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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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Posted on 7/12/19 at 4:00 am to MiDixon Yermouth

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(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

Dunno if it was me but I am opinionated about all things petrol head so I could take exception about just about anything car related on a given day and I am a 964 fan, particularly the RS and the late Turbos.

A Boxster/Cayman with the 911 6 cylinder has always been seen as a 911 killer. The GT4 proved it could be a hell of a car but they stop short of giving it a real GT motor. The scary thing is the 718 chassis was essentially as capable as the GT4 right out of the box. A wide body version of the 718 with the Turbo S's 552hp engine might be my perfect car.

As for the best handling sub 100K cars there are a select few I have driven in anger I would put above the 718, the GT4 (better high-speed grip and better balance for the track) and the Lotus Elise. The Elise has the best chassis of any non-track day car I have ever driven. I used to say I could tell if I drove over a quarter in a E36 M3 and feel a penny if I drove over it in a 964 911 but I could feel and dime in an Elise and tell you whether it was heads or tails up. The 718 and its predecessors are fabulous cars and I just laugh at the people that call them chick cars but those are people that couldn't find an apex with GPS and think trail braking is something you do in the woods to avoid hitting a deer.

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