The problem was not the car. It was Edelman. He was a danger to other people on the road. How did he drive to get “no miles per gallon?” Using the throttle as an on-off switch? We averaged 34 mpg in our 2001, which I drove to 240,000 miles in northern Minnesota, land of salt, snow, and 40 below. Granted it was a…
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Car will probably weight 3 tons if they do that.
This summer I took my beater 2005 SWB Caravan on an off-road vehicle trail over a glacial moraine full of big rocks and washouts, and it did just fine. In the fall, I took my Journey down a narrow ATV trail full of big rocks and washouts, and it did just fine. I take my vehicles down logging roads on a regular basis.…
75% of this article says exactly why it was a success: cheap versatility.
FYI, there is not Oppositelock Facebook group. There’s Oppositelock (full of wholesome content and the iron grip of the Mods), and Oppositetalk (a Facebook-based offshoot started because people whined about Kinja).
There once was an era where transportation planners believed cars zipping along highways was the sustainable future…
OK. I’ve quietly endured ENOUGH dissing of the Sebring Avenger cars. I owned a 2008 Sebring 2.4 liter for almost 10 years, 276,000 kms until a close encounter with a deer ended it all. NO PROBLEMS. NONE. No electrical problems. No engine problems. No transmission problems. No wheel bearing problems. NO PROBLEMS.…