[V8] car pondering before our next blizzard

[Roger M. Woodbury]

Oh, yeah.  That other part. It is mandatory the cars have all wheel 
drive.  I am LOOOOOONG beyond the point where I can justify only front 
let alone, rear wheel drive since the AWD systems are so good and no 
longer cause much loss of fuel mileage.  I hae watched the VW wagons 
develop, but they're all too small for our purpose.  Several years ago 
my wife and I sat in both an Audi allroad and an Audi A4 Avant. The A4 
was simply too small, and the allroad too expensive at that point.  I 
have given some thought about a more recent Audi Avant, but the newer 
they get, the more elecronically gizzie they are.  Something else also:  
many have told me that the Avant was seriously cheapened in the newer 
models, and the engines made considerably more complex for no real return.

No...not the Honda Crosstour.  Because it is, well, just a Honda 
Crosstour and dull.  Dunno why the MDX is so interesting to me. Maybe 
it's because so many didn't like it and only about 6500 were sold.  In 
fact, it is still possible to buy new, 2013 MDX's. (although I wouldn't).

R




On 2/14/2015 10:57 AM, Kent McLean wrote:



> Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
>> I am speaking of the Acura ZDX.
> Is that a Honda Crosstour in a fancy dress?
>
> (googles)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Crosstour
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acura_ZDX
>
> Ah, similar but different. The Crosstour is based on the Accord, the ZDX is based on the Pilot/MDX.
>
> If it fits your needs, you may have better luck finding one with a Honda badge.
>
> If you want a car that handles well, gets good mileage, isn’t too gizmo’d out, has a hatchback that’ll swallow a dishwasher, you might want to test drive a 2015 VW Golf. They’ve come a l-o-n-g way since the Rabbit years. Put a set of snow tires on one, and you should be able to handle a Maine winter.
>
> —
> Kent McLean
> ’02 VW Beetle TDI and lots of ex-Audis, including Bad Puppy
>
>
>


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