A vehicle for getting to THs in winter

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Re: A vehicle for getting to THs in winter

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d_baker wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:10 pm ^ My company truck is a 2013, 2500 Silverado and I think it's a horrible ride. Built for towing, not comfort.
Ours are 1500s. I'm sure the 2500 rides a lot worse.
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CaptCO wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:00 am
d_baker wrote: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:10 pm ^ My company truck is a 2013, 2500 Silverado and I think it's a horrible ride. Built for towing, not comfort.
My personal vehicle, a 2018 4Runner sr5, is far better.
I have Goodyear wrangler tires and they perform quite well in snow and rough 4x4 roads.
I’d trade my F150 for a TRD in a heartbeat if they didn’t keep such a good value.. (yotas). Truck wise I’d take Ford/Dodge over Chevy/GMC/Toyota though. Personal opinion
I want to trade my Xterra in for a 2021 F150. I've always criticized full sized trucks on trails but now I may become that douchebag, which will add to the other douchebag titles I've claimed over the years.
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CaptCO wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:15 am
XterraRob wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:07 am
CaptCO wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:00 am

I’d trade my F150 for a TRD in a heartbeat if they didn’t keep such a good value.. (yotas). Truck wise I’d take Ford/Dodge over Chevy/GMC/Toyota though. Personal opinion
I want to trade my Xterra in for a 2021 F150. I've always criticized full sized trucks on trails but now I may become that douchebag, which will add to the other douchebag titles I've claimed over the years.
To be honest, I kinda like you Rob. I’d grab a ‘21 if I had a trust fund haha! Few years out from something that nice. The 180* seat on the premium trims are quite nice for “sleeping”
I’ve pulled out more Toyota’s than any other make in Grand County with my 1 ton Ford and now Chevy. Two 4Runner trd pros just last week. I’m thinking driving skill and risk management is something Toyota can’t sell...
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Also , 97% of the vehicles in Grand county are 4runners, so this stands to reason
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RETEP 1 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:11 am I’ve pulled out more Toyota’s than any other make in Grand County with my 1 ton Ford and now Chevy. Two 4Runner trd pros just last week. I’m thinking driving skill and risk management is something Toyota can’t sell...
When I first moved to Denver I had an '08 Sebring. Left to go meet a friend at the Dino lots early during a snowstorm and I passed probably 20 spun out Wranglers, FJs, Tacomas, Silverados, F150s, etc in 15 miles. Everyone is a transplant here so a lot already dont know how to drive in snow - add on top the popularity of tacomas/4runners with the transplant crowd and the false sense of security they give and I'm not surprised at all (hell, I have one now too). I'd bet in Colorado there are more 4x4 accidents in snow than 2x4 accidents, controlling for number of vehicles of each type. Side note - I've lived in 5 different states (OH, MA, NY, GA) and Colorado has by far the worst drivers in any conditions. At least in other places like Boston everyone drives aggressively and in Georgia if it snows an inch people don't leave their houses for a week - here everyone grew up driving in a different style and they don't work well together.
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SchralpTheGnar wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:14 pm Also , 97% of the vehicles in Grand county are 4runners, so this stands to reason
Fair enough...doubt they’re registered in Grand County though...
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ncxhjhgvbi wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 2:03 pm
RETEP 1 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:11 am I’ve pulled out more Toyota’s than any other make in Grand County with my 1 ton Ford and now Chevy. Two 4Runner trd pros just last week. I’m thinking driving skill and risk management is something Toyota can’t sell...
When I first moved to Denver I had an '08 Sebring. Left to go meet a friend at the Dino lots early during a snowstorm and I passed probably 20 spun out Wranglers, FJs, Tacomas, Silverados, F150s, etc in 15 miles. Everyone is a transplant here so a lot already dont know how to drive in snow - add on top the popularity of tacomas/4runners with the transplant crowd and the false sense of security they give and I'm not surprised at all (hell, I have one now too). I'd bet in Colorado there are more 4x4 accidents in snow than 2x4 accidents, controlling for number of vehicles of each type. Side note - I've lived in 5 different states (OH, MA, NY, GA) and Colorado has by far the worst drivers in any conditions. At least in other places like Boston everyone drives aggressively and in Georgia if it snows an inch people don't leave their houses for a week - here everyone grew up driving in a different style and they don't work well together.
In this case, to the op, your accord will do fine! I went to school in Alamosa in 97 and drove a 94 Ford escort up Wolf Creek Pass every weekend(my roommate was a ski instructor and didn’t have a car). We never got stuck, it was a hatchback so the back seat folded flat and had plenty of room for sleeping😂 it also got really great gas mileage for all the conservation types👍
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Oh that's so true, people im CO drive sooooo bad. People in NY and MA just dont care at all so they drive like assholes. People in CA are just too distracted looking at the mirror or posting on social media so they drive like idiots. People here are, bad, just bad, at driving. They are afraid of merging!
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CaptCO wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:15 am
XterraRob wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:07 am
CaptCO wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:00 am

I’d trade my F150 for a TRD in a heartbeat if they didn’t keep such a good value.. (yotas). Truck wise I’d take Ford/Dodge over Chevy/GMC/Toyota though. Personal opinion
I want to trade my Xterra in for a 2021 F150. I've always criticized full sized trucks on trails but now I may become that douchebag, which will add to the other douchebag titles I've claimed over the years.
To be honest, I kinda like you Rob. I’d grab a ‘21 if I had a trust fund haha! Few years out from something that nice. The 180* seat on the premium trims are quite nice for “sleeping”
Maybe in another life, we'd be soulmates.
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ker0uac wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:56 pm Oh that's so true, people im CO drive sooooo bad. People in NY and MA just dont care at all so they drive like assholes. People in CA are just too distracted looking at the mirror or posting on social media so they drive like idiots. People here are, bad, just bad, at driving. They are afraid of merging!
I never said that. I just said we all drive differently here and it doesn’t always mix well.
RETEP 1 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:02 pm n this case, to the op, your accord will do fine! I went to school in Alamosa in 97 and drove a 94 Ford escort up Wolf Creek Pass every weekend(my roommate was a ski instructor and didn’t have a car). We never got stuck, it was a hatchback so the back seat folded flat and had plenty of room for sleeping it also got really great gas mileage for all the conservation types
Loool I do not recommend that to the OP and my statements were in no way meant to influence any sort of decision. It was a comment on why there are a lot of spunout trucks. Popularity of the vehicles plus false sense of security. I should NOT have been driving my Sebring that day. And I’m no driving prodigy either, I was just forced to go really slow - because I shouldn’t have been out on the roads anyways.
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End of discussion.
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