Post Pics of your "Other" Rides

[KARNUT]

23 minutes ago, customboss said:

I wanted to buy one but was vetoed for a Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness she demanded. 

Wise choice 

[Grumpy Bear]

2024 Mirage G4 ES

 

Fun facts. This motor paired with it's CVT is spinning under 1800 rpm at 55 mph.  Doesn't reach 2,000 rpm till about 65 mph. It doesn't strain. It doesn't fuss and passes something most can't. A gas station, several of them. Will reach local Interstate speeds well before the end of an on ramp. Parks anywhere. Quite, comfortable and a joy to drive. Only moderately more affected by truck generated windshear than a Terrain and almost the same power/weight ratio. Great daily driver and day trip vehicle. And yes, not first long haul Interstate bullet choice. So what? An Avalanche/Suburban/Tahoe to run to the post office, grocery or to work 5 miles away is overkill and wasteful. 

 

I know people in the Mirage community that routinely drive these 75 to 85 mph all day. Pull trailers with them and at least one does both.  In the five door version, use them an campers and ATV's. Service in critical medical delivery putting 300 to 400K trouble free miles over their service lives.

 

I have no issues passing anything I wish to pass and do so safely. How is that possible? I don't make STUPID passes. 

 

Besides, It's cute and cheap.

 

[customboss]

21 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

2024 Mirage G4 ES

 

Fun facts. This motor paired with it's CVT is spinning under 1800 rpm at 55 mph.  Doesn't reach 2,000 rpm till about 65 mph. It doesn't strain. It doesn't fuss and passes something most can't. A gas station, several of them. Will reach local Interstate speeds well before the end of an on ramp. Parks anywhere. Quite, comfortable and a joy to drive. Only moderately more affected by truck generated windshear than a Terrain and almost the same power/weight ratio. Great daily driver and day trip vehicle. And yes, not first long haul Interstate bullet choice. So what? An Avalanche/Suburban/Tahoe to run to the post office, grocery or to work 5 miles away is overkill and wasteful. 

 

I know people in the Mirage community that routinely drive these 75 to 85 mph all day. Pull trailers with them and at least one does both.  In the five door version, use them an campers and ATV's. Service in critical medical delivery putting 300 to 400K trouble free miles over their service lives.

 

I have no issues passing anything I wish to pass and do so safely. How is that possible? I don't make STUPID passes. 

 

Besides, It's cute and cheap.

 

I like to bust your balls about it having a lawnmower engine but I’d have bought one. 

[KARNUT]

13 minutes ago, customboss said:

I like to bust your balls about it having a lawnmower engine but I’d have bought one. 

The smallest vehicle I had with a CVT transmission was a CRV. I’d be tooling down the interstate at the speed limit and all the sudden it be spinning at 3K RPMs. If the hill was a little challenging it would go higher. That’s with 190 horsepower. The fuel mileage was the same as the Odyssey and the Genesis. V6s about 100 more horsepower and full sized. My wife in her Genesis a full size car gets 25 MPG in town its main function. With Horsepower to spare. On the highway close to 30 mpg. 

[customboss]

1 minute ago, KARNUT said:

The smallest vehicle I had with a CVT transmission was a CRV. I’d be tooling down the interstate at the speed limit and all the sudden it be spinning at 3K RPMs. If the hill was a little challenging it would go higher. That’s with 190 horsepower. The fuel mileage was the same as the Odyssey and the Genesis. V6s about 100 more horsepower and full sized. My wife in her Genesis a full size car gets 25 MPG in town its main function. With Horsepower to spare. On the highway close to 30 mpg. 

The 2025 Subaru cross track wilderness doesn’t break 2000 RPM doing hardly anything

[customboss]

Honda engineering ain’t what it used to be

[KARNUT]

10 minutes ago, customboss said:

Honda engineering ain’t what it used to be

I have two. Both with more than 160K miles. I’m a recent fan. I have nothing against Subaru. 

[PunchT37]

58 minutes ago, customboss said:

I like to bust your balls about it having a lawnmower engine but I’d have bought one. 

Well, one of my rides has a pressure washer engine. And, it`s a Honda.

[customboss]

3 minutes ago, PunchT37 said:

Well, one of my rides has a pressure washer engine. And, it`s a Honda.

So does my Genset 

[txab]

Here's one of my other rides.

2025 Subaru Ascent, with turbo

 

 

 

[customboss]

3 hours ago, txab said:

Here's one of my other rides.

2025 Subaru Ascent, with turbo

 

 

 

Super Smart car 

[Grumpy Bear]

Where did the idea that a motor should be able to run 700 rpm at 80 mph no matter what the load is come from? People wank if an automatic downshifts. They wank if the CVT increases rpm on a hill, into the wind. Same people have no issue pulling down a gear or even two with a manual transmission to pass or climb a 7% grade. Do these people need a diesel electric to get happy.  

 

 

Tell me. What road motor can utilize direct drive?

How many can pull a 0.55:1 overdrive cleanly at 60-70 mph?

Raven can. It's geared taller than Pepper!!

 

Did we forget what the purpose of an transmission is?  3A92 Mitsubishi motor has the same power of a 1933 Ford 221 CID flathead at about the same piston speed and that motor built America. 33 Ford pickup weight about the same as a Mirage too. 

 

Some hate makes no sense even to the senseless. 

 

[Black02Silverado]

New to me, a used Wrangler with the Eco Diesel.  Love the mpg it gets.

[Black02Silverado]

Susan has a used 4xe, last fill up using Fuelly it showed 84.3 mpg.  It's a perfect vehicle for around here.  She fills up about once ever 9 weeks.  Runs mostly on electric.

[KARNUT]

2 hours ago, Black02Silverado said:

Susan has a used 4xe, last fill up using Fuelly it showed 84.3 mpg.  It's a perfect vehicle for around here.  She fills up about once ever 9 weeks.  Runs mostly on electric.

I’m curious. Some of the advertisements I see with plug in hybrids are you may never need the gas engine. Is there a timer or mileage when the gas engine comes on to keep it viable?