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04-07-2021, 09:14 PM | #5551 | |||
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My work parking garage that took me something like 2 years to get a spot in only has inside spots. Well, there’s the roof, but one has to navigate the interior of the garage on all the floors to get there so that doesn’t help. I’d have to downgrade to a surface lot a significantly longer distance away from my building, and I try to separate my exercise and walking-from-car activities.
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04-07-2021, 10:15 PM | #5552 |
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Member#: 16840
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: CO
Vehicle:17 4Runner |
Vehicle suggestions for shikataganai (CN: Bought a ****in' Pacifica)
Dibs on the the LC (although I kinda want a 200 series)
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04-07-2021, 10:16 PM | #5553 |
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Member#: 138000
Join Date: Jan 2007
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BAIC
Location: et ament meminisse periti
Vehicle:Buy Nate's coffee west coast roasting |
this breathing detection tech - is relatively cheap - like $20 in parts.
Assuming they use millimeter wave radar. |
04-07-2021, 11:14 PM | #5554 |
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Member#: 66310
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Location: Removing passenger seat
Vehicle:2023 korean muscle |
Why would you be bringing it to work anyway? Isnt it a camping/skiing vehicle that fits your family? They dont go to work with you and you certainly cant ski at work.
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04-07-2021, 11:48 PM | #5555 | |
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Could get the Transit people carrier for carrying people, can be a doctor and buy a Boxter/Cayman/Tesla Roadster to commute in. |
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04-08-2021, 01:02 AM | #5556 |
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Member#: 52314
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Location: Following the green weenie
Vehicle:... 02 and 04 WRXs! 2020 G70 3.3T RWD |
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04-08-2021, 07:29 AM | #5557 |
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Member#: 7887
Join Date: Jun 2001
Vehicle:2023 Tangerine 2023 3 Cylinder |
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04-08-2021, 09:13 AM | #5558 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 16840
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: CO
Vehicle:17 4Runner |
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04-08-2021, 10:03 AM | #5559 | |
Scooby Specialist
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Location: Removing passenger seat
Vehicle:2023 korean muscle |
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Not getting what you want because you put stupid restrictions on your purchases is dumb. Not being able to afford something is a reason to not get it, not fitting a van in your garage when you have a driveway is dumb. its essentially a work vehicle, no one should give a ****. |
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04-08-2021, 12:07 PM | #5560 |
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04-08-2021, 12:12 PM | #5561 |
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SCIC
Location: SFV
Vehicle:2021 Ascent 2012 Accord |
It's alloying that the interior door handle on the Accord isn't a pocket so you can't leave stuff in there. Took a while to notice and it is supremely annoying...definitely a deal breaker!
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04-08-2021, 01:00 PM | #5562 |
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Location: Removing passenger seat
Vehicle:2023 korean muscle |
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04-08-2021, 01:02 PM | #5563 |
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Member#: 39569
Join Date: Jul 2003
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MAIC
Location: Golf Course, VA
Vehicle:2020 Bat-Caddy X4R |
Why is he considering Transit van? What did I miss? My very catholic nephew has one for his wife and eleventeen kids, but not sure why anyone else would own one other than work purposes.
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04-08-2021, 01:17 PM | #5564 | |
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Member#: 16840
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Location: CO
Vehicle:17 4Runner |
Vehicle suggestions for shikataganai (CN: Bought a ****in' Pacifica)
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My summary: Vans are his jam Awd not present in his current van LC is too small Foreseeing lots of trips to/from new mountain house Van would be very good as a ski vehicle considering lots of space to stand up, change to ski gear, whatever and you could even get fancy with some small improvements - pizza oven and generator for lunches? Built in fridge? I totally get the garage thing. It’s not incredibly annoying to park outside here in CO but it sure would be nice to load gear/kids out of weather and without having to clean the van off of snow (albeit occasionally) when preparing to leave after school Friday afternoon. Also being able to pull the van inside Sunday evenings is a benefit as you don’t have to immediately unload everything. I don’t like leaving anything valuable in my car if it’s outside - residual habit from living less suburby places but still a good habit. |
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04-08-2021, 03:11 PM | #5565 |
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Chances of me getting a van are about as high as chances of me getting an F-350 DRW with the 7.3 and a camper shell: as near 0% as is possible.
But I do love to dream about vans and such things. My guess for the garage we'll end up with 5 years from now: her: PacHy replaced by a VW ID Buzz, AWD big battery version, when they finally ship in 2024, later than promised because of course me: Still the Land Cruiser because I do need to be able to get to work come hell or high water, and an AWD minivan like the Sienna even on Nokians potentially could be a liability. The LC's interior volume constraints will be much less of a pain once the kids are bigger and thus in smaller kid-seat-hardware, plus all the ski gear save for possibly mine (for midweek skiing) will live at the Mountain House. |
04-08-2021, 03:27 PM | #5566 | |
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Vehicle:2023 Tangerine 2023 3 Cylinder |
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You could put your oldest in a booster seat before she is 16 to free up a little width when running 3 across in the back of the LC. |
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04-08-2021, 03:36 PM | #5567 |
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04-08-2021, 04:26 PM | #5568 |
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Location: Germany
Vehicle:2006 EDM WRX STI WRB |
what about these?
looks like these are available with AWD |
04-08-2021, 04:57 PM | #5569 | ||
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Her mammoth car seat is nominally good in 5 pt harness mode to 58" and 90 lbs, but my babies are long, alien babies unlike Mongolian cage wrestler me. She is too tall in shoulder height for it in 5 pt mode now at 49.75" despite being all of something like 54 lbs. With the rear-facing baby in a Britax Advocate on one side and the near-6 year old on the other she finds it tough to get buckled on her own in her booster so it's not really better, actually. (She could go to the 3rd row but then access is a pain, since the 6 and 2 year olds are ideally at the edges of the car, thus blocking the folding/tumbling seat, since neither can at least reliably buckle themselves in.) Quote:
Besides, old school vans with that huge center bump out and old-ass dash layout and the like just aren't attractive. (It would fit into my garage, though, as would the awkwardly-proportioned low roof Transit.) |
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04-08-2021, 05:22 PM | #5570 |
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Vehicle:2023 Tangerine 2023 3 Cylinder |
Esther is out of the high back; just the standard booster now. The shoulder belt falls right on her shoulder and her head is square against the headrest so I’m comfortable with it. She is 52”, 55lbs.
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04-08-2021, 06:42 PM | #5571 | |
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04-08-2021, 06:54 PM | #5572 | |
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04-13-2021, 11:20 PM | #5573 |
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04-14-2021, 12:58 AM | #5574 | |
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Didn’t watch because de muro but I don’t get who Kia is targeting with it: - sliding doors and useful, ok - FWD, V6, only 3,500 lb towing capacity so very much minivan level utility - looks butch but oddly proportioned, rear axle pushed back like a F-150 SuperCrew with the 6.5’ bed if that makes sense With the Sienna and Pacifica both offering AWD I feel Kia is missing the boat here. |
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04-14-2021, 08:06 AM | #5575 |
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Location: St. Louis
Vehicle:2000 2.5 RS Sedan 2016 Base 5MT VRP |
They're targeting the remaining few
"I really really want a minivan, but make it not look like a minivan. Make it look like a truck or something; but be sure it has all the minivan stuff. I don't want a Sienna, Pacifica, or Odyssey- They look like minivans." |
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