companies really need a dirtbag division.
companies really need a dirtbag division.
[QUOTE=Brownski;6838980]I may end up ordering these. My Sienna is supposed to be ready some time in May. Will have taken ten months by then. Glad I’m not in a hurry[/
You need to have your battery disconnected when you unplug ANY airbag or seatbelt pretensioner system connectors(the yellow connectors) or you'll set the airbag light. You don't want to end up back at the dealer where they want to charge you to clear the code and t want to argue about some warranty void bullshit due to etc, etc,.....
So the world is filled with tubular entities. Food goes in one end and shit comes out the other. Sperm goes in and babies come out.
Yeah, seriously. Minivans are rad function wise.
Do you want to carry stuff or have it drive well? The GTI is probably the closest you get to both worlds, other than that you're sacrificing one or the other.
I dont' get pleasure out of utility driving (e.g. driving to do the daily stuff of life)
But I certainly get pleasure out driving down a dirt road on the way to a weekend of camping, hiking, backpacking. And I get pleasure of driving my old Miata around some twisties on the way to/from a trail run.
What model year did the awd hybrid first come out?
What model year did the second row issue first become a thing?
2021 and 2021.
For whatever it's worth, the 2nd row in the hybrid can push all the way forward (so the 2nd row seats are touching the front seats). So you can make quite a bit of room in the back. But if the goal is to sleep a couple people in there, there's definitely not enough room for that without pulling the seats out.
I was never a VW van fan especially after a long, sloooow, loud trip from Steamboat to Avon. If the Little Feat show hadn't been so incredible I might've been turned off to minivans forever but the day was so good I slept all the way home and appreciated the flat space so it saved itself. Some fun buzzing around the Denver Metro and foothills in an old mid engine, supercharged AWD Sienna showed me that minivans didn't have to be sluggish and handle like a wet noodle.
@Riser how could you not get driving being fun? Laying a vehicle into a corner just right and nailing the line is just as much fun as it is on a bike or skis if the vehicle is set up right.
I've also enjoyed driving on occasion, but mostly in high school in the Triumph Spitfire i rebuilt and restored. Modern cars are either boring or so fast that fun comes with a huge risk. I borrowed a STI Impreza for a bit and it didn't even start to be fun until I was going double the speed limit--that's not sustainable or safe on public roadways.
If i could figure out a reasonable way to make the Vanagon in my back yard electric and AWD, I'd do it. I've always thought the minivan was the best car configuration unless you're only hauling 2 people (then it should be a Smart Car). But the industry sure has gone in the direction of luxury rather than utility.
ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
Fwiw, our ‘06 sienna did a 2k mile road trip last week getting between 21-25 mpg, w/ a Thule box on the roof, 5 peeps onboard, and snow tires. Where we live, it usually gets 19-21 mpg. The multiple tanks at 25 mpg was surprising.
@climberevan The solution is a BRZ or Miata.
Ford transit. Is there an awd minivan-like variation?
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