Yeah if you like off roading it's probably awesome
Car Talk 4: The Richard Hertz Rent-A-Car 500
- max225
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Totally get it, but VAG has been doing electric cars for closer to a decade now.CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:55 pmI'm really considering it. It's just not the most "adult" choice. Plus, I don't think I want version 0.9 of any car, let alone something that is the first of its type for a manufacturer.
I liked everything about it other than Price, Range, Touch screen. In that order.
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Those are my main concerns. I know if I got one the next model year would address that stuff, including the touch screen being stupid.max225 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:30 pmTotally get it, but VAG has been doing electric cars for closer to a decade now.CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 2:55 pm
I'm really considering it. It's just not the most "adult" choice. Plus, I don't think I want version 0.9 of any car, let alone something that is the first of its type for a manufacturer.
I liked everything about it other than Price, Range, Touch screen. In that order.
They need to make it have a mode for about mileage and just go fast, and a mode for about being supercar fast and go 500 miles.
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That mode should likely be controlled by the right foot...CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:35 pmThose are my main concerns. I know if I got one the next model year would address that stuff, including the touch screen being stupid.
They need to make it have a mode for about mileage and just go fast, and a mode for about being supercar fast and go 500 miles.
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I'm debating driving my truck out for the Easter Jeep Safari this year. A few dudes I work with want to go too...so we might just tag team driving so it doesn't take too long.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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That would be AF. That’s a huge event, and the whorange JT would be a hit.
Take some pics if you do go out doe.
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I've technically been to Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Montana but we just drove through them so I don't think they count. Likely the same with Arkansas and Indiana too but I don't specifically remember them.
Wyoming is beautiful.
Not that I saw all of it, but I remember thinking 'nothing to see here' when I was passing through ND on the Bang Bus tour. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming are
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:28 pmIt's awesome.... and I only saw the coast.
We're planning on going back in 2022 for a more inland experience including Denali.
I want to drive the Dalton highway and dip my feet in Prudhoe Bay.
CorvetteWaxer wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:28 pmIt's awesome.... and I only saw the coast.
We're planning on going back in 2022 for a more inland experience including Denali.
Ive watched a lot of tube vids on the massive park there.
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So choice
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/12/05/199 ... owertrain/
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The team pulled out the original naturally aspirated 3.2-liter V6 that made just 190 horsepower and 188 pound-feet of torque, and dropped in a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four from a new Acura RDX. That engine also received a new intake, exhaust, turbo and ECU tune, which brought power up to an estimated 350 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque, similar to the Graham Rahal Performance RDX. Not only that, but the old-school four-wheel-drive system and live rear axle were dropped in favor of the RDX's indpendent suspension and torque vectoring "Super Handling All-Wheel Drive." "Dropped in" is a mischaracterization, though, as Acura had to weld new subframes front and rear to the existing frame to get the transverse engine and modern suspension to fit.
Acura was careful to keep the SLX looking as close to the original as possible. On the outside, Acura repainted the SLX in a modern red paint available on the RDX, but retained the champagne lower moldings. The stock wheels were replaced with 17-inch Fifteen52 wheels, but they have a very similar design and finish to the original wheels. A hard-shell spare tire cover was added, and a simple "SH-AWD" badge on the back is the only hint at what's under the body. The interior was restored at the company's L.A. design studio, where the upholstery was redone in a gray "gathered" leather like you would have seen when it was new. A bit of gray wood trim updates the interior slightly. The RDX's push-button starter and shifter buttons have been added to the center console, shift paddles behind the original steering wheel, and an aftermarket instrument cluster mounted to the steering column.
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Besides the ones I mentioned above, I'm still missing Delaware, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, AK, and HI.
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