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Originally Posted by John V
(Post 572264)
I'm with you that the Challenger isn't fun. I think a Camaro or Mustang would be. And like those cars, a 1er has a big enough back seat for the dog as well as a human, at least for short trips.
The use case here is for a daily driver and winter beater, and weekend runabout when we have the dog with us. So pretty much every weekend when we go hiking.
As much as I hate to admit it, the best option is something like a 128. Cheap enough that I won't care about driving it through the winter. Sized properly for two adults and an occasional third passenger. RWD, stick, with a reasonably charismatic engine. The problem is they are so fucking ugly I can't bring myself to buy one :lol:
Hence why I'll be having this conversation two years from now :ack:
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As much of a Ford partisan as I have been/am, I just...can't see driving the Mustang for duty like this. Admittedly I haven't driven a new EcoBoost performance pack or whatever, but I recall renting a Mustang turbo and an A4 at the same time on our trip to AZ and that Audi was just...more fun to drive. All around, all the time, in the canyons, on the freeway, everywhere. The fact that the Mustang was RWD and the Audi was AWD really didn't help the Mustang.
Audis with sticks are hard to find, but I'd buy an A4 manual before a Mustang as a practical daily every single time, esp if winter driving was one use case.
You know what you need, and I'm not even kidding? A 996. Get a cheapish one. They don't cost a ton these days, even with 911 prices what they are, and while the IMS issue is an Achilles heel, you could do the retrofit in a weekend if you find a car that hasn't already had it done. With winter tires even a RWD 996 is good in the snow. It doesn't have a lot of space inside but it's not that much less than a Mustang.
EDIT: Like this one. I don't love the aerokit and probably could do without the AWD, but it's had the IMS bearing done and also has the slick PCM Classic upgrade, which is pretty cool.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-carrera-4-28/
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