Good vehicle(s) for snow, ice and wet driving

2017/01/13 03:28:01

jamesg1213

soens
Decided against studded tires, I see.

One more thing about winter driving... always carry emergency gear in the trunk.
1. Chains
2. Flares
3. Warm clothes
4. Bottled water
5. Spare tire
6. Jack
7. Tow strap
8. Shovel
9. etc

I'd advise against wearing those, they flap about and get all wet in the snow. If you have to, maybe use bicycle clips.

2017/01/13 09:41:36

mudgel

Another Subaru Outback here.

2017/01/13 09:58:00

craigb

Hmm... I guess my next step will be to see at what price range does a Subaru start becoming viable. Until I've built my credit back up, this next one's going to have to be a cheap temporary!

2017/01/13 10:02:41

jamesg1213

Interesting no-one else has mentioned the Mitsubishi Shogun..maybe cos it's also called the 'Pajero', which unfortunately is Spanish for w***er...

2017/01/13 13:50:56

eph221

craigb
Hmm... I guess my next step will be to see at what price range does a Subaru start becoming viable. Until I've built my credit back up, this next one's going to have to be a cheap temporary!

Craig,

I wont get specific, but my brother just bought an outback and he had a MUCH, MUCH better experience with the east side suburu dealer viz the west side one.

2017/01/13 20:42:45

craigb

jamesg1213
Interesting no-one else has mentioned the Mitsubishi Shogun..maybe cos it's also called the 'Pajero', which unfortunately is Spanish for w***er...

Well, here was my reply to your original comment. It might have something to do with it!

That Shogun looks pretty cool too, but I'm wondering if they even sell them in the U.S.; I've never seen one that I can remember!

2017/01/13 20:45:34

craigb

eph221
craigb
Hmm... I guess my next step will be to see at what price range does a Subaru start becoming viable. Until I've built my credit back up, this next one's going to have to be a cheap temporary!

Craig,

I wont get specific, but my brother just bought an outback and he had a MUCH, MUCH better experience with the east side suburu dealer viz the west side one.

I've actually sold car parts to the dealer in the East (the one on East Powell). The same friend that owns the auto-parts knows a lot of the really small places and may be able to help me find a suitable one.

2017/01/14 02:44:52

jamesg1213

craigb
jamesg1213
Interesting no-one else has mentioned the Mitsubishi Shogun..maybe cos it's also called the 'Pajero', which unfortunately is Spanish for w***er...

Well, here was my reply to your original comment. It might have something to do with it!

That Shogun looks pretty cool too, but I'm wondering if they even sell them in the U.S.; I've never seen one that I can remember!

Do you see any Mitsubishis at all over there? The 4x4 of choice around here is the L200, there are hundreds of them. I got the missus a 2005 model for towing the horsebox.

http://www.mitsubishi-cars.co.uk/l200/

2017/01/14 03:02:11

craigb

Just did a little research. It was called the "Montero" in the U.S.

2017/01/14 07:01:05

paulo

craigb
soens
Decided against studded tires, I see.

One more thing about winter driving... always carry emergency gear in the trunk.
1. Chains
2. Flares
3. Warm clothes
4. Bottled water
5. Spare tire
6. Jack
7. Tow strap
8. Shovel
9. etc

I only have bottled water from that list.

I used to have lots of things and was always prepared. Then I found out that people like to break into cars that have lots of goodies in them (refer back to my November pics of my broken window). Not sure what to do anymore...

Not leave them in full view on the back seat ?

Good vehicle(s) for snow, ice and wet driving

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