On Aug 16, 10:14 am, Wilko wrote:
Cricket wrote:
"Siskuwihane" wrote in message
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On Aug 15, 9:55 pm, "Matt Clara" wrote:
"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message

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Matt Clara wrote:
What about the Passat wagon--it's a full sized sedan/station wagon--?
The Passat TDI wagon was never sold in California due to emissions.
I could import one from another state, e.g. Oregon, provided it has
enough miles on it. VW supposedly will introduce a cleaner diesel
engine
next year. But by then, the 2008 Highlander Hybrid will be out, and it
might get better mileage, especially in town.
Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape hybrid get fairly good mileage for an SUV,
better than any minivan. After driving dirt roads with a rental
minivan
last week in Idaho, I can see why boaters usually prefer an SUV.
"Fairly good mileage for an SUV," is like saying, "It doesn't kill too
much
for a nuclear bomb."
How 'bout a real car, that gets good mileage, like the Passat I've
suggested
a dozen times now, and a trailer hitch and trailer to haul your
occasional
load? Or are you just ****tin' us with all this concern for mileage?
SUV's have no purpose, other than self-indulgence.
Earlier you said a person may need an SUV, now you say they have no
purpose other than self-indulgence. So which is it?

A Passat wouldn't last a day on some of the state forest roads around
here.

Doesn't haul a horse trailer for squat, either.

You can get quite a few boats in a horse trailer...

Cricket

You guys have really never driven a Passat 4motion with a decent engine,
did you? More ground clearance and 4 wheel drive.
I drive a Skoda Octavia 4X4, which is built on the same platform as the
Passat's smaller brother, the Golf. It does very well on really bad
roads, and it's been voted as the caravan towing car of the year in
several countries. Making remarks about the Passat, with the same 4X4
system but with more powerful engines available, not being a great car
for hauling a horse trailer is nonsense.



From what I've read the 4Motion has the same ground clearance as the
standard Passat, not going to cut it where I go on an almost daily
basis. I don't have a horse trailer so I have no issues there.


This is the kind of roads (and quite a bit worse than that) I've taken
my Octavia on many times, usually during kayaking holidays in the
Balkans, mind telling me why my car should have given up on its first
day there?

A 7" rock?