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Originally Posted by Honda100
I...a 3 year old Rover is a much more sensible choice in my opinion because I get the same kind of mpg and I also can use it in places the Accord wouldn't dream of going. The Rangie is a fantastic offroader and you can see I actually use mine off road.  |
I dunno... I must have missed a post of yours with pictures of it being driven off-road. The only pictures I see are in the first post: all but one are in urban areas (some even on tiled parking areas!). The one rural-ish one (the last one, with clouds), looks like a dirt road to me, and nothing I'd have problems taking my Insight on. Of course photos can be misleading...
As for diesels in general, perhaps it's possible to build a diesel engined vehicle that isn't excessively noisy and doesn't stink, but I've yet to see one. (OK, that might be because I don't notice the ones that aren't noisy & stinky :-)) But it is an indisputable fact that there are a lot of new noisy, stinky new diesels being sold in the US today.