06-15-2015, 06:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-15-2015, 06:46 PM by RolloTheGreat.)
Gstan, what do you do for fun down under?
I'm at a vacation rental now that I towed my 150hp boat to. Couldn't do that with a Yaris.
Last weekend I was out on a river backwater with a friend in my 16'5" canoe fishing. While you "can" do that with a Yaris, and I have, it's a LOT easier to just throw all the stuff in the back of the pickup.
What if my son wants to ride his Honda 100 at our cabin? Yaris toting that?
EVERY week in the winter my 6'X3' (collapsed) ice shanty and power auger are in the back of my truck. No go with the Yaris.
Which brings up another point- we have winter. Cabin is on an unplowed private road, and it's a lot easier to drive out on a lake to fish than slog through the snow. (not to mention 4WD is safer on the snow covered roads)
Every week of the year I use the bed of my truck, and most weeks I use the 4wd. (watch people without 4wd pull a boat up a slippery ramp and you'll see why)
Owning a Yaris would change my whole existence, and not for the better. It would just suck.
How about my wife, who commutes to work in the Challenger and drives our son to sports practices until we give him the Challenger later this year?
She drives about 9000 miles a year, and gets 20mpg with the 305hp Challenger. If she got 30mpg with a sub compact, she would save a whole 150 gallons of gas a year. This costs $375 here. You saw the crash results of the Yaris, and I think I posted the crash results of the Challenger. It's worth the extra $10K acquisition price, and $400/year for gas, for them to be in a safe, comfortable car to me. (the Challenger has heated leather bucket seats with electric positioning, dual zone climate control, sun roof, 8 speaker satellite radio- it's a very comfortable car to drive)
It's a quality of life thing Gstan. Hate on me all you want, but that is the long and short of it. (and probably is for most Americans)
Ocre, the environmentalists I know bought into the Prious/Volt hybrid concept and spent over $30K on their cars anyway.
They still can't tell me how using electricity produced by burning coal or nuclear energy, and storing it in highly toxic giant batteries is "better" for the environment, but they feel "green" so good for them I guess.
I'm at a vacation rental now that I towed my 150hp boat to. Couldn't do that with a Yaris.
Last weekend I was out on a river backwater with a friend in my 16'5" canoe fishing. While you "can" do that with a Yaris, and I have, it's a LOT easier to just throw all the stuff in the back of the pickup.
What if my son wants to ride his Honda 100 at our cabin? Yaris toting that?
EVERY week in the winter my 6'X3' (collapsed) ice shanty and power auger are in the back of my truck. No go with the Yaris.
Which brings up another point- we have winter. Cabin is on an unplowed private road, and it's a lot easier to drive out on a lake to fish than slog through the snow. (not to mention 4WD is safer on the snow covered roads)
Every week of the year I use the bed of my truck, and most weeks I use the 4wd. (watch people without 4wd pull a boat up a slippery ramp and you'll see why)
Owning a Yaris would change my whole existence, and not for the better. It would just suck.
How about my wife, who commutes to work in the Challenger and drives our son to sports practices until we give him the Challenger later this year?
She drives about 9000 miles a year, and gets 20mpg with the 305hp Challenger. If she got 30mpg with a sub compact, she would save a whole 150 gallons of gas a year. This costs $375 here. You saw the crash results of the Yaris, and I think I posted the crash results of the Challenger. It's worth the extra $10K acquisition price, and $400/year for gas, for them to be in a safe, comfortable car to me. (the Challenger has heated leather bucket seats with electric positioning, dual zone climate control, sun roof, 8 speaker satellite radio- it's a very comfortable car to drive)
It's a quality of life thing Gstan. Hate on me all you want, but that is the long and short of it. (and probably is for most Americans)
Ocre, the environmentalists I know bought into the Prious/Volt hybrid concept and spent over $30K on their cars anyway.
They still can't tell me how using electricity produced by burning coal or nuclear energy, and storing it in highly toxic giant batteries is "better" for the environment, but they feel "green" so good for them I guess.