[Leica] OT: Which car to buy...

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Never fear an SUV again!!:-)

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Cheers
Douglas

On 20.09.2011 17:14, R. Clayton McKee wrote:
> I thought a Miata would be a great little car.... and then I tried to 
> drive one.  There is no possible seating position for a driver my size 
> (5'10") in which the top bar of the windshield is not directly in front of 
> me.  The most comfortable positions put it right at eye level; the BEST I 
> could finally get had it blocking my view of signal lights in the midrange 
> - right where I'd need to be able to see them to commit for an 
> intersection.
>
> Wouldn't mind having one on a track where there are no lights, but on the 
> street - nope.
>
> Personally given your choices I'd go a few years further back if necessary 
> and get another 4Runner.... but I second the Toyota endorsement.  Current 
> wheels here are a low-mileage 93 2wd 4Runner - and for a Toyota of that 
> age "low mileage" is anything under 250K.  (mine's 150K, just barely 
> broken in; I get 18 mpg around town and 27 or so highway when traffic lets 
> me.)
>
> R. Clayton McKee
>
> PhotoJournalist
> from somewhere just south of somewhere else...
>
>
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