pablomax

Growing up in the states, we had a Leone 4x4. My father clocked over 500k miles on that car before he sold it to our neighbor. It apparently made it to 750K before the motor finally died. Never a mechanical repair needed in the first 500k. Only the typical wear items. My Mother still drives an outback. They are fantastic autos, but the styling is not really to my taste in the modern ones.

Thanks for all the replies. I still have the SuperB, but through my wifes company, I ended up getting an amazing deal on a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Good enough that if I sell in a year, I'll still make money on the open market.

I did test drive it. The wife says it's way too small for the pram in the back. I actually think the Seat version looks better though.

I actually quite like the Tuareg, but my goodness is that think expensive. The starting price is 60k....for a VW. I am not looking for a sports car. Just something with decent acceleration and where the wheels dont pop off driving up a city curb. Not too unreasonable IMO. Even the outback meets that requirement. It just happens to be too ugly.

One other question. Is it still possible to enable / disable features using VCDS as was possible in the last gen of VAG cars? That is one consideration to stick in the VAG group as I have that fancy cable to software to change various settings.

You are probably right. But, with today's ever increasing nanny state and tighter and tighter emissions regulations, the choices are getting fewer and fewer. Basically anything will be a compromise in one or the other area. Like most things, the question is.. is it one I can live with. Or one my wife will make me live with

I don't really care about top speed. I am not a fast a driver. Normally never more than 160 KPH. My wrangler had a very low top speed, but the skinny pedal would still push you back in your seat. My Superb has about as much "G's" on you as a piece of A4 paper.

Do they just need to pull the dent out or replace the panel?

Sadly, they will not sell the new Shogun here. I really like that car. Luckily my commute is only 15km. I have not a "huge" need of a pickup, if I am honest. We do have a few rental properties which from time to time require the rental of a van for replacements of various systems. Or at my home, our garden is rather large with a lot of bushes. So, a few times a year a rent a van to take a few trips to the local garden garbage center. With the Kodiaq, I would just use a trailer I reckon. At the end of the day, I don't want something that is boring. If you are going to spend 40K on something, it should bring you some joy. Not just a thing from getting from point a to b. That's why I ask if people love their cars.

This is forbidden in Germany. In Dusseldorf you will still find many people who will double park or even park inside a tree planting area, but normally never blocking the sidewalk. Otherwise, they can be sure of a ticket or more likely that someone will damage their car with keys or the bicycle.

While I appreciate your snark, it is not really helpful and clearly disingenuous. I believe you know exactly my meaning when I refer to parking a typically passenger car off the side of the road. You must take a lot of car to go up the curb so as not to damage anything on the car. This is not always so fun when you are on a busy road and cars are wizzing by you. The typical German driver is actually rather aggressive. My wife used to have a BMW X5 as a company car. It had smaller wheels, but tall tyers. You must slow down of course when pulling off up the curb, but the taller tyres allowed you to easily pop right up. The car acted as if nothing was there.

I would love to have an Amarok, but the lack of rear passenger airbags is a deal killer. VW does not care about rear passenger safety on that vehicle. It is also very wide and longer even than the ranger I think. The L200 is much smaller and easier to handle in a car park or city. Also, it has modern safety systems, which is a buying consideration.

No disrespect to you, but you don't know what you are talking about. Here in Germany, in many parts of the cities you need to park on the side walks. They are large enough for a car and there is often a painted part for bikes and walkers. It is not legal to fully block a side walk so that bikes and pedestrians cannot go. In such areas, you can be sure there shall be a no parking sign and swift parking officer to issue your ticket or tow you away.

I normally don't care too much about my "image" and what other people would think, but even I would duck down low to not be seen driving a Hummer.