MazdaSpeed3
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From: Kincardine, Ontario Canada yeah Canada bitches
Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='840701' date='Oct 13 2006, 08:42 AM
I would think if you wanted something to drive in the winter in the frozen north, you would punt cars altogether and buy a 4x4 Chevy truck. It's hard to drive a car in a foot of snow when your bumper is 6 inches off the ground, AWD or not.
Well, I want something what some sort of resale value, and if i am getitng a truck it's going to have a Diesel, not screwing around with gas bs. I really don't make a habbit of driving with 1 foot of snow on the road.
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='840711' date='Oct 13 2006, 09:53 AM
Resale value?
20 year old Chevy's are Carbed, have that TBI no thanks, maybe a 87 Toyota or something, but thats about it. My winter car isn't just a winter car, I drive it all year round when I need parts for the RX7, the reason I want a AWD car is because compared to a truck the gas milage is there, the RX7 is bad enough, I don't need 2 vehicles that are shitty on fuel.
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='840722' date='Oct 13 2006, 10:57 AM
Well, since you mentioned Toyotas, I know someone who said they got high-20's mpg fuel economy with a 5-speed Tacoma 4x4.
Yeah, But I still don't want a goddamned truck. If I'm getting one, it's going to be a GMC with the Duramax, and the Aliston transmission. Or maybe the Dodge and put a tougher tranny in it, my buddy has the Edge tuner in it, and he gets 27mpg.
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that is cheap!
What's the replacement interval?
An AWD car is better on road in the snow, the problem is primarily that it's slippery, a truck can't stop fer ****.
My dads 2004 GM 2500 tries to kill you everytime you try to stop on a slippery road, the back wheels lock up instantly of course, so the ABS basically shuts down all the braking even though the fronts could probably still stop the truck. Stopping from 30 km/h even is an adventure.
What's the replacement interval?
An AWD car is better on road in the snow, the problem is primarily that it's slippery, a truck can't stop fer ****.
My dads 2004 GM 2500 tries to kill you everytime you try to stop on a slippery road, the back wheels lock up instantly of course, so the ABS basically shuts down all the braking even though the fronts could probably still stop the truck. Stopping from 30 km/h even is an adventure.
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From: Kincardine, Ontario Canada yeah Canada bitches
Originally Posted by TYSON' post='840765' date='Oct 13 2006, 04:20 PM
that is cheap!
What's the replacement interval?
An AWD car is better on road in the snow, the problem is primarily that it's slippery, a truck can't stop fer ****.
My dads 2004 GM 2500 tries to kill you everytime you try to stop on a slippery road, the back wheels lock up instantly of course, so the ABS basically shuts down all the braking even though the fronts could probably still stop the truck. Stopping from 30 km/h even is an adventure.
The light *** back end in a truck is really nice too. And yeah the brake proportioning in trucks sucks, because for towing you want to keep the weight on the tongue, and locking up sucks, not to mention tires on a truck are ******* stupid. 300/ tire would pe pretty sweet, hell the rx7 doesn't even get that treatment.
