Comments on: the great new car adventure

By: Merle Hall

Merle Hall — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:54:37 +0000

If you haven’t, you should try sitting in a recent-year Subaru Forester (ours is a 2017). Best visibility of any car I’ve ever driven. Easy to get into and out of – don’t have to climb up or get down low. No clue how they compare in price, sorry.

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By: Marc Beebe

Marc Beebe — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:39:42 +0000

In reply to whbeebe.

I’d expect it’s the salt air that affects your vehicles down there the worst. Up here it’s the -40 Winters and +40 Summers with extra UV every time the sun shines, due to the elevation.

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By: whbeebe

whbeebe — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:31:19 +0000

In reply to Marc Beebe.

Glad to hear that about the Highlander. Unfortunately, driving in Florida with its heat and humidity is a far heavier load on a system than up around where you live. Even though I took the car in faithfully at its 5,000 mile/8,000 km mandated checks it’s time to move on. And as I said, this tired old ass of mine needs better support while sitting which the Prius doesn’t quite have anymore.

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By: Marc Beebe

Marc Beebe — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:56:09 +0000

A mere 130,000 miles on a Toyota? Bah! That’s nothing. I had over 300,000 miles on one of my 4Runners. If the axle hadn’t broken during the forest fires I would have kept it and fixed it and drove it more. My Highlander Hybrid has over 200,000 kms on it now and still going strong.

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