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walshie

walshie

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Okay, I need to move my 2005 rally blue WRX and I was looking for suggestions on what car to get once I sell it. I like SUVs/ Trucks but would really go for anything thats somewhat classy. Such as Tahoe, Suburban, f150

any ideas are greatly appreciated .
 
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Then why do you need a vehicle that seats 9+ and sucks gas? Don't get me wrong.. I like them too, but unless you have a wife that is pumping out babies its impractical... and expensive
 
Get something a bit smaller than what you said. 4runner, rav4, escape, pilot, etc are all better sized cars
 
if i was ever gonna get rid of my WRX and get another car it would be a tacoma, probably an older model, and i would convert the bedspace into living quarters so i could drive it wherever and sleep wherever.
 
seriously dude? you don't need a truck. Keep the WRX or if you are dead set on selling get a accord or something that gets like 30mpg
 
ford ranger is underrated, easy v8 swap and you can turn that bitch into a prerunner. And you can get a good ranger for under 4000, so you would have plenty of space. Also maybe an old bronco II. Do it like OJ.
 
If OP is to buy a small size truck, American is NOT the way to go. He'll probably ending up paying more for a tacoma or frontier, but they have dependability EONS past the ranger. If he were going full size it would be a bit of a different story but I would never suggest a ranger to anyone. And also, a prerunner does not have 4wd.
 
Get a jeep. A tj would be my recommendation. My 2001 still runs like a champ and is loads of fun to drive. Jks are fine but I'm much more of a fan of the tj's body style.
 
You're retarded..... I drove one for years and it's arguably better that the AWD system in the 08 STI I drive now, and that's supposed to be a damn rally car. If that car didn't handle well in slippery conditions it was because you are a bad driver, not because Volvo makes a bad AWD system
 
what problems have you experienced with your xc70? As a ex volvo tech they blew diff cases and drive shafts all the time.

I'm not very happy with what ford did to volvo.
 
I mean mine was an 05 like the one in the picture and she was great to me. I think ford tool ownership after that? Never had any power train issues though, all the way up to 163,000 miles when I sold it. The only major repair I repairs I had to do involved the engine, and those were sparse. Worst one was a fuel pump replacement at about 160k
 
Yeah i sold it at 163,000... it still had a lot of life in it. In the 100k+ miles my family owned it we didn't have troubles
 
ive owned an audi and a subaru, driven a couple other audi's in snow, driven two other subaru's in snow, and drove a friends xc70 probably 10 times over the winter, and an awd v70 a couple times last year, both in snow almost every time. ive got a shit ton of experience with different awd systems.

both volvo's had snow tires, the xc70 had studded nokians, so had absolutely no excuse when it comes to tires.

volvo uses the haldex system, gen II and III depending on the year. gen II is terrible, gen III is an improvement in terms of response to a loss of traction, but still a very front biased system and only good for very "leisure" driving. depending on the haldex system, its fwd until it detects slippage, and even at that point remains heavily FWD biased. the gen II haldex needs something like 1/4 of a wheel turn to detect slippage before it reacts, its a lag that is very easy to feel. its meant to keep you safe, not perform.

subaru uses a viscous coupling, audi uses a torsen system. the torsen system is definitely superior to subaru's viscous coupling system, but subaru's system is still definitely a very capable AWD, its just not audi, nobody touches quattro (though audi does use different awd systems, i believe even a newer haldex gen 4 in some of their cars, but in their worthwhile cars, their real quattro system is superior)

and the haldex system has some BS traction control/stability control system that you CANNOT turn off (i think on some years/models you can disable part of the system, but you are still left with stability or traction control still on) and the system uses braking individual wheels to transfer torque, and keep the car straight. so it just feels very "controlled" this also really hurts the car in conditions where you need to just power through something and need some wheelspin.

every time you try to push the volvo hard, get a little oversteer, or get on the power hard in a corner, you get instant understeer, which makes complete sense when you have even a super basic understanding of the awd system it uses, you get to power, and instantly get a fwd like understeer, until the system reacts, then get the rear wheels working, and if you get a hint of O/S the individual wheel braking kills it and tries to keep you straight, sure you can rip the e-brake or really flick the crap out of the car and get some O/S, but you wont be powering through the corner, the car will limit power until it corrects the slide.

and my best example of the crap system is when i was driving my friends studded snow tire equipped xc70 up a little hill to my property in about 2 feet of snow, but had been driven on a couple times in another car to pack it down. i had driven it with my beater RWD car BUT with a LSD and snows, spun the tires probably the whole time up, but never got stuck, and didnt have to get much of a run at it. it took me 3 tries to get the volvo up, tried with a little bit of a run the first time, but rather than just powering through it, the car tried to brake individual wheels in an attempt to limit wheelspin, and pretty much just slowed down to a stop and got stuck. the thing literally just gave up. i only got up the 3rd try thanks to a massive run at it.

im not gonna argue the driver skill think like every other ken block wannabe on here, ill just say ive got tons of experience with this shit and if i can make it up in a rwd car, i think the driver can be left out of the equation.

im not a huge fan of subaru's awd either, from the subarus ive driven, ive found their balance seems to be pretty far to the understeer side, which is more due to the car itself rather than the awd, and take a lot of "throwing around" to get the things to rotate enough. audi's seem to just grip up at turn in and point where you want. and in terms of pure grip they kill everyone else.
 
I have this car.

Don't feel like driving mine to Tahoe this winter and will leave in Boston.

Buying a second one is scoring high in the 'what car' category and is actually the only option that isn't newer than 2010.

Great gas up to 28 mpgs from something pretty big.

I think Lawrence is European (correct?) so actually being European myself I know that this car is basically a truck over there b/c cars are just flat out smaller.
 
You're talking to someone whose family has owned 7 xc-70's from 5 different model years in the last 4 years. I think you have to own one to really appreciate it. None of them ever failed me (and I have driven all of them, from a 1999 to a 2010), and the AWD system in the 2005 which I drove for years saved my life on multiple occasions. Props to you for knowing all of the technical bits, I'll admit I know very little about why the different systems work in the way that they do. However, there is something that you can't quite put your finger on that makes them so good, and you can't come to appreciate it until you live with one for a while and learn how to wrestle it around. Once you do, they really are incredible cars.
 
if your guna get a compact / midsize pickup, deff dont pass on looking at some dakotas . find one in good shape and well taken care off and your pretty set. i drive a 99 dakota with the 5.2 v 8 and 5 spd manual . and it has a 6 foot 6 inch bed, that is perfect for lots of gear , and you can close the tailgate. and im 6 feet and the 6 foot 6 inch bed is prime for sleeping/ car camping. yeah not the greatest mileage , but a lil truck with a v8 and 5 speed and good tires is alot of fun in the winter. good luck, if you guna go full size i would recommend a ram 1500. tons of them around , and cheaper to fix than alot of other half tons ..
 
I actually feel that they drive great when driven well under the limit, comfortable and just sporty enough. its just when you near the limits or slide them around in snow that they really start to disappoint

 
its a wagon, so you should be able to push it hard through corners. and even if it were an SUV, nothing wrong with pushing an SUV, driving fast in SUV's is fun as hell.
 
what I more meant to say is its not meant to be driven at the limit. Driving a slow car fast is always fun but under steer on a car of its size is to be expected
 
It's a Volvo station wagon... the entire point of that car is to lug all your shit around while staying safe and not pushing any limits.
 
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