Need advice for a second car

[Coullabus]

I should’ve clarified up front… the reason I’m not using MY dream car as my daily driver is bc my hubby has adopted the G as his dream car!

The irony is thick — I’ve always been obsessed with the old Discos and the Defender. He never was into either at all. Then we rented a G a couple years ago in Montana, and for the first time in his life he fell in *love* with a car. Such a turd!

Since I work from home and he has to drive to work, I’m totally cool with him using the G daily bc he loves it and it makes him happy.

Soooo I’m driving the LR3 but it’s time for something newer. The reason I specifically want an SUV is because I need it for my hardware store addiction hauls .

OK. It’s obvious. Another Grenadier. QED.

 

[parb]

A 2 door red bronco heritage manual would be my choice for a fun runnabout. i think that config is done tho, so it'd be used.

The light blue and white looks lovely to me

 

[Bayford]

It used to be called a suzuki samurai. It didn’t pass the roll test. And I suspect it won’t pass the crash test either.

I am amazed that something is legal in the UK and EU in a regulatory sense and not legal in the US. I always thought that we were grossly over regulated and not trusted by government or their tame regulators to do anything ourselves and that in the the US you were luckier as you had governments that placed a bit more importance on individual common sense and liberty.

I am sorry that you are in the same boat as us and have some things even worse.

 

[HeavyFoot]

I am amazed that something is legal in the UK and EU in a regulatory sense and not legal in the US. I always thought that we were grossly over regulated and not trusted by government or their tame regulators to do anything ourselves and that in the the US you were luckier as you had governments that placed a bit more importance on individual common sense and liberty.

I am sorry that you are in the same boat as us and have some things even worse.

Vehicle regulations here are much stricter in many senses. We also have one state *cough* California *cough* that uses their state’s regulations to hold the rest of the country hostage. Things have to be CA compliant to sell there, so manufacturers make the same products for the rest of the country too. It’s kind of a messed up situation.

 

[Jeremy996]

Vehicle regulations here are much stricter in many senses. We also have one state *cough* California *cough* that uses their state’s regulations to hold the rest of the country hostage. Things have to be CA compliant to sell there, so manufacturers make the same products for the rest of the country too. It’s kind of a messed up situation.

Capitalism in action - the manufacturers are saving time, effort, cost and maximising profit by providing one CARB model, sellable in the biggest single market in the USA, To be fair, CA has some major environmental factors that drove early regulations, like NOx emissions and a young, reckless population with too many vehicular collisions.

 

[CRH]

Capitalism in action - the manufacturers are saving time, effort, cost and maximising profit by providing one CARB model, sellable in the biggest single market in the USA, To be fair, CA has some major environmental factors that drove early regulations, like NOx emissions and a young, reckless population with too many vehicular collisions.

We should go back to the old ways and let everyone choose what they want. This will help regulate the population whilst advancing mankind with selective engineering.
I have to admit, I would be one of the first to go, but it would be fun doing it

 

[HeavyFoot]

We should go back to the old ways and let everyone choose what they want. This will help regulate the population whilst advancing mankind with selective engineering.
I have to admit, I would be one of the first to go, but it would be fun doing it

This. Free market in action. Selectively engineered “Capitalism” isn’t free market capitalism. But I guess that leads a thread into banned territory….back to a second car. Variety is nice. A manual Bronco Sasquatch could be fun if SUV and off-road fun are the requirements. Variety is good.

 

[ANNML]

I always thought that we were grossly over regulated and not trusted by government or their tame regulators to do anything ourselves and that in the the US you were luckier as you had governments that placed a bit more importance on individual common sense and liberty.

Hopefully my comments won’t start a political thing lol. But I find powerlessness more prevalent than liberty here.

The government waste is just astonishing. The 2 political parties are merely 2 sides of the same coin — nothing but constant finger pointing, rhetoric, and efforts to divide. Until we rid ourselves of career politicians, nothing will change bc they prioritize ensuring their reelection vs doing the right thing and finding common ground.

One of the worst things in the US, imo, is that our healthcare is owned by huge corporations and their ultimate goal is profit profit profit. I never feel so utterly powerless when I’m trying to get help from my health insurance company. One of the CEOs of a health insurance company here famously gets 17 million dollar bonuses per year. Meanwhile, many desperately ill people are being denied coverage for certain things bc it’s not profitable enough and there are loopholes to deny coverage and/or specifically designed steps to string them along as a method of getting the patient to give up trying to obtain coverage. Infuriating.

Okay /rant.

We should go back to the old ways and let everyone choose what they want. This will help regulate the population whilst advancing mankind with selective engineering.
I have to admit, I would be one of the first to go, but it would be fun doing it

Haha. Survival of fittest!

 

[CountyV8]

We have a Smart as a second car then we don't have the dilemma of taking the silver one from Hambach ,sorted!

 

[landmannnn]

Hopefully my comments won’t start a political thing lol. But I find powerlessness more prevalent than liberty here.

The government waste is just astonishing. The 2 political parties are merely 2 sides of the same coin — nothing but constant finger pointing, rhetoric, and efforts to divide. Until we rid ourselves of career politicians, nothing will change bc they prioritize ensuring their reelection vs doing the right thing and finding common ground.

One of the worst things in the US, imo, is that our healthcare is owned by huge corporations and their ultimate goal is profit profit profit. I never feel so utterly powerless when I’m trying to get help from my health insurance company. One of the CEOs of a health insurance company here famously gets 17 million dollar bonuses per year. Meanwhile, many desperately ill people are being denied coverage for certain things bc it’s not profitable enough and there are loopholes to deny coverage and/or specifically designed steps to string them along as a method of getting the patient to give up trying to obtain coverage. Infuriating.

Okay /rant.


Haha. Survival of fittest!

You think you have waste.....
Meanwhile here in the UK, 20% of all new cars are bought on behalf of the government. They give them to those who claim to have a disability (virtually no physical checks done)

 

[Coullabus]

You think you have waste.....
Meanwhile here in the UK, 20% of all new cars are bought on behalf of the government. They give them to those who claim to have a disability (virtually no physical checks done)

Sadly that is so true.

 

[crashnburn]

Looking a second vehicle too for next spring.
Considering a Bronco 2dr , Honda Passport Trail, 4runner/Highlander.

 

[Tom109]

Looking a second vehicle too for next spring.
Considering a Bronco 2dr , Honda Passport Trail, 4runner/Highlander.

I have a Honda Ridgeline as my commuter. It’s the best AWD sedan I’ve ever owned, and hauls stuff literally every week (personal & for work). It is a Honda, but it is infinitely useful.