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7863. iiibbb - 3/4/2012 9:42:32 PM That's actually the car I would be most interested in getting, but biodiesel is notorious for gelling... so I'm not quite sure the VW's win over just a plain-old Honda Civic or something.
I'm going to be buying a used car in the near future and I'm having a devil of a time deciding since I'm soon to be moving where there is a lot of lake-effect snow (although not this year). 7864. arkymalarky - 3/4/2012 9:45:49 PM My non-hybrid civic gets 35-37 mpg. 7865. Wombat - 3/4/2012 9:47:15 PM iiibbb,
I wanted a station wagon to replace the 1996 Subaru Outback I had been using. The Subaru needed hi-test gas and got miserable mileage. The Jetta wagon gets twice the mileage per gallon, for about the same price per gallon. 7866. iiibbb - 3/4/2012 9:54:59 PM Jetta Wagon is great, but I worry about living in upstate NY with a diesel... plus the used market for Jetta TDI seems weak --- people aren't selling them or for a premium. 7867. concerned - 3/4/2012 9:55:27 PM Why foist it on a commercial fleet?
Or perhaps municipal fleets or public transportation. This has been done with natural gas, propane and even fuel cells, if I recall properly. Plus starting out this way would lay the groundwork for a fueling infrastructure that could be translated to general use down the road.
As far as the Volt goes, hardly anybody says anything about an electric recharging infrastructure. It's more like the world's most expensive golf cart.
7868. iiibbb - 3/4/2012 9:57:50 PM The Saturn I bought new is 16 yrs old with 200K on it... has never had a lick of trouble that you wouldn't expect... and gets 35 hwy (originally 20) and around 30 city (originally 35).
Not a lover of the Saturn company, but this car was a great car for what I spent.
I even autocrossed it for 7 years. 7869. concerned - 3/4/2012 9:59:24 PM Well, I'm looking at another used care down the road, probably a hybrid when they aren't significantly more expensive used than internal combustion only vehicles. I wasted all my extra bucks on a predatory geothermal heat pump company that cost me tens of thousands of excess dollars. It's the turn of others to get sucked into the Volt scam. 7870. iiibbb - 3/4/2012 9:59:31 PM originally 40 mpg hwy 7871. concerned - 3/4/2012 10:00:11 PM ...used car.... 7872. Wombat - 3/4/2012 10:12:59 PM iiibbb,
Where trucks go, diesel is available. In August, I drove from the DC-area out to southern Indiana and back by way of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York State, and Connecticut. I had no problem finding diesel. I would have thought the used market on VW diesels is nonexistent. My car gets 40-50 mpg highways; 30-40 mpg suburban driving. 7873. iiibbb - 3/4/2012 10:17:41 PM It's not non-existent, but there are no deals. Although I found an 8-yr old one for $6500 (probably because it's a manual - which I want). I don't quite have that cash yet... we've been struggling with my unemployment and only just getting back on our feet. 7874. thoughtful - 3/5/2012 2:32:02 PM If you're dealing with snow, it's all wheel drive or nothing, IMO. Even tho it means sacrificing some mileage....you get 0 miles to gallon once a car is totalled. 7875. iiibbb - 3/5/2012 3:37:28 PM There is a saying in my line of work... AWD just gets you further into the woods before you get stuck.
It can be extended to... it has you driving in conditions you probably shouldn't.
Front Wheel drive with appropriate tires is quite manageable in the snow. My wife is a AWD person and used to say the same thing when we met... then we had a bad ice storm and she got her car stuck high-centering it on an ice berm. I pulled it off with my FWD car.
You can also have all the traction and stopping power in the world, but you car will still be totaled by the moron with bald tires and a RWD truck. 7876. iiibbb - 3/5/2012 3:46:43 PM This stuff never gets old
7877. thoughtful - 3/5/2012 3:56:20 PM Well, my experience is the opposite. I used to have a lot of hills between me and work, and more times than not, FW drive cars were stuck on the hills, but my subaru got me past them nicely.
I am not a fan of 4 wd as I lost control once because the wheels grab differently and i was shot back and forth across the road in the truck...another time hubby was going up a hill nicely and suddenly did a 180 in the truck. So I'm much more leery of 4wd. 7878. iiibbb - 3/5/2012 4:31:36 PM Using your head is still >>> Drivetrain
The modern computer assisted stability control are pretty impressive. We bought a Subaru Forester last year and we had to take it up a muddy field. It did it when several older 4WD couldn't do it.
It just depends.
I put snow tires on my car for the first time this winter and I was amazed at the difference on ice. 7879. Jenerator - 3/8/2012 8:55:27 PM How many of you are going to be purchasing the iPad3? 7880. arkymalarky - 3/9/2012 12:58:26 AM I'm a droid girl and Stan's school just got him an ipad2. We got our SIL one for Christmas, so I don't know who's getting one. Are you? 7881. iiibbb - 3/9/2012 5:25:43 AM no.. agree with kindle ad... I can get a kindle and an android for the price of a ipad. 7882. thoughtful - 3/9/2012 2:00:29 PM I have an ipad2 and it's fabulous as it is...I think I'll skip a gen or 2 before I reinvest. So often the upgrades do not provide quantum improvements....or at least quantum enough for me to notice....
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