Life in Colorado...

As much as I hate to admit it, I have owned two Subarus and I have to say they both were great cars for the Colorado winter/ski trips. The only thing that pulled me away from them is I got into boating and a Subaru doesn't have the towing capacity.

 

Same is true for the old Audi Allroad. I read a stat that half of all NORTH AMERICAN Allroad sales were in Colorado, most of those being Denver metro. Will the same be true of the new one?

For the scoobs, not much beats a manual tranny AWD around here.

At least, for the most part, those with boxes on the top aren't really "posing". Those that bother me more are Escalade drivers in Highlands Ranch.

 

A Subaru is the car of choice for the masses who live west of Denver.

An Audi is the car of choice for the classes who live west of Denver.

-F

 

And, yet, Audi continues to refuse to bring the C7 RS6 Avant to the US. I guess I will have to limp my C5 along for a while longer.

CW

 

An old coworker who grew up in Minnesota told me that at the first big freeze every year it was all the 4x4's that crashed first. Seems they forgot over the off season that a 4x4 can accellerate twice as fast as a 2x but doesn't stop or corner any better.

People in the mountains of California say the best thing about chain restrictions is it keeps the flatlanders from driving too fast.

 

As Futureman points out, lots of Coloradoans don't drive any better than Alabamans or anyone who came from snowless country. Back in the day before all the tech jobs came to Colorado (pre-85 or so) from mostly California, people hauled ass in the snow and did just fine. Then it slowly changed. Everyone got freaked out at even a hint of snow and now we have an entire population who has not a clue how to drive in it. And the ironic thing is that there must be a much larger percentage of FWD or AWD vehicles with ABS now than 20 or 25 years ago. We are truly dinosaurs! I'll still take old my '77 Landcruiser with Blizzaks up against ANYTHING!

 

It's the same in CO. After pretty much any snow storm, it is always large 4X4s I see in the ditches mostly. Growing up in New England in the 60s, most cars were one wheel drive. We learned to get the most out of them and as teenagers actually practiced sliding around for fun. Little did we know we were learning important skills at the same time. Commercials that show 4X4s blasting through deep snow at break neck speeds don't do the consumer any favors either.

Dave

 

FJ-40 or 55?

I think it's 3 things.

1. False confidence cars.
2. Deterioration in skill nationwide.
3. Transplants from warm climates. I work with 3 Calilanders....none lf them know what they're doing in snow or rain, FTM.

 

We give out drivers licenses with coupons at the grocery store.



Snow? Brrrr. Not for me. It's close to 70 degrees here now and that is really too cold as far as I'm concerned. Going to be a great weekend for a motorcycle ride.

 

If they'd push the "don't cruise in the left lane unless you want a ticket" 365 24/7 it would make things better. See too many scared idiots blocking traffic in rain/snow thus people have to merge more than need be.

I usually kick it sideways for a 1/2 block or so just for fun every time it snows so I don't forget...mainly for kicks, but "practice" sounds better.

 

Putting the Ferrari to bed for five months out of the year is like getting a new car every Spring. It's great.

Actually it sucks.

-F

 

Cool car. What are they going for these days?

 

new '12/'13 sti's are about $35-$43k that i've seen online and at mike shaw subaru. for a 2004/2005 sti they still run for about $15-$25k on craigslist and such.

 

Not those. You specifically mentioned that you wanted a '98 to '01 2.5 RS. That's what I was asking about. I almost bought one back in the day but the seats couldn't fold down to put a bike inside.

 

oh!! older 2.5rs's are anywhere from 3k to 7k. Sometimes you find some that have a sti swap in them and those run over 10k. those are called RSTi's

 

Those must be awesome.

 

ya light weight, 300-400 hp, awd. that would be fun! i still need practice with manual. i have had little practice...

 

I have an '09 Impreza WRX. Acceleration is good, pretty fast, not a lot of torque. Apparently it can match a Testarossa 0-60.

With AWD and being a five door (hatch back) handling is kind of weird, I can't trust it. Understeer with a feeling that oversteer will come at any time. It is fun to accelerate on the freeway when the feeling arises. Not a particularly pretty car, actually kind of ugly IMO.

Fantastic in the snow.

-F

 

If you're up for the maintenance, an A6 2.7T S line with quattro and a manual is a far better, and better looking, car.

 

I think my next dd will be an Audi or a performance VW. The Subaru just isn't cool enough.

-F

 

anyone up for an ariel atom? i would love to have one of those. at the rate i'm going, i'll never be able to afford one. what gives you guys motivation? with school and hard work, it's not easy to find any motivation!