[Ayoob]

My old lady says we need a 4x4 and it's time for me to get a new ride, so I'm looking at SUVs and pickups. Maybe a Ford F150 that gets 8-12 mpg, maybe a Chevy Suburban 1500. You should see these things! They're the size of a city block and have TWO GAS TANKS!!! Two 25-gallon tanks, so at $2 a gallon it's $100 to fill up. At $7 a gallon, it's $350 to fill the tank one time.

8 gallons of gas for me to make the round trip to work, so $16 to $56. To make $275 for my day's pay. That could still be a good deal.

[Javaman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'M')y old lady says we need a 4x4 and it's time for me to get a new ride, so I'm looking at SUVs and pickups. Maybe a Ford F150 that gets 8-12 mpg, maybe a Chevy Suburban 1500. You should see these things! They're the size of a city block and have TWO GAS TANKS!!! Two 25-gallon tanks, so at $2 a gallon it's $100 to fill up. At $7 a gallon, it's $350 to fill the tank one time.

8 gallons of gas for me to make the round trip to work, so $16 to $56. To make $275 for my day's pay. That could still be a good deal.

[vtsnowedin]

If you don't have a four wheel drive now I doubt that your Wonderful Wife Needs a 4x4. But as with all WWs ,You may need her to have one to keep sleeping indoors.
Might I suggest that she test drive a Subaru Legacy wagon or a Forester. These are the top selling new cars in Vermont for several reasons. When sharpshod with four studded Hahhapeliitta winter snow tiresthey are hard to beat and though pricey they are worth it both in performance gas milage and resale value. A neighbor has had a couple of them. She lives at the top of a half mile of private road with twelve percent grades and little sanding. She comes and goes daily without incident.
As a commuter vehicle I have never been able to make a 4x4 truck do the math. My full size chevys,a 93 and an 01 both were 2x4 with 4.3 V6s and 5 speeds. They got 21 MPG start to finish. Unless your a power company lineman that has to show up for every ice storm they make a good comfortable commuter truck. You don't have to fold yourself into them with a shoe horn or go to the chiropractor after each hour commute. I'm 6' 4" x275 so that ment a lot to me. I used them as a rolling field office herding paving crews around and was often 200 miles from home at sundown. Pushing that 4x4 transfer case and front axel around wastes a lot of fuel for the few time you need it. Save the 4x4 for weekends and hunting trips you paid for with the gas money you save commuting in a 2x4. Or move closer to your work.

[Madpaddy]

I don't know if they are available in the US but the Nissan x-trail gets about 40mpg (4.54 litres to European gallon).

http://www.carpages.co.uk/nissan/x-trai ... -03-05.asp



On the other hand, I will be buying one of these when I return from overseas duty in Kosovo.



60-70mpg and 9 airbags. 99g co2/km

[IslandCrow]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', '9') airbags.

[Madpaddy]

I hope I never find out.

[SteinarN]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'I') don't know if they are available in the US but the Nissan x-trail gets about 40mpg (4.54 litres to European gallon).

http://www.carpages.co.uk/nissan/x-trai ... -03-05.asp



On the other hand, I will be buying one of these when I return from overseas duty in Kosovo.



60-70mpg and 9 airbags. 99g co2/km

[Madpaddy]

SteinarN,

It is small but quite chunky and heavily built when you see it. Alot of other cars are in the 105-120 g co2/km limit but 99 is the best I've seen from any non electric car. Feel free to correct me,

[SteinarN]

I'm not aware of any other non-hybrid car with lower fuel consumption.