bigbog
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*My bad.... was skipping around and caught someone's(ctenae?) sarcasim.I'm not sure what we're talking about...something needs to be fixed?
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*My bad.... was skipping around and caught someone's(ctenae?) sarcasim.I'm not sure what we're talking about...something needs to be fixed?
My 78 Cherokee handles better than my 98 Blazer. Better turn radius and better overall ride.Has anyone driven a car from the '70's lately??? A few years ago, in some kind of nostalgia trip, my husband thought he might like to have something like that as kind of a "sunday driver." Then he actually drove a mid-70's Impala convertible. Yuchh.
My 78 Cherokee handles better than my 98 Blazer. Better turn radius and better overall ride.
just got rid of my bmw convert. i got an auto for many of the same reasons Jay did. for the 3 years i had it is secretly cursed my wife for not being able to drive a stick. but botton line was i needed her car (CRV) for skiing so i had to leave her with something when i was out.
BMW makes hard top convertibles now, so you should be able to find the best of both worlds. Of all the 3 series models, it's actually the car whose silhouette and styling I like the best.Looking to buy a used bmw convertible in the next two years. (Not sure which one yet. I do NOT want a hard-top. My husband feels otherwise, but it's gonna be MY car. ; - )
I have the VW DSG system in my GTI. I did some soul searching about it when I sold my last one and decided that the huge discount I got on my current one outweighed having an automatic. After 40,000 miles, I don't think I'd get a GTI with the 6 speed. This isn't the slush-o-matic I'm used to on my SUV. I have good control over the transmission with the paddle shifters for snow driving and avoiding the brakes in mountain driving. If I want it to be fast off the line, it can shift faster than I can.
My 78 Cherokee handles better than my 98 Blazer. Better turn radius and better overall ride.
This buddy of mine owns an (I think an 08) R32 with the DSG system and loves it, and has a lot of fine driving it, even though he is almost 6' 8"; he also owns a 78 or 79 Cherokee in this awesome very light yellow color, with black striping. We were driving it around his parent's farm/vineyard in the Finger Lakes a couple weekends ago and it was awesome.
There's a 70's International Scout for sale down the road from me if you want to add to the old SUV quiver. Says one owner on it ...
Fiancee put strict no-manual stamp on purchase process. This model also wasn't offered in manual in the U.S. at least during the production years I looked at.
It does have tiptronic, so I can downshift and make the V8 growl if I want. Also, traffic-y driving in these parts makes me think manual might get old after a couple bad commutes.
I personally despise autotragics,
Good thing I missed this when you posted it!![]()
Still there along with a bunch of Jeeps. Seems to be the guys specialty.
+1. Tiptronic is pretty nice & fun.Automatic is fine... Especially with tiptronic... Which I use all the time on my ride..