1995.
After a decade-plus of only front-wheel drive in our driveway, we bought a used Volvo 745T. With two toddlers, we were concerned about winter driving and bought Blizzaks mounted on steel wheels for the Volvo. We were not concerned about our other car; a brand new Jeep Cherokee (Country trim level), our first AWD…
They shake off very clean; there’s probably more residual snow on your shoes than there is on the blocker. Just throw it in the back of the car.
Help keep the rear glass clean(er)?
In my ‘06 MDX, I put the rear seat down, lay down a plastic tarp, and am able to put my 7.5' bundled tree in the back and then close the tailgate.
There’s an incredible amount of usefulness in the 188.7" length of those 1st gen crossovers. Probably why there are still so many on the road.
(The last year for those 1st…
With a name like Stinger, isn’t the target market more Charger than BMW/Audi?
This might still be available:
2016 Volvo XC90 AWD T8 Momentum
400hp / plug-in Hybrid tech / large touch screen
The perfect Tesla primer. And useful after the Model 3 arrives.
$49.9k
So the “Honey, I’m sending the car out to pick up dinner...” era that I’m anticipating is still a ways off?
What ever you do, please don’t make drive a convertible in the Finger Lakes region of central New York from early April through mid-November.