wheel drive petrol turbo where I really shouldn't have, it will be nice to have a bit more security buffer. I'm cognisant of the saying that 4WD just means you get stuck in worse places. If it makes it easier to navigate the tracks into my kayak launching spots, I'm happy.
Even with the AWD, the fuel efficiency is much better than my petrol one. Won't have quite the acceleration, though. But enough.
My brother had one of those... but was forced to sell it back to VW in the whole Audi/VW diesel issue. We have a diesel SUV (that sees dirt and sand multiple times per year... and the occasional snowstorm), and it gets 50% better mileage than the gas version. I can go 650 miles on one tank...which is great for road trips.
Lucky that most of them never see the kind of use demonstrated in the commercials. Back of the mall parking lot is as far off grid as most will get. You can barely see the starbucks from there.
Just bought an AWD turbo diesel Passat Wagon - Pissant 2.0. Considering the places I took my previous two wheel drive petrol turbo where I really shouldn't have, it will be nice to have a bit more security buffer. I'm cognisant of the saying that 4WD just means you get stuck in worse places. If it makes it easier to navigate the tracks into my kayak launching spots, I'm happy.
Even with the AWD, the fuel efficiency is much better than my petrol one. Won't have quite the acceleration, though. But enough.
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Apr 24, 2024 - 6:46am
rgio wrote:
It's not about "doing" it... it's having the option to do it. The psychology of believing I could traverse the Grand Canyon in my SUV is a powerful force, ignoring the fact that 98% of them don't see so much as a dirt road once a year.
Lucky that most of them never see the kind of use demonstrated in the commercials. Back of the mall parking lot is as far off grid as most will get. You can barely see the starbucks from there.
It's not about "doing" it... it's having the option to do it. The psychology of believing I could traverse the Grand Canyon in my SUV is a powerful force, ignoring the fact that 98% of them don't see so much as a dirt road once a year.
Contrary to all the truck commercials, you don't have to annihilate half the earth to enjoy your vehicle.
Lucky that most of them never see the kind of use demonstrated in the commercials. Back of the mall parking lot is as far off grid as most will get. You can barely see the starbucks from there.
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Apr 23, 2024 - 2:21pm
Manbird wrote:
Contrary to all the truck commercials, you don't have to annihilate half the earth to enjoy your vehicle.
I enjoy my vehicles.
They aren't boring belly button cars.
And I get compliments ALL DAY LONG.
It's hard to return those back about those bland, bean mobiles they're driving.
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Feb 16, 2024 - 5:23am
Red_Dragon wrote:
I have developed a special hatred for the latest Ford monster trucks, the headlights of which are at the perfect height to blind drivers in normal cars, and the fact that virtually all of the numbskulls driving them have their high beams on AT ALL TIMES.
I call them Super Dooties.
Its what Great Danes do.
With the demise of the Australian auto industry after they milked all the government subsidies they could promising to keep the plants open, we have a special hatred of the Yank Tanks that don't fit in standard parking spaces here and of course have headlights at heights that shouldn't be allowed.
They don't fit in most parking spaces here. They're utterly outrageous.
I have developed a special hatred for the latest Ford monster trucks, the headlights of which are at the perfect height to blind drivers in normal cars, and the fact that virtually all of the numbskulls driving them have their high beams on AT ALL TIMES.
With the demise of the Australian auto industry after they milked all the government subsidies they could promising to keep the plants open, we have a special hatred of the Yank Tanks that don't fit in standard parking spaces here and of course have headlights at heights that shouldn't be allowed.
That's interesting. Not really surprising, but it sounds like something a simple letter-writing campaign could influence. Because everybody hates how bright headlights are these days, it seems like an easy win for any politician.
I have developed a special hatred for the latest Ford monster trucks, the headlights of which are at the perfect height to blind drivers in normal cars, and the fact that virtually all of the numbskulls driving them have their high beams on AT ALL TIMES.
That's interesting. Not really surprising, but it sounds like something a simple letter-writing campaign could influence. Because everybody hates how bright headlights are these days, it seems like an easy win for any politician.
