inspired by the snow thread and wonderfull pictures of our cars in the snow I'm wonder how many of us store our cars for the winter and how many drive them.
I have the opportunity to purchase a very very nicelow mileage imported turbo diesel Toyota Hilux Surf(4 runner) at a very attractive price. It would allow me to store my car for the winter which would be nice since my car literally does not have a spec of rust on it that I can find right now(most of the nuts and bolts on the undercarriage aren’t even showing any surface rust yet) it would probably be better on gas to
at the same time, my GT-four is OUTSTANDING in the snow. Better then my friends WRX which surprised me, not only that, but it’s a blast to drive year round. I have some cooper winter tires on mine and I have never been in a car that navigates the snow better.
I have the $$$ to by the truck without issue but I intend to move into a house next year and most of my money is tied up for a down payment. I’ve got around 8K or so I set aside to mod my car this summer, but if I purchase this truck my GT-four will have to stay relatively stock for the next little while (1-2 years) unless I decide to hold off on the house for another year(I am only 22, and single)
So, I need to decide if I want to mod my car and really have fun with it, but be stuck driving a moddded car around year round as my only car and daily driver. Or if I want to spend that Money on a car I don’t have to worry about in the winter, but then be stuck with a relatively timid car come summer. I now turn to the people of alltrac.net to help me decide
Keep in mind that I live in Winnipeg, We normally have a lot of snow from October to march and it gets very, very cold in the winter, -30C is the norm, which is hard on cars in itself, and we use salt and sand to clean the roads.
insight is appreciated
I have the opportunity to purchase a very very nicelow mileage imported turbo diesel Toyota Hilux Surf(4 runner) at a very attractive price. It would allow me to store my car for the winter which would be nice since my car literally does not have a spec of rust on it that I can find right now(most of the nuts and bolts on the undercarriage aren’t even showing any surface rust yet) it would probably be better on gas to
at the same time, my GT-four is OUTSTANDING in the snow. Better then my friends WRX which surprised me, not only that, but it’s a blast to drive year round. I have some cooper winter tires on mine and I have never been in a car that navigates the snow better.
I have the $$$ to by the truck without issue but I intend to move into a house next year and most of my money is tied up for a down payment. I’ve got around 8K or so I set aside to mod my car this summer, but if I purchase this truck my GT-four will have to stay relatively stock for the next little while (1-2 years) unless I decide to hold off on the house for another year(I am only 22, and single)
So, I need to decide if I want to mod my car and really have fun with it, but be stuck driving a moddded car around year round as my only car and daily driver. Or if I want to spend that Money on a car I don’t have to worry about in the winter, but then be stuck with a relatively timid car come summer. I now turn to the people of alltrac.net to help me decide
Keep in mind that I live in Winnipeg, We normally have a lot of snow from October to march and it gets very, very cold in the winter, -30C is the norm, which is hard on cars in itself, and we use salt and sand to clean the roads.
insight is appreciated