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Old 06-14-2021, 01:56 AM   #114 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
300 hp. AWD.
I said why would I want a RAV4? Why would I want 300hp? Why would I want AWD? Not that I'd be offended if my car had those options. But I couldn't care less if it did. Sure, that's what everyone else wants: an AWD crossover with 300hp. But that's not what I want in the least. I guess I'm the oddball

I've lived in the Colorado mountains all my life. The parts where snow can cover entire houses from the roof to the ground so you need to tunnel in to get to your door. And I've never seen AWD as a necessity. It might come in handy once every two or three years when I get stuck in someone's driveway who was too lazy to shovel it out. But other than that if it's too deep to drive 2WD drive vehicles around it's too deep to drive AWD drive vehicles unless we're talking about the ones with snow plows. And no, I don't think there's a snow plow option for the RAV4 nor is my parking space big enough to merit a snow plow vehicle.

And 300hp? Seriously? I never floor my 200hp Avalon as it is, even when in a full car pulling a loaded trailer up steep mountain passes.
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