Ski town car question

NoOneInParticular · Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 3608 Location: VT

co worker of mine husband got in a car crash in a Wrangler. She was impressed by the lack of safety features and how mangled the passenger compartment was in a low speed crash.

1950s car sold today - wouldn't trust my safety to one

jmedslc · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 993 Location: BRightOn, UT

I love threads like this.

I vote 2008 Subaru Forester XT!

...or a big bad diesel truck.
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Cyrus · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 474

SkaredShtles · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject:

Matt J · Joined: 09 Dec 2009 Posts: 2627

there was only one Hummer

I've never heard anyone say the FJ wasn't capable off road

two Subi's here and couldn't be happier

Duffstuff · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 1091 Location: Denver

How 'bout one of these?

My dad had one. They spit fire out of the tail pipe!

http://www.wagonmaster.com/default.htm

nstelemark · Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 1922 Location: Nova Scotia

Edgyinoregon · Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 878 Location: Eugene, OR

Mary, I hope we've been a big help with your search for the perfect ski town car. Asking tele skiers for advice on an automotive fashion statement almost ALWAY spirals into mayhem, and we usually love every minute of it. I get the feeling that you'll end up with some form of a Hummer, and on Valentines Day that is exactly what many of us will end up with too!!!
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The New Guy · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:38 am Post subject:

My Ford Escape has 200,000 miles on it, going strong and hasn't gotten stuck in a spot where I didn't deserve to be stuck (aka: pushed my luck busting through snow banks)
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twopass · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 6528 Location: Behind the wheel

southerntele · Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Posts: 20 Location: India

Since we seem to have moved away from what Mary wants to what we have enjoyed in the past, I will throw in my two bobs worth.

Audi Quattro S4 wagon 4.2 litre V8 0-100 in around 5.6 seconds and a set of Pirelli' winter tyres rated for 240km/hr on 19 inch rims. Admittedly, not great ground clearance, it would get high centred on a cobblestone road, but great for sitting at 220km/hr as you head to Austria. A secondary benefit was that it had a great exhaust note above 5,000 rpm.

Hoka Hey · Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 850 Location: Wyoming

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Mary · Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 12 Location: So-Cal BB Lake

Thanks to all for the input and opinions. As it turned out I was in Mammoth last week during a small storm driving my Ford Explorer 2WD and it was enough to convince me that 4WD or AWD is the way to go up there. Chain control being a major issue. GOC was right too about the Cayenne, I saw a seriously botoxed Beverly Hills Housewife pull up in one at the Vons and had a good laugh. As for the Hummer, a male friend had to explain the joke. I guess I was married too long to keep up with current vernacular. Embarassed

I test drove a lightly used Toyota Highlander Hybrid Limited 4WD last weekend and was surprised this car didn't come up in this thread as it seems to meet a lot of criteria, yours and mine. It was a great car but I'm not sure it's really what I'm looking for. I like the FJ a lot, it's me, but I'm still concerned about backseat access for a car seat and such. Anyone?

Just for fun and for the guy who said I wasn't for real, here's a picture from last week.

Thanks again to all.

Mary B.

!ski · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 6112 Location: Boulder CO