Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Zoom, zoom, zoom ...
Tried on each of these this morning ...
a Toyota RAV4, a Dodge Dakota and a Jeep Wrangler ...
... and my inner redneck WANTS THE JEEP!
No rush, as long as the '95 Mazda (Bird's college car) holds out.
--ER
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I was looking at the opposite end of the spectrum, smaller, sporty. Like a Jetta or a Fusion. With gas approaching $4/gallon, those seemed like wiser choices.
Thank gods there isn't a picture of a Toyota pickup in this post. ;)
Thank gods there isn't a picture of a Toyota pickup in this post. ;)
Dude! Toyotas are built in Alabama! And Texas! NASCAR let Toyota in this year, and there went the neighborhood. Nothing, alas, is sacred.
BTW, each of these would be an improvement in gas mileage over the behemoth. Especially the RAV4. ... Hmmm ....
Next half-day I take to do this, I'm going to look at cars just cars. Mebbe I'll trade for a lil all-wheel car to drive, forget about 4WD, and buy an old pickup later to have. ...
BTW, each of these would be an improvement in gas mileage over the behemoth. Especially the RAV4. ... Hmmm ....
Next half-day I take to do this, I'm going to look at cars just cars. Mebbe I'll trade for a lil all-wheel car to drive, forget about 4WD, and buy an old pickup later to have. ...
The RAV 4 was on our list when we bought Brian's Escape 4 years ago, it seemed pretty good, but the Escape had a lot more room (but the trade off was gas mileage.)
Alabama? Texas? Those are not selling points in my book. ;) Everyone knows that if you want a good Philly cheese steak you go to Philadelphia. If you want good BBQ, you go to Memphis. And if you want a car built you come to Detroit.
I happen to have a one month subscription to Consumers Reports online that I was using to look at used car reliability, etc. If you want me to run a check on anything lemme know.
Alabama? Texas? Those are not selling points in my book. ;) Everyone knows that if you want a good Philly cheese steak you go to Philadelphia. If you want good BBQ, you go to Memphis. And if you want a car built you come to Detroit.
I happen to have a one month subscription to Consumers Reports online that I was using to look at used car reliability, etc. If you want me to run a check on anything lemme know.
So, I'm guessing you're independently wealthy and can afford endless gallons at $4 a pop?
Are you nuts!!??
Are you nuts!!??
Er,
When I finally pay off my 1500 HD (Dan, I've been in construction for 25 years and need to have a large truck)I'm going the Wrangler Unlimited route. As an ex CJ-7 owner it will be good to get back to a Jeep. Although I need the space until the young uns leave home. So go for the Wrangler.
When I finally pay off my 1500 HD (Dan, I've been in construction for 25 years and need to have a large truck)I'm going the Wrangler Unlimited route. As an ex CJ-7 owner it will be good to get back to a Jeep. Although I need the space until the young uns leave home. So go for the Wrangler.
Jeep.
Not quite the Harley you really need, but close.
But say doesn't that Jeep have a "wide stance"?
Not quite the Harley you really need, but close.
But say doesn't that Jeep have a "wide stance"?
"E aho la'ula"
Wider is better. Just ask Larry Craig.
(Jeeps are so gay, BTW. You may as well be driving a VW Cabriolet, the gayest car ever made.)
:)
Wider is better. Just ask Larry Craig.
(Jeeps are so gay, BTW. You may as well be driving a VW Cabriolet, the gayest car ever made.)
:)
Jeeps gay? Do what?
Dan, safety is the most important thing to me, actually. I covered too many bloody wrecks as a cub. Big = safety ... and, alas, not-as-good mileage.
The RAV4 sticker said 20 to 24 mpg, I believe. But it was a 2WD. 4WD would be 18-22 mpg.
Which is better than the 14-16 mpg by Dodge 1500 full-cab 4WD used to get, and way better than the approximately 5 mpg it got the last time I drove it. It's very sick, my beloved behemoth.
Dan, safety is the most important thing to me, actually. I covered too many bloody wrecks as a cub. Big = safety ... and, alas, not-as-good mileage.
The RAV4 sticker said 20 to 24 mpg, I believe. But it was a 2WD. 4WD would be 18-22 mpg.
Which is better than the 14-16 mpg by Dodge 1500 full-cab 4WD used to get, and way better than the approximately 5 mpg it got the last time I drove it. It's very sick, my beloved behemoth.
"Jeeps gay? Do what?"
Yup, sorry. They just are. I don't make the rules. Capri pants for guys? Yeah, not my idea either.
"Re, ""E aho la'ula"
???"
It's from the old ad campaign for Pontiac, when they redesigned the Grand Am, I think, and made the wheel base wider. They claimed it was more stable, like a wider surf board. Thus every commercial contained the Hawaiian phrase: E aho la'ula, wider is better.
Geez, don't you watch TV? :)
Yup, sorry. They just are. I don't make the rules. Capri pants for guys? Yeah, not my idea either.
"Re, ""E aho la'ula"
???"
It's from the old ad campaign for Pontiac, when they redesigned the Grand Am, I think, and made the wheel base wider. They claimed it was more stable, like a wider surf board. Thus every commercial contained the Hawaiian phrase: E aho la'ula, wider is better.
Geez, don't you watch TV? :)
"Most Toyotas are built here in California by gay, vegetarian, atheists. Just saying..."
See? An even better reason not to buy a Toyota! Who want's a truck made by a ....
*shudder*
.... vegetarian??!?
:)
See? An even better reason not to buy a Toyota! Who want's a truck made by a ....
*shudder*
.... vegetarian??!?
:)
I've owned a RAV4 for two years. Not a single problem. Currently fill-up costs $44, and it's gettting great gas milleage.
# posted by 
: 8:07 PM
: 8:07 PM
Well, gay vegetarian atheists got to eat, too.
:-)
What is the RAV4's optional "electronic automatic 4WD" or whatever? It's not all-wheel drive they're trying to pass off as 4WD, is it? I did like the heighth of the one I test-sat. ... just ran out of time this morning to drive it.
:-)
What is the RAV4's optional "electronic automatic 4WD" or whatever? It's not all-wheel drive they're trying to pass off as 4WD, is it? I did like the heighth of the one I test-sat. ... just ran out of time this morning to drive it.
Dan, safety is the most important thing to me, actually. I covered too many bloody wrecks as a cub. Big = safety ... and, alas, not-as-good mileage.
Well, then, get a tank and be done with it.
Of course, once everyone has a tank, then you'll need to get a bigger tank so as to be safe, but then you'll be good.
...until everyone else needs a bigger tank to be safe, then you'll need, maybe one of those mega-sized Earth movers?
(Y'all know this is good-natured grief this pedestrian/cyclist is giving you, right? I'm concerned about safety, too. Which is why I want all of you out of the damnable trucks/hummers/suvs - unless you're actually using it for work because you actually need it...)
Well, then, get a tank and be done with it.
Of course, once everyone has a tank, then you'll need to get a bigger tank so as to be safe, but then you'll be good.
...until everyone else needs a bigger tank to be safe, then you'll need, maybe one of those mega-sized Earth movers?
(Y'all know this is good-natured grief this pedestrian/cyclist is giving you, right? I'm concerned about safety, too. Which is why I want all of you out of the damnable trucks/hummers/suvs - unless you're actually using it for work because you actually need it...)
I use a pickup often enough to want to own one. BUT, I admit the confluence to two things is making me willing to downsize for ny daily ride; Gas prices, and the fact that although it grieves me to give it up, I actually did have the "Cowboy Cadillac" I always wanted. And having something like that that you actually want, for so long, is a pretty rare thing in life.
Dude, I wish it were possible to be a pedestrian/bicyclist in the OKC area, but it's not, not if you live in a 'burb and work in anothber 'burb, or work in the city. And we don't have any public transportation worth a damn either.
Give me a job where i can work online, and I'll just get a small used pickup to toodle around in and to make bread and milk runs.
Dude, I wish it were possible to be a pedestrian/bicyclist in the OKC area, but it's not, not if you live in a 'burb and work in anothber 'burb, or work in the city. And we don't have any public transportation worth a damn either.
Give me a job where i can work online, and I'll just get a small used pickup to toodle around in and to make bread and milk runs.
ER, in 1938 there was a PC Car trolley line 4 miles East of your home that ran every 15 minutes down to OKC. It went all over OKC, on out to El Reno, and on down to Norman and the toll bridge over the S. Canadian River. By 1940 it didn't exist even though it had almost a 100% ridership.
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