Advice on 4X4 lease and types.
Apr 8th 2013, 3:27 pm
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Re: Advice on 4X4 lease and types.
Apr 8th 2013, 3:40 pm
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Of course they do, and your choice is influenced by how you want to appear to others. You can't get away from that.
FWIW I drive a FWD 4 year old Jeep Patriot. Reasons for purchase? I can reach the pedals, it has loads of room in the back for my art stuff, it was cheap, it's not bad on gas, it goes round corners well, it's bright red, I think it's more 'me' than a stodgy mum car.
FWIW I drive a FWD 4 year old Jeep Patriot. Reasons for purchase? I can reach the pedals, it has loads of room in the back for my art stuff, it was cheap, it's not bad on gas, it goes round corners well, it's bright red, I think it's more 'me' than a stodgy mum car.
My choice for cars is not necessarily driven by what others think or how they perceive my status. I have always believed in investing in a car that offers impeccable driving pleasure, precision, efficiency, reliability, and not to mention great resale value, and I cannot look past a German car (VW, AUDI, adn BMW) for that. I have never owned a Golf, but I once had a two year old AUDI A4 and I had horrid experience with it. I am not implying that all Audi's are bad but I wasn't lucky with the only one I had. I got a 320D after the AUDI, since then I know visibly where my loyalties lay.
Apr 8th 2013, 3:44 pm
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And you think the BMW X6 does that? My, I'm glad you don't run my portfolio (not that I really have one but, if I did, I think Bernie Madoff's would be safer hands for it).
Apr 8th 2013, 3:47 pm
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Yes I do. Can you elaborate on why you think it doesn't? What do you actually know about it's performance and we are not talking ill-founded infos here?
Apr 8th 2013, 3:49 pm
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Apr 8th 2013, 3:50 pm
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Apr 8th 2013, 4:01 pm
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Apr 8th 2013, 4:35 pm
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Invest? The value of the thing will drop like a stone. The fuel consumption will be such that it's much more expensive to operate than a Smart car. It's not a useful thing and it's not a thing that will rise in value. Rather than an investment, it's a vastly expensive toy. Not that there's anything wrong with expensive toys, boats and nags have cost me a bundle, but I make no pretence that they're an investment in anything but pleasure.
Apr 8th 2013, 4:40 pm
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Sadly I have been known to call it that.
You must be one of the very few on whom advertsing is wasted then 
. Impeccable driving pleasure, love that phrase.
Completely untrue batman My choice for cars is not necessarily driven by what others think or how they perceive my status. I have always believed in investing in a car that offers impeccable driving pleasure, precision, efficiency, reliability, and not to mention great resale value, and I cannot look past a German car (VW, AUDI, adn BMW) for that. I have never owned a Golf, but I once had a two year old AUDI A4 and I had horrid experience with it. I am not implying that all Audi's are bad but I wasn't lucky with the only one I had. I got a 320D after the AUDI, since then I know visibly where my loyalties lay.
My choice for cars is not necessarily driven by what others think or how they perceive my status. I have always believed in investing in a car that offers impeccable driving pleasure, precision, efficiency, reliability, and not to mention great resale value, and I cannot look past a German car (VW, AUDI, adn BMW) for that. I have never owned a Golf, but I once had a two year old AUDI A4 and I had horrid experience with it. I am not implying that all Audi's are bad but I wasn't lucky with the only one I had. I got a 320D after the AUDI, since then I know visibly where my loyalties lay.. Impeccable driving pleasure, love that phrase.
Apr 8th 2013, 6:56 pm
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Why do you want skinny tyres in the winter? Don't wider tyres distribute the weight better in snow?
Apr 8th 2013, 7:53 pm
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You want to cut a groove down to the hard surface, something thin is better able to do that. I suspect a 2CV would go better in deep snow than an X6 though a 2CV carrying an X6 would be even better due to having more weight.
Apr 8th 2013, 8:11 pm
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Take a look at something like the Swedish round of the World Rally Championship on You Tube. The tires are almost comically skinny given that the cars have 300+ hp.
Apr 8th 2013, 9:35 pm
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Sadly I have been known to call it that.
You must be one of the very few on whom advertsing is wasted then . Impeccable driving pleasure, love that phrase.
Completely untrue batman My choice for cars is not necessarily driven by what others think or how they perceive my status. I have always believed in investing in a car that offers impeccable driving pleasure, precision, efficiency, reliability, and not to mention great resale value, and I cannot look past a German car (VW, AUDI, adn BMW) for that. I have never owned a Golf, but I once had a two year old AUDI A4 and I had horrid experience with it. I am not implying that all Audi's are bad but I wasn't lucky with the only one I had. I got a 320D after the AUDI, since then I know visibly where my loyalties lay.
My choice for cars is not necessarily driven by what others think or how they perceive my status. I have always believed in investing in a car that offers impeccable driving pleasure, precision, efficiency, reliability, and not to mention great resale value, and I cannot look past a German car (VW, AUDI, adn BMW) for that. I have never owned a Golf, but I once had a two year old AUDI A4 and I had horrid experience with it. I am not implying that all Audi's are bad but I wasn't lucky with the only one I had. I got a 320D after the AUDI, since then I know visibly where my loyalties lay.. Impeccable driving pleasure, love that phrase.
