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nm posted:If you are in a situation which actually requires AWD, they're certainly not all equal. Im not just rural, Im in the arm pit of Minnewaska State Park. Its a mountain with poor grading, and few plows. When the snow gets compacted on the road its fish-tailing time. I am looking a Subaru Crosstrek. Does the thread have any other comparable vehicles I should be looking at.
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zapplez posted:The whole Honda AWD = hot garbage thing is massively overblown. Honda's AWD on their consumer SUVs is essentially as good as Nissan/Toyota/Ford/GM etc AWD. They got a lot of bad press because of a certain malfunction in the system that looks really bad in factory testing but wont really happen in the real world. I've driven Honda AWD , Toyota AWD, Ford 4x4, Dodge 4x4, Dodge AWD, Nissan AWD and they are basically all the same unless you are literally mountain climbing. There's a huge difference between Honda's poo poo-tier "AWD" on the CR-V (and presumably the HR-V... does that even come with AWD?) and the AWD system on the Pilot / Ridgeline / Pilot. At any rate, as a tall CR-V owner, if you want a crossover that isn't too huge and has lots of room for tall people... the new Hyundai Santa Fe is really loving good in that regard. Had a '19 as a rental a couple weeks ago and now I'm sorely tempted to replace the CR-V with one in the next year or so.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 05:57 |
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Friendly reminder that AWD will still eat poo poo without the right tires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STaximkaQxo Behold as the AWD Subaru Forester fishtails all over the place while the RWD BMW M3 has no issues.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 06:03 |
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I’m not sure why, but my G35 with winter tires was worse in the snow than any of the AWD/4WD vehicles I’ve owned with all seasons. Miata, Fiesta, and Mazda 3 all got around fine with snows, but man the G35 was a pig.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 06:11 |
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FWIW, I used to drive a loving 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme in Wyoming and Colorado winters. I bought good-rear end winter tires and put a sandbag in my trunk over the axle for some extra weight and never got stuck in the 4 years I lived there.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 06:15 |
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Combination of weight over the drive wheels and probably the miata had an LSD?
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 06:15 |
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Gaj posted:Does the thread have any other comparable vehicles I should be looking at.
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Although I'm not quite ready to buy yet (need to get that down payment saved up first!), I really need to replace my ghetto-rear end, slowly dying, 230k miles and counting 2004 Chevy Malibu. Proposed budget: $6-8k, with a $2k down payment (though if there's something needs-suiting that I could get lower than that, I'm all for saving money) New/Used?: Definitely used Usage: Daily driver, I have a 140 mile/day commute and while I'd like to move closer to work, I feel like a more reliable car would be the more pressing issue. Most important aspects: Reliability, gas mileage (the Malibu gets ~30mpg, but I'm still spending ~$300/month on gas), cheap parts when things go wrong. A stock radio with bluetooth built in would be nice, but I can handle "replace it with an aftermarket head unit" so long as I'm not locked into "but then that'll lose your trip odometer/oil life info/etc" like with the Malibu. But yeah, I'm driving 140/miles a day round trip, and work 3rd shift so it's incredibly inconvenient to have family come rescue me if I break down. I don't expect to be able to sell the Malibu for much because it's got a good chunk of issues both cosmetic and not. What should I be looking into?
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taiyoko posted:Although I'm not quite ready to buy yet (need to get that down payment saved up first!), I really need to replace my ghetto-rear end, slowly dying, 230k miles and counting 2004 Chevy Malibu. I think you're the perfect candidate for a used Prius, I bet you'll be able to find one with that budget.
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plester1 posted:I think you're the perfect candidate for a used Prius. This should just be the OP.
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I swear it used to be the title.
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nm posted:I swear it used to be the title. It was "Just get a Prius" or something, yeah.
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plester1 posted:I think you're the perfect candidate for a used Prius, I bet you'll be able to find one with that budget. Yeah a solid example of a gen 3 should be doable in that price range. I bought a 2010 w/ 112k miles in late 2016 for $8k.
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taiyoko posted:Although I'm not quite ready to buy yet (need to get that down payment saved up first!), I really need to replace my ghetto-rear end, slowly dying, 230k miles and counting 2004 Chevy Malibu. move closer to work, friend
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Gaj posted:Im not just rural, Im in the arm pit of Minnewaska State Park. Its a mountain with poor grading, and few plows. When the snow gets compacted on the road its fish-tailing time. My mom has a Crosstrek, she lives on the spine of the Green Mountains in Vermont. It's probably similar or worse than your environment. It has good ground clearance and the AWD system works well. YOu should get snow tires if you don't already, even with AWD. With AWD and snows, the only thing that really stops the Crosstrek is if there is too much snow (above ~8") and the car starts snowplowing with the bumper. The Crosstrek is going to be small for a 6'6 person and your requirements. I suggest the Forester or Outback. The Forester is more likely to fit in your parking space. Have you measured the space? What's the max size you can tolerate? I am fairly sure for your use case that any CUV with snow tires will be fine as well.
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taiyoko posted:Although I'm not quite ready to buy yet (need to get that down payment saved up first!), I really need to replace my ghetto-rear end, slowly dying, 230k miles and counting 2004 Chevy Malibu. Get a last generation Civic.
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taiyoko posted:What should I be looking into? A new place to live.
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What do I need to know in order to buy a car from a neighboring state? I think the previous discussion(s) have given me a clearer picture of what I want, but I'm trying to cast as wide a net as is practical. I live in NC within a fairly short drive of both SC and VA, so there are plenty of options within a ~2 hour drive, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the hassle to buy a car and then register it across state lines.
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I drove 125 mi roundtrip for work for 2 years. Used Prius!!!! Boring, but affordable and reliable.
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# ? Jun 5, 2019 18:36 |
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I once knew a guy who did a 110 mile commute (so 220 miles a day) for years. He used once of those old 3 cylinder Fiestas.
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I've been doing a 170mi roundtrip to work for the last 3 1/2 years, in my 98 Ford Escort wagon. Depending on job-related news, I'll either be doing a much shorter ~60mi round trip, or walking.
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Apollodorus posted:What do I need to know in order to buy a car from a neighboring state? I think the previous discussion(s) have given me a clearer picture of what I want, but I'm trying to cast as wide a net as is practical. I live in NC within a fairly short drive of both SC and VA, so there are plenty of options within a ~2 hour drive, but I'm not sure if it would be worth the hassle to buy a car and then register it across state lines. It'll depend on the specific states in question, but unless you're dealing with a situation where one state doesn't require a title and the other does, it isn't really that different. I've bought one car from out of state (CA to AZ) and the only reason the process was different was that it had been salvaged as a donation in the past and AZ wanted to do a VIN inspection before they'd title it.
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So I'm trying to research cars that I never would have ever considered buying. My grandparents were in a really bad wreck last week. My grandpa, in his 2004-ish Buick Le sabre, was waved on by the lead tree removal truck in a convoy and he turned left - unaware that a driver was using the half-lane to go around these trucks at about fifty. She hit his passenger door, killing my grandma instantly. No side airbags in the car. My grandpa is home recovering now and soon will need to replace his Buick. He is thinking something certified pre-owned, and wants something like his Le Sabre but newer. Preferably Buick but he's also open to Ford. So I'm thinking Impala, Lucerne (do they still make that?) or Taurus. Another thing - he's ninety years old. Many would say he shouldn't be driving anymore, but he's still in good health and other than this accident (which, while being his fault, isn't something I'd say age had anything to do with) he's a capable driver. Slow, and hates interstates, but around town he's fine. But he isn't going to want a ton of modern technology because he isn't going to understand it or use it. Oh - he hasn't forgiven the Japanese for Pearl Harbor, so anything Japanese is out of the question, even if it's built in America. Thoughts?
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 14:59 |
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He just killed his wife and probably maimed the person driving the other car. maybe he shouldn’t be driving.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 15:04 |
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Jesus Christ. Maybe teach him to use uber or lyft for a bit.
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euphronius posted:He just killed his wife and probably maimed the person driving the other car. maybe he shouldn’t be driving. The other person was unhurt. Both parties were found at fault (apparently, I haven't seen the report). He turned in front of a bunch of trucks that waved him by (as they were turning left coming from the other way) and his view of the right half-lane/shoulder or whatever you wanna call it was blocked. No markings to indicate there is a lane, but people use it as a lane to go around vehicles turning left. One of those deals. Anyway, he shouldn't have gone but I can't say that he shouldn't be driving based on that accident. Throatwarbler posted:Jesus Christ. Maybe teach him to use uber or lyft for a bit. hah, he doesn't have a smartphone so that'll be hard.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 16:30 |
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Man you said it was his fault in the op.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 16:58 |
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euphronius posted:Man you said it was his fault in the op. No they didn't. But don't let your 90 year old racist Grandpa drive, JFC.
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Wow that is quite a story. Tell him to spend the money on a basic smartphone and service for Uber/Lyft instead of a car. It seems like a great alternative to driving for all tech savvy olds. In fact if I worked for Uber/Lyft I'd be hella pushing that marketing material out, there are tons of kids of boomers who would see those ads and strongly consider telling mom/dad to start that up, seems like a huge relatively untapped market since rideshare is a new concept.
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If he does get a new car, something small will be more manageable to drive and decrease the likelihood anyone else he hits dies. My grandfather was in the exact same place and it loving sucked, but we eventually got him to turn in the keys. At least see if you can get him evaled by a doctor.
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CornHolio posted:So I'm trying to research cars that I never would have ever considered buying. 90 year olds have no business driving.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 17:35 |
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He doesn't even necessarily need to learn Uber/Lyft, many communities have dial-a-ride services for seniors. This was a problem long solved before ridesharing apps were a thing.
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nm posted:If he does get a new car, something small will be more manageable to drive and decrease the likelihood anyone else he hits dies. He has just been evaluated by a number of doctors. He was in the hospital. They say he's good to drive and live alone once he's healed, assuming there aren't any further complications. I'm not about to get into the "seniors shouldn't drive" argument. I don't disagree that they should be tested but my grandfather is in pretty drat good shape for ninety (well he was, before his accident but he's expected to have a 100% recovery). He wants nothing to do with uber/lyft and it's pretty poo poo in our area anyway (not to mention I generally disagree with their entire business model, but that's a topic for yet another thread). He wants a car of roughly equivalent size to his Le Sabre.
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# ? Jun 6, 2019 18:13 |
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A Prius would be best... Just get a Regal with every safety feature he can afford. Or an Encore with a more manageable engine. Uthor fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Just get a new Buick and don't tell him the good ones are German.
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heffray posted:Just get a new Buick and don't tell him the good ones are German. He still has a 1991 Dodge Spirit that I'm pretty sure was made in Mexico. He hates anything having to do with Mexico. I don't know if he's in denial about it or accepted it but I always found that amusing.
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Racism isn't really that amusingCornHolio posted:He has just been evaluated by a number of doctors. He was in the hospital. They say he's good to drive I could be wrong but I don't think doctors 'officially' evaluate fitness for driving in any way outside of physical limitations or serious health problems that could cause spontaneous confusion (e.g. dementia) or unconsciousness (e.g. fainting issues, heart issues) behind the wheel. The fact that your grandpa does not have the aforementioned problems doesn't mean doctors are saying he's 'good to drive' from what I understand. The lower reaction times of even a healthy 90 year old should probably be disqualifying in a rational world, but the medical community is not in the business of making that call. Just because he legally can drive doesn't mean it's a good idea, do you see that angle? Depending on where you live I'm still not sold on Uber/Lyft being a non-solution. Whatever economic argument you may have seems moot if there are sane people of their own accord willing to be drivers in your area. Something Offal fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jun 6, 2019 |
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Something Offal posted:Racism isn't really that amusing quote:I could be wrong but I don't think doctors 'officially' evaluate fitness for driving in any way outside of physical limitations or serious health problems that could cause spontaneous confusion (e.g. dementia) or unconsciousness (e.g. fainting issues, heart issues) behind the wheel. The fact that your grandpa does not have the aforementioned problems doesn't mean doctors are saying he's 'good to drive' from what I understand. The lower reaction times of even a healthy 90 year old should probably be disqualifying in a rational world, but the medical community is not in the business of making that call. Oh don't get me wrong, he's old and I'm sure his reaction times aren't that of a twenty-year-old, but I've not seen any evidence that would suggest he's severely unfit to drive. And if I did, I... well, I don't know if there's anything I could do, honestly, because he's pretty stubborn and has been driving his whole life, but I'd at least bring it up I guess? He's a very independent person, always has been, and absolutely hates the idea of being reliant on other people.
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He just killed your grandmother !!!
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CornHolio posted:Oh don't get me wrong, he's old and I'm sure his reaction times aren't that of a twenty-year-old, but I've not seen any evidence that would suggest he's severely unfit to drive. And if I did, I... well, I don't know if there's anything I could do, honestly, because he's pretty stubborn and has been driving his whole life, but I'd at least bring it up I guess? Just Google it man, this is a common conversation that millions of families have and will keep having until self driving cars are mainstream, and yes there are probably ways of forcing him out of the keys if you do feel he is unfit.
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