02-21-2013, 03:13 PM
OK, so everyone put your Jeepcocks away for a second. Here's what I don't get.
When our Escape blew the transmission into a million pieces, mom needed a new car. Well, rather, it was a convenient excuse to get a new car instead of replacing the transmission. Anyway. Not important.
So we go looking, and the 'rents ask me what I'd suggest. I'm like "DUDE MOM E90 WAGON" and she goes "Eww, I don't like wagons, ugh."
They looked at 14 (yes, really) crossover-UVs, drove a few of them, and brought home an Outback 3.6L. Which is a wagon. On stilts. It gets 19 mpg, is far larger than they need, is almost no fun to drive (except woof, that 3.6 makes some power) but I guess it has AWD for the rare instance of flurries in Northern Virginia and oh my god we're out of milk.
Like... it's just the two of them. They have no use for something that large. The tow rating on it is something like 3,000 lbs, and they never tow anyway.
Why not Impreza/WRX? Why Outback?
I don't understand people.
When our Escape blew the transmission into a million pieces, mom needed a new car. Well, rather, it was a convenient excuse to get a new car instead of replacing the transmission. Anyway. Not important.
So we go looking, and the 'rents ask me what I'd suggest. I'm like "DUDE MOM E90 WAGON" and she goes "Eww, I don't like wagons, ugh."
They looked at 14 (yes, really) crossover-UVs, drove a few of them, and brought home an Outback 3.6L. Which is a wagon. On stilts. It gets 19 mpg, is far larger than they need, is almost no fun to drive (except woof, that 3.6 makes some power) but I guess it has AWD for the rare instance of flurries in Northern Virginia and oh my god we're out of milk.
Like... it's just the two of them. They have no use for something that large. The tow rating on it is something like 3,000 lbs, and they never tow anyway.
Why not Impreza/WRX? Why Outback?
I don't understand people.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M