General Car Conversation 2024 - part 1
#737
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Anyone seen the movie K-9? Funny, classic Jim Belushi movie about man and dog.
This is roughly a 1983 500SE W126 with about 190hp, as you can see it's not exactly a Porsche 911 but you can clearly tell it's an indestructible German machine designed for tough, high speed driving (and that the W126 is just a brick). Look at the way the driver is flinging the wheel in the visible shots. W126 had the goods for sure. It seems pretty darn neutral and balanced, easy to get accustomed to and place and handle the car (this is what Germans are/were really good at). I would not be surprised if they did not modify anything for that jump, I doubt they did actually.
Imagine trying to pull that off in a 1983 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.
This is roughly a 1983 500SE W126 with about 190hp, as you can see it's not exactly a Porsche 911 but you can clearly tell it's an indestructible German machine designed for tough, high speed driving (and that the W126 is just a brick). Look at the way the driver is flinging the wheel in the visible shots. W126 had the goods for sure. It seems pretty darn neutral and balanced, easy to get accustomed to and place and handle the car (this is what Germans are/were really good at). I would not be surprised if they did not modify anything for that jump, I doubt they did actually.
Imagine trying to pull that off in a 1983 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.
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#738
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Very unlikely. I do like the big truck but driving it around in urban settings would be really tiresome.
I will try it but I want the best ride I can have.
I will check when I get back to it tonight
I will check when I get back to it tonight
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#743
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If we're looking at jump scenes from films, the Defenders used in the most recent Bond movie were production vehicles and were as delivered by the factory apart from the fitment of an interior roll cage. Suspension and chassis are all stock. The initial leap was 90 feet, and the cars were 10 feet iff the ground at the peak. Needless to say, I have yet to do this with mine.
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#744
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If we're looking at jump scenes from films, the Defenders used in the most recent Bond movie were production vehicles and were as delivered by the factory apart from the fitment of an interior roll cage. Suspension and chassis are all stock. The initial leap was 90 feet, and the cars were 10 feet iff the ground at the peak. Needless to say, I have yet to do this with mine.
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#746
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I looked at the new LX 6 weeks ago and for the price tag there is absolutely no way I'd buy that over so many other choices in the same price range. I get the love for the LC/LX being mostly a bullet proof tank, but I don't get the love for it beyond that. And if you're buying new and keeping 3 years, who needs a bullet proof tank?
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#747
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unless you plan on keeping it at least a decade or more the land cruiser is a pretty tough sell, and if the person wasn't already a huge land cruiser fan to begin with it's a near impossible sell... it was also somewhat difficult to explain why it costs SO much more than a sequoia which is noticeably bigger and more spacious
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#748
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I don't agree with this. I think you can tell in 15-20 minutes of test driving and I also think if you've driven one, you've driven them all. These large SUV's are big, heavy and around town it feels like they're a chore to drive. Accelerating, braking in stop and go traffic around town. They're just not great. They're all effectively the same in that general sense of being cumbersome. We have one out of necessity but it's parked 75% of the time. Some people are bothered less by what I'm referring to, but I agree and understand what Steve is saying.
I looked at the new LX 6 weeks ago and for the price tag there is absolutely no way I'd buy that over so many other choices in the same price range. I get the love for the LC/LX being mostly a bullet proof tank, but I don't get the love for it beyond that. And if you're buying new and keeping 3 years, who needs a bullet proof tank?
I looked at the new LX 6 weeks ago and for the price tag there is absolutely no way I'd buy that over so many other choices in the same price range. I get the love for the LC/LX being mostly a bullet proof tank, but I don't get the love for it beyond that. And if you're buying new and keeping 3 years, who needs a bullet proof tank?
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btw even he will occasionally talk of getting a cheap little car since it IS a chore having to use a BOF SUV for every little errand, and that's not even considering the fuel consumption
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#750
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omg haha so true... occasionally i'll drive my friend's 2018 4Runner and i'll instinctively start prepping to make a move between a gap of cars up ahead, when i have to remind myself oh yea this is a truck and not so good at doing this kind of thing
btw even he will occasionally talk of getting a cheap little car since it IS a chore having to use a BOF SUV for every little errand, and that's not even considering the fuel consumption
btw even he will occasionally talk of getting a cheap little car since it IS a chore having to use a BOF SUV for every little errand, and that's not even considering the fuel consumption
I would view it much differently if it was 20k cheaper new and about half that used and didn't drive worse than ANY full size truck and had 100 more HP. Aka I would just buy a full size if I needed truck but this is just outright non-competitive if you have driven anything other than a 4runner in the last decade and a half that is in this size class. You can make the off road argument sure but I counter with Land Rover, VW, Jeep, and the domestic trucks.
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