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The Or just buy a vehicle that’s already capable off the show room floor. LoL The bolt stuff on crowd is a tiny tiny subset of the entire vehicle user population. Tiny really tiny...

For 15 yrs, 4 of us did coastal range 7-12 day backpacking trips in a 1980 2door 5 spd, 1.3L non turbo diesel VW dasher think big VW Rabbit. Those trips had about an hour 30 min on rough logging roads to the trail head. We never had any issues except doing the climb past MT Shasta on the highway...

Its cool when were all piled Comfortably into our big ass wagons going on a big trip. The LC was fun in town but actually pretty lousy on long trips. Not as lousy as a soft top jeep (thats a whole other level of lousy) but still pretty lousy. The US is fairly unique in how far and fast we can...

I was in Moab last summer 12 day trip. Not counting mud / rainy thunderstorm season and the slick as ice mud dry season any stock 4x4 vehicle can do the popular dirt roads easily. CO I’d rather just ride a dirt bike I can enjoy the sights far more with more time to enjoy them vs trying to shoe...

The LC isn’t comparable to a full size. I had a J80 for 7 yrs. Liked it but it wasn’t amazing or magically better than the Domestic stuff its just smaller. I moved on to the Sequoia which was actually much much better than the LC for just about everything, range, power, mileage, space, comfort...

Marketing nuff said

My answer would be the least modified and most Adult owned soccer mom option I could find for a logical price. Of which the Tacoma has never made my list given used ones that are Adult owned and stock with sensible pricing don’t exist. Which is why the only mid sized PU I nearly purchased was a...

Who takes a 8lb sledge camping? Lighten up francis

I’ve noticed many are now tethered by big heavy chains on a short 4ft leash. The last one I came across was tethered in a bizarre spot that screwed up the whole camp site. Bring a 8lb sledge to knock the pad lock off the chain.

Yup. A buddy at a subaru dealer started seeing brand new WRXs with less than 20k on them coming in with torched clutches about 15yrs ago. Talking like 2 a month or more. His Uncle worked at the VW dealer said they see the same thing. My last subaru manual went 150,000 miles with lots of towing...

All of my Toyotas had faulty parts not covered by TSBs in fact Honda and Toyota not counting Mitsubishi have a pretty lousy record of admitting they have bad parts. Number of TSBs is not a indication of Quality it is however an indication that a company is willing to address faulty parts. Honda...

I thought the same living in the Bay Area even having a rental I maintain in SF. I bought a 2019 Expedition. Its wide but has a turning radius slightly larger than my old Subaru and identical height as my 06 Sequoia. The 360 camera system is awesome in tight places I park it in tight under...

Oh yeah!!!! My MT bike and feet can for sure go where the apparently magical TACO cant go. And my former Sequoia and now Expedition gets me to those places more efficiently than any Taco ?

For one thing Chinese made means broken or poorly done items don’t typically match off the shelf replacement parts here. In the RV owner world thats a huge pain in the ********.

Just fyi 250k yr is average income in my hood. The folks making 300-600k yr typically do tent camping out of the beater mini van or beater SUV. A very very rare few have bought used small travel trailers or tired Roadtreks that see maybe a week use out of the yr. Its very uncool and not...

Its actually impressive how much grunt these modern gas engines have in the low RPM ranges. This is the 3.5L 2019 Ford Expedition Platinum which does have a different power rating than the lower trims. My 06 4.7L V8 didn’t start to get good grunt till you were up into the 2500+ range. These...

My heavy tow package 3.73 ratio 2019 Expedition with the 10spd runs between 1600-1900rpm on typical highway trips. 75mph its in the 1900ish range.

Mileage at a cost. Everything comes down to cost per mile. I’m pretty happy with my 3.5 Ecoboost and I really like diesels. My use pattern would wreck a modern diesel in 6months. Err diesel emissions system... I rarely see more than 8 min of highway during the week. The 400hp and crazy ftlb at...

They still offer 0% loans but today they offer cash for cash. They do this to make cash deals interesting. In 2016 we did 0% loan on my wifes car paid it off in 2 yrs. There was zero incentive to pay cash.

The biggest Economic failure being watched like its the Corona Virus is debt owed on depreciating items. Auto companies are offering cash for cash deals to reduce their financing exposure. For toys like these most people are likely using line of credit on their home. Yes they likely will owe...