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re: Need advice from High mileage drivers. What do you do?
Posted on 7/11/19 at 11:01 pm to latech15
Posted on 7/11/19 at 11:01 pm to latech15
I am baffled by the recs for trucks and SUVs over cars for high mileage driving. Spending the same money on a near-luxury car not tuned on the 'Ring will give one a much better ride and ability to painlessly click of 1,000 miles in a day. Now if you are over the 95th percentile in height or weight you may have issue comfortably sitting in many cars all day. Active safety measures are better in most cars and survivability is better in the majority of accident modes. Cost per mile will also be lower.
If you need the room for hauling or your frame there isn't an option but it is hard to make an objective argument otherwise.
If you need the room for hauling or your frame there isn't an option but it is hard to make an objective argument otherwise.
Posted on 7/12/19 at 12:04 am to Obtuse1
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I am baffled by the recs for trucks and SUVs over cars for high mileage driving. Spending the same money on a near-luxury car not tuned on the 'Ring will give one a much better ride and ability to painlessly click of 1,000 miles in a day. Now if you are over the 95th percentile in height or weight you may have issue comfortably sitting in many cars all day
A few years back my daily driver was a Sequoia.. V8, three row, pull out a row, flatten the next seat and you could move a full kitchen of large appliances. I'm 6'4" and if I sat up straight my head would touch the roof. More legroom and headroom in my Boxster.. ...believe it or not. I fell for the SUV trend through the 90's until about 2014...when I re-discovered the beauty of a full size (near-luxury) car. I really feel that's where the smartest money is. There was a day when trucks were cheap in comparison but I find the comfort / value bang for the buck is with cars now.
(unrelated to topic...I think it was you (quote) that took exception to a "perfectly engineered" remark I'd made about an automobile and I didn't see in time to clarify. I was not a fan at the time of the 964 and never cared for handing of any car in that series to date. I think my statement was more my attempt to describe a sum total the company's capabilties. I've always wondered if they were able to offer the same options of flat sixes available today for that series into the Boxter or Caymen, would anyone even buy a 911? You may know of a more perfect handling car than the 718.. but I don't...at least not under 100K)
I've been in cities on both coasts and was common to hear the Subaru Legacy described as the perfect traveling / work car...although I'm not sure what one even looks like.
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