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#1 ·
New to the forums. Currently have a BMW 330xi as my vehicle to get to the mountain. See where that's a problem? More than a couple inches on the road and I am screwed..


Looking for input on what vehicles you all drive to the mountain. I have about 12k to put into this. Maybe more.

Thanks for input--

-Alex
 
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#246 ·
tahoe is awesome. we need more snow but it will come. there are a lot of subarus on the road here along with ford and gmc trucks, plenty audis and anything else with awd/4wd.

your location is a mountain near me. which one?

alasdair
 
#247 ·
nice, yea I heard they favor sti's over evo's over there too ( my buddy is big into those things)

I live in NY so the east coast is pretty much my stomping ground. Although I do get around :laugh: I've got cousin's near Whistler, a business parnter in Portland, and couple friends in CO so once the season is full swinggin the trips will start

I need to move out there though I just want to put enough $ aside so when I do come to the west, I can relax for a year and not have to worry about things
 
#254 ·
I know one thing, its a LOT cheaper to fix anything american versus something foreign. Ill stick with whats tried and true.

btw I got a friend with a vdub, he was sold on them till now. Biggest POS youll ever see. His moms passat had an engine oil sludge issue that vdub wouldnt warranty. He has had a ton of electrical issues with his gti. he wont buy another one once someone buys his. :dunno: itsa nice ass car, but its about as reliable as a pile of dogshit:dunno:
 
#255 · (Edited)
Ugh... I hate to say it's true... but it is. I've loved Vdubs and still do but still don't own one because I've see what my brother has gone through with his old GTi and his old Jetta. They're really a car you should own if you have the funds to keep up with it, do it yourself, or have a magical mechanic from Germany at your disposal. And sometimes you just get lucky and get one with no problems. But I'd say that electrical problems are almost always a Vdub issue.

So till I can afford to own the Vdub I've always wanted, I'll stick the the japanese cars that have always treated me better. I'll post a pic of my car for this thread later on too.

btw, thanks alasdairm for the explanation on the angled carrier, that actually makes perfect sense now hah.
 
#259 ·
No, but it does need to meet the overall forum code of conduct and right now, you are just tossing insults out willy nilly. I suggest you just drop it and move on or the thread wil be closed.
A few people on this thread are, so done deal. Lets just keep showin off pix of our whips ;)
Mine at the moment:

Not exactly snow material though, I'd love to get into something like this again(my old car, sold to a buddy now in North Carolina)


If anyone knows of an 03-06 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS for sale or trade lemme know, I'm super interested. Amazing AWD, rugged dependability, and 28mpg is just hard to beat Best overall snow car besides a WRX/STI in my opinion, but whatever we drive, I'm sure we can all agree that the stoke of riding is whats important, as long as we get up there thats what matters:thumbsup:
 
#267 ·
HAHAHAHA!!! Mission accomplished, I'll go to croxley's and do something dumb like spill a beer and french fry at the same time :laugh:

What kinda loser wants a Tonka truck?!

Get a Hess truck douche!

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/12/16-22/HES_2159.JPG

(for the record I've been recently chatting with Johnny. Consider me a new friend not a random douchebag)
well you know what make fun of the Tonka truck but its the SHIT, bottom line. I'll take out the Hess truck any day :cheeky4:
 
#266 ·
05 Chevy 1500 crew cab...just put a cap on it so i can haul the gear and keep it locked up. Holds 4 guys comfortably, can do 6 if need be and all the gear. Great tail gate for eating lunch on. Havent had a snow storm stop me yet! I've pushed snow up over the hood getting up the mountain before.
 
#270 ·
I'd like to see the MPG on one of those Johnny

Whelp I went from a chevy truck owner for the past 10+ years to a sports car in the summer and got for the winter a typical beat up american shit box; 1997 Pontiac Sunfire. I hate FWD but I'll survive.
 
#274 · (Edited)
Yeup, since my accident with the sports bike over a year ago due to the deer I kinda lost the other purpose of having the truck for transporting it. While it did good practicality wise in sense to have all year long I wanted something for my adrenaline rush and traded it in for an RX-8. Only downside obviously was not as feasible to drive it during the winter as I'd hate to get snow on it so went and got a winter beater.

I looked over the WRX and Evo's but while they have great performance and are great for snow, handling wise through corners they got nothing on the 8 although I would of drove either of those all year long. Plus the 8 is unique as I hardly see anyone with them on the road ^_^. Just enjoy trying different things in life.

I'd definitely will eventually get a truck on the side down the road wherever and whenever I move next to in the country side.
 
#276 ·
Yea but only on non winter roads, I'm not talking winter handling heh. Those cars are known to handle up top comparible to a Porsche, they're really good. Power wise they don't got much, especially on accel, but once you're past 1st gear they rev nicely up to 9-10k RPM. Definitely not a drag car if that's what someone buys them for. They are race car oriented for tracks, not drags.

I will say I get a lot of looks due to it. Got the smiling attention of quite a few wimmen at Okemo when I went to pick up a season pass a few weeks ago :D
 
#279 · (Edited)
They're underpowered in accel yes, but they still go faster through the corner than majority of cars in their divisions and easily lead in those classes. Turbocharging offers more power in the 300-400 whp range. Again, only those who want drag cars complain of the lack of torque. It's a car for people who love track based cars and not going in a straight line for 10 seconds.

As for the returns I'd have to say that's quite opinionated. The only issue has to do with the engine which comes down to maintenance and being a car enthusiastic to know what you're doing on them. It's not a DD car for the typical consumer who doesn't know a thing about rotary engines. Even for those who don't care to take care of them well there is an 8yr/100k mile warranty for all years up to this year for engine coverage.
 
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