10-09-2020, 07:13 AM | #31 | |
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10-09-2020, 07:25 AM | #32 | |
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But yes, by all means go and buy a brand new Golf that is low to the ground and drive it through winter where it will get chipped up from salt trucks and the front spoiler ripped off by clods of snow left behind by the plows Seriously though, a Golf is a great choice but I can't imagine going and buying a new car just to subject to winter |
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10-09-2020, 07:31 AM | #33 |
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The best solution would be for you and WDC to split the cost of a used CX-5. She could use it the two weeks a year she needs to haul her son, friends and dog somewhere, and you could use it the two weeks a year there is snow on the roads in NE.
Store it in Clyde's lawn when not in use, it should be about half way between ATL and BOS. Problem solved for both of you.
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10-09-2020, 08:24 AM | #34 | |
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Lol - perfect! In all seriousness, I do think a relatively cheap AWD crossover could be the right poor weather complement to the M3. I agree with lem that I wouldn’t want to drive a Miata as a winter beater either.
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10-09-2020, 08:27 AM | #35 | |
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10-09-2020, 08:42 AM | #36 |
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You guys are funny.
Just a quick reminder that I do have close to the best vehicle ever made when it comes to snow - the hakka-equipped LR4. Neither the Miata nor M3 are meant to be used on any kind of packed snow. Basically, in winter: 1) Dry, clean roads: M3 2) Wet, slushy sandy, recently salted roads with perhaps light snowfall or early into moderate snowfall: Miata 3) Active medium to heavy snowfall, or morning after heavy snowfall where I still I need to go to work: LR4 Last edited by FC; 10-09-2020 at 08:53 AM. |
10-09-2020, 08:46 AM | #37 | |
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10-09-2020, 08:53 AM | #38 |
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It is. See my post above.
It's just that that SUV is expensive to run, my wife loves it and it's her primary car, and I do want to baby it because there is nothing like it out there. But if the weather is bad enough, heck yeah I will take it. I just don't expect it to happen very often at all given that the state has become super wimpy and they shut down if anything is remotely bad, and people just work from home and will be doing that more often post-COVID on bad weather days. Last edited by FC; 10-09-2020 at 09:04 AM. |
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