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Originally Posted by Daekar
One of the many reasons I love my Jetta wagon. 50mpg+ on the highway, and plenty of room for passengers and gear. I can't imagine a more practical vehicle.
That is a very nice Audi you have there. I'm glad to see nice wagons at all, with all the SUV nonsense I've endured over the last decade I once despaired of ever seeing decent transportation ever again. Enjoy the 2.7 when you need the power, I'm sure it's quite exhilarating. :-)
It's amusing to think of that as a European pickup truck... the diesel pickup we're looking at for farm chores has a 5.9L V6 in it, and has an 8 foot long bed. Do you not have farms locally? Surely work vehicles are actually available to those who need them.
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I took it more as 'in the US, if you get groceries once a week, and take a child to school, you better at least have an F150.' It may have just been a comparison of fuel economy- but I don't think it's totally valid, since there seems to definitely be a reason for the extra, and it's not overkill. Usually here there is little to no justification for vehicle choices.
A friend of mine has a wife. She wants a Dodge Ram 1500. She wants a chrysler, so one can already tell she does not know much about cars, but regardless of branding, she wants it because she "likes the way it looks." I could never fathom spending money, and so much at that, for something based solely on it's looks, without any other consideration. A brand new Ram 1500 to commute back and forth to work.
I fail to understand it, but continue to understand why things that should have gone away years ago are still around (chrysler, alcohol, so on).