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Originally Posted by smoore
I think this was directed at me.
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no. if you look through the rest of this thread and heaps of other threads you´ll see plenty of people boasting about how their car gets 21mpg. if any car of mine was getting that i´d be looking underneath expecting to see petrol leaking out.
but the rest of the post is
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Originally Posted by smoore
I'm NOT going to enter a game of interstate pinball with a grip of SUVs in a Golf. Safety features are nice but you can't countermand the laws of physics.
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and thanks to your attitude and that of many around you i have to deal with a road full of suvs in my golf and volvo. thank you.
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Originally Posted by smoore
A golf wouldn't hold everything we need to hold on occasion (the 100% of requirements rule). Compact cars are not as appointed as we would like.
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so for the once in a while where the load capacity of an suv (which is matched by a normal wagon anyway) you will drive one around most of the time with 4 empty seats and lots of air in the cargo space. i hardly think the "100% of requirements" rule is logical, let alone sane.
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Your old Golf will not get 40mpg climbing Lookout Mountain, Floyd Hill and the Central City Parkway. I think most compact car owners realize 30mpg or so. Mini Coopers making the same commute are managing almost 40mpg. When you commute in the mountains you basically are getting city mpg. To me, there is very little difference between 30mpg and 22.5mpg. Certainly not enough of a difference to justify driving a small, uncomfortable car.
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and your point? will your suv get 40mpg going up that hill, thus nullifying that my golf will get 39.9? be serious! and as for "comfort," the golf has everything i need to get from a to b in comfort, including comfort itself. define "comfort" please.
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I mean, we're getting the same kind of mileage that a Subaru Outback gets in the real world under our conditions. Excuse me if I pat myself on the back for doing research and coming up with a nice, big, all wheel drive car that will get my wife safely to and from work in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains while consuming half the fuel of the typical modern SUV.
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good on you. i´m sure you made the best choice based on what you wanted.
