Good on gas and rumor has it that it will float in case you live in a flood zone... ;)
I have been waiting for the election because I have a feeling that Clinton will continue the leftist policies of crawling up gas prices.
However, I have been looking for a car, just in case. My goodness!
Everything out there is chock full of electronics that will make them obsolete soon.
Everything out there looks like a shiny, overgrown bug.
I think I need something a bit more more butch-looking.
I look longingly at jeep wranglers, but I am told that they are unreliable and break big things like transmissions.
I probably should have four wheel or all wheel drive. Because I live on the snow belt, at the end of a half mile drive way. Although the golf did navigate well.
I have looked at the so called SUVs, and they are just cars, none have a truck frame or the ruggedness I had with my old 90's SUVs.
Is there a vehicle out there that is moderately comfortable, good mileage, little to no electronics, and durable?
Not something that I am expected to work on, because aside from playing with the distributor cap on my old MGB, I try to stay out of from under the hood. I just found out there are no more distributor caps. Shocking!
What is a chickensoup to do?
I’ve got a 2015 Jetta TDI but they haven’t given me a ‘turn in’ date yet. Patiently waiting....
What about Toyota 4Runner? I find the current version’s sheet metal rather ugly, but it’s supposed to be quite good off road, OK on road. I have the prior version (2007), and it’s been great.
There is a guy down the road from me with a ‘73 Gold Duster with just 39,000 original miles.
cash out. buy something old and easy to fix.
I keep a MGB around for just that ;)
Is vw or the guvmint making you turn it in? I have always thought that vw diesels are very tough. vehicles today last twice as long as 30 years ago. people are regularly getting 300k out of cars with proper upkeep. Just wondering about the turn in.
I live in Idaho. We get major snow each year. Truck country here. Most in my town drive Tacomas. I have a 05 and hubby has a 02.
His is better for off-road and dirt.
Good on gas and rumor has it that it will float in case you live in a flood zone... ;)
Given fair unmolested election results, Trump should win in a huge landslide, but that’s my opinion.
Hitlery’a conduct as President and the election results are in question. We have no idea what policies she will bring about. We have no idea how the general public will react. She could continue with the slow painful de-Americanizing of our culture as with obama, or she could go all out. I think she’s nuts, as in Hitler, and will go all out with a vengeance.
About your car? If you are uncertain, hang on to what you have. Voting is just a few days away.
Mazda CX-5
All wheel drive
Fuel efficient
Looks nice
The base model doesn’t have all the electronics
Lots of interior room
Not built by the UAW
By today’s standards - Cheap
There are people restoring old 80’s and 90’s Toyota SR5 4X4 pickups, as well as 1st gen 4 Runners. They’re going to seem a little primitive compared to what you’ll be coming out of, but they fit the bill, especially with the bullet-proof 22R 4 cylinder and 5-speed manual. Pulling top dollar for perfect ones, I recently saw a ‘92 extended cab, practically as new in every way, original but refurbished with OEM to replace any possible wear and tear, it sold at auction for a little over $20K.
About a year ago I bought a 2015 Impala from Car Max. It was a rent-a-car company vehicle, with about 17,000 miles. I had Car Max put in a back-up camera, leather seats and got a guarantee out to 125,000 miles. All for under $20K, registration fee (i.e. sales tax) included).
V-6, 305 HP (faster than my old ‘69 GTO to 60 and in the 1/4 mile by about a second in both cases!!!), but gets 30 mpg on the highway with its 6-speed transmission. PLENTY of room inside for 5 and a bunch of luggage. Reliability will not ever be a problem.
Fuel may be more than a Jetta or other economy car, but you have more safety, more room and great durability. You will get your money’s worth.
Is it the perfect car? Nope, no such animal. But its damned practical, yet fun if I want to punch it on the open road (it hits 100 very fast, and at that speed it feels like its doing only about 75.
No real reason to insist on body-on-frame these days unless you’re a true off-roader. If you have to have one, Toyota 4Runner and Sequoia (even FJ) are good bets. You might get a used Nissan Armada (or Xterra) for less than the Toyotas. I don’t think anything small has BOF except Wrangler.
keep your TDI until it hits 375,000
I love my 2015 TDI beetle
But in California, I’m pretty sure they won’t let me re register it. Oh, sure, with a ‘fix’ that hurts mileage, performance and reliability....
Shame, excellent car.
I post you this from Lander’s Dodge Jeep service department waiting for my 2007 Wrangler to come crawling out of the garage. Had an airbag recall rectified, and scheduled service done on the front, and rear differentials, and the transfer case.
142,000 miles, zero troubles.
My wife liked mine enough for me to get her one, also.
128,000 miles, zero troubles.
You can bet that my next vehicle will be a Jeep Wrangler.
Old Tech:
Morgan? http://www.morgancars-usa.com/
Or maybe you could find a Lada?
For 4 wheel drive, you might want to look at Subaru. (But decline the optional rainbow sticker). But they are going to be loaded with EMP sensitive electronics like all modern western cars.
I’ve had a couple of Jeep Patriots and been satisfied with them except that they’re a little less soundproofed than the more costly models. But I can live with a little noise; keeps me awake!
And they pi$$ off liberals, with that P word.
Consider: if you drive 12,000 miles a year and get 25 miles to the gallon, that means you buy 480 gallons a year.
Now you're not going to get your fuel for free, so let's guess that fuel could go up a dollar a gallon. That's $480 dollars a year.
My Social Security taxes EVERY MONTH are more than that. NY State didn't have a sales tax when I bought my first car. Now it's 8.75% where I grew up, which in most cases is more than the profit the company that produced whatever one buys made on that item. But I left NY and started working in NJ when there was NO income tax here. Now I pay something around that $480 EVERY MONTH for NJ income tax and get nothing more than when I paid ZERO.
Think of how a magician deceives people by directing their attention away from wherever the rabbit comes from. The Left uses fuel prices in a similar manner. Government is most working people's largest expense.
Drive what you like driving.
ML/NJ
Jeep and reliability didn’t go in the same sentence a whole lot.
A few months back, I was in a parts house getting some electrical stuff for a jeep. The guy there said he has sold a lot of replacement electrical stuff for jeeps lately.
It was modern era stuff. Mine is from 1965. He thought it was funny. I’m having to custom make wiring on this one as I go.
I have a TDI but I am in a no-test state (FL) and I am strongly debating keeping mine. My question to you is about the airbag from Takata, which you say will not be replaced (If I understand your posting!) Where is the source of your information?
My understanding is that the owner has the option of taking the buy-back (car will be trashed) or keeping the car and getting a cash payment. As I understand the legalities, if I keep the car, the Takata airbag will be replaced at no cost to me under the entirely separate Takata recall.