Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

Seriously considering pulling the plug on the Honda --- but I'm also thinking about waiting for the '16s to come out...

p;-

subara's are a rare mix of safety, quality, ruggedness (relatively) and affordability.

+1 for the lesbaru

Tacoma and a drift boat

You know how I voted.

Don't get a fucking Jeep, especially a first year model run.

I voted Subaru.  I don't know anyone that doesn't love theirs, and I know tons of people with them.  On my street of less than 20 houses there are 10 Subarus, most of them being Outbacks and all are their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Subarus they've owned.

I like that Subaru Ben has.

If you get a new Outback, make sure to negotiate a factory or dealer installed trailer hitch.
The aftermarket ones drag and some of them trapeze around exhaust which reduces their towing capacity.

Wifey started a lease on a 2015 CX-5 last fall, seems like a really good all around ride..safety, gas mileage, ride, room, yada yada.  My only quip is that they'll be the slightest bit of hesitation in acceleration driving around town, around 20-30mph but it's mostly just an annoyance.  They have been working to improve that since first generation.  It's fun to drive on the highway though, good handling and surprising punch for a 4-cylinder if you want to pass someone on 95.  Driving it to Boston tomorrow actually.

She wanted a Mazda from the start but we test drove pretty much everything out there..Forrester, Outback, CRV, Hyundai Sante Fe/Tucson, Nissan Rogue, Ford Escape, Rav4. 

So yeah, taco and a drift boat.

Quote from: benben on August 06, 2015, 07:13:50 AM

On my street of less than 20 houses there are 10 Subarus, most of them being Outbacks and all are their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Subarus they've owned.

That can be said for every liberal hippie town in the country. Portland - overrun with Subaru's, Seattle - Lesbaru's as far as the eye can see, Missoula, MT - infested with em', the entire state of Vermont is under a strict Subaru only ordinance.


I've had multiple Subaru's (mostly the old GL's), great cars. Go with Graysun's Tacoma/ drift boat idea.

Quote from: wildmttrout on August 06, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
Tacoma and a drift boat

This. Get a man ride. Pickup. Toyo or a Nissan either one are way above the domestics nowadays. My Frontier has 250k on it right now with hardly a wrench touching it in that time except for normal maintenance, has never left me walking, and I still trust it to drive on long trips. And it was made in Tennessee.

This part of the world has too many Subarus already, don't give in to the peer pressure.  :D

Quote from: wildmttrout on August 06, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
Tacoma and a drift boat

I'm with G...if you don't have a lot of people to cart around. 


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Quote from: AKAaron on August 06, 2015, 07:52:31 AM

Quote from: benben on August 06, 2015, 07:13:50 AM

On my street of less than 20 houses there are 10 Subarus, most of them being Outbacks and all are their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Subarus they've owned.

That can be said for every liberal hippie town in the country. Portland - overrun with Subaru's, Seattle - Lesbaru's as far as the eye can see, Missoula, MT - infested with em', the entire state of Vermont is under a strict Subaru only ordinance.


I've had multiple Subaru's (mostly the old GL's), great cars. Go with Graysun's Tacoma/ drift boat idea.

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I love my Subaru.  BTW. 

Quote from: wildmttrout on August 06, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
Tacoma and a drift boat

In my dreams..... p;-

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2015, 08:21:09 AM

Quote from: wildmttrout on August 06, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
Tacoma and a drift boat

In my dreams..... p;-

I can't really see you rockin a truck, but I could see you rockin a drift boat.

Woolly, I thought your "new" ride was in that house I been dropping you off at for the past few months ???
Get a 2016 Nissan Frontier. Your line up screams soccer mommy. Those crossover wagons are another way of admitting you's a closet fag n!n

Quote from: benben on August 06, 2015, 08:20:40 AM

Quote from: AKAaron on August 06, 2015, 07:52:31 AM

Quote from: benben on August 06, 2015, 07:13:50 AM

On my street of less than 20 houses there are 10 Subarus, most of them being Outbacks and all are their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Subarus they've owned.

That can be said for every liberal hippie town in the country. Portland - overrun with Subaru's, Seattle - Lesbaru's as far as the eye can see, Missoula, MT - infested with em', the entire state of Vermont is under a strict Subaru only ordinance.


I've had multiple Subaru's (mostly the old GL's), great cars. Go with Graysun's Tacoma/ drift boat idea.

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I clicked the Ford Escape, but only because the spirit of my late grandfather made me do it.  That same spirit is causing me to consider a F150 for my retirement vehicle.  BUT I will likely get a new Frontier.  Like Yaller, I've had great luck with the Frontier I now drive.  It has ~ 140,000 on it and the only real problem was those damned tire pressure sensors.  My next one will however be an automatic.  I have pushed my last clutch.  BTW that spirit of granddad never approved of my Nissan, even though it was made in TN.   

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 08:40:42 AM
I clicked the Ford Escape, but only because the spirit of my late grandfather made me do it.  That same spirit is causing me to consider a F150 for my retirement vehicle.  BUT I will likely get a new Frontier.  Like Yaller, I've had great luck with the Frontier I now drive.  It has ~ 140,000 on it and the only real problem was those damned tire pressure sensors.  My next one will however be an automatic.  I have pushed my last clutch.  BTW that spirit of granddad never approved on my Nissan, even though it was made in TN.

Yours is just getting broken in good now. I've owned many Fords and Chevys over the years, and the spirit of  malfunctioned, broken, leaking shit usually started living in all of them after about 100k. After 250k, I've never even had to add a drop of oil between changes to the Frontier. The last Chevy I owned, at 150k I was carrying a couple quarts in the bed all the time. The downside is that the Frontier is possibly the ugliest truck ever created by mankind.

Quote from: Yallerhammer on August 06, 2015, 08:08:13 AM

Quote from: wildmttrout on August 06, 2015, 07:06:31 AM
Tacoma and a drift boat

Toyo or a Nissan either one are way above the domestics nowadays. My Frontier has 250k on it right now with hardly a wrench touching it in that time except for normal maintenance.

Most common statement from an owner of either a Tacoma or Frontier. Was the main deciding factor for me.

if you want something fancy and tricked out, get domestic. If you want something to actually do what a truck does and last more than 100,000, get a taco or front.


Also, git

The Frontier is a good truck, the Titan is a POS. Go 4-door Taco with topper or 4Runner. Rav4 if you really want something more feminine.

If you want something feminine, yet masculine (a la Butch), go with Doug and Ben's suggestion.

I'll be starting a "go fund me" for the truck and drifter

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 06, 2015, 09:05:20 AM
I'll be starting a "go fund me" for the truck and drifter

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Follow your dreams woolly

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+

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= Money left to burn

  y; Package deal?

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I voted Lesbaru but agree with Taco + Topper.   I am envious of Flatlander's truck (but admittedly am too fat to drive one myself).

Quote from: Beetle on August 06, 2015, 09:41:07 AM
I voted Lesbaru but agree with Taco + Topper.   I am envious of Flatlander's truck (but admittedly am too fat to drive one myself).

Trade you.

2016 Frontier.
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How about a Hilux? They will eb available in US and A next year (thank Christ...)
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Quote from: Transylwader on August 06, 2015, 10:14:15 AM
2016 Frontier.
(http://2016pickuptruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2016-Nissan-Frontier-front.jpg)
How about a Hilux? They will eb available in US and A next year (thank Christ...)
http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/79/a8/6b/79a86b9fa9a57da851023b52e1dcb799.jpg (http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/79/a8/6b/79a86b9fa9a57da851023b52e1dcb799.jpg)

Them Hilux's is beasties.

The only complication I see with the Frontier or the Tacoma is you'll never be accepted at truck pulls or by farmers, lumbermen, etc.   Try driving up to a truck pull in one of these foreign vehicles.  You can have it hillbillied up to the max, and you can be dressed in stereotypical country bumpkin attire, and you'll still be treated as poser.   Ask any old farmer or pulp wood cutter how they like your new Frontier.  I'll be the first to admit these alien vehicles ain't really pickups.

Acceptance is getting better, but I still find myself saying, "Forgive me.  I have sinned.  I did not buy American."

Plus, there is no better hayseed image than an aged man in a F150, with his dog beside him on the bench seat, and an old firearm hanging on the rack behind them. 

Quote from: Transylwader on August 06, 2015, 08:28:53 AM
Woolly, I thought your "new" ride was in that house I been dropping you off at for the past few months ???
Get a 2016 Nissan Frontier. Your line up screams soccer mommy. Those crossover wagons are another way of admitting you's a closet fag n!n

I guess Transyl "I had a rufffff time at summer camp" wader would know about closet fags...

But seriously, it KILLS me to say it, but I really really like my Outback.  Their commercials are insipid and every time I see a Coexist or faded Obama '12 sticker I am ready to retch, but its a great car to fly fish out of this summer.  I just got back from the Va SoHo and and got 33 mpg, the hatch is perfect for keeping all the flyfishing crap semi organized and clean.  Its easy to load and unload all that crap also.  My only beef is that I have to sell my heavy ass steal landscaping trailer that my cataraft currently sits on and buy a spendy aluminum dedicated raft trailer. I am saving now but it will be a while...

If only those people realized that Toyota is the most American made vehicle on the road today, Mudwall

Quote from: bmadd on August 06, 2015, 11:57:03 AM
If only those people realized that Toyota is the most American made vehicle on the road today, Mudwall

Cars or trucks?

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 12:06:46 PM

Quote from: bmadd on August 06, 2015, 11:57:03 AM
If only those people realized that Toyota is the most American made vehicle on the road today, Mudwall

Cars or trucks?

Across the board. I could be mistaken, but there was a study done on this last year that showed how much of each car was assembled in the US and how much of their parts were manufactured in the US. I am almost positive that Toyota had the highest averages across the board.

I did look up to see about trucks and the F-150 and Toyota Tundra were tied at the number 1 most American made pickup.

I can't see owning anything other than a yota or lesbaru. Have both and are the most reliable non part falling off vehicles I've ever owned. I can't vouch for Nissan. Honda has been good to me as well. I've had full size Ford and Chevrolet vans and there is always something going wrong or breaking on them.  Shut the door on my '10 Chevy full size van the other day and the inside door handle broke off in my hand... only if Toyota made a full size van.

Quote from: bmadd on August 06, 2015, 13:14:16 PM

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 12:06:46 PM

Quote from: bmadd on August 06, 2015, 11:57:03 AM
If only those people realized that Toyota is the most American made vehicle on the road today, Mudwall

Cars or trucks?

Across the board. I could be mistaken, but there was a study done on this last year that showed how much of each car was assembled in the US and how much of their parts were manufactured in the US. I am almost positive that Toyota had the highest averages across the board.

I did look up to see about trucks and the F-150 and Toyota Tundra were tied at the number 1 most American made pickup.

Mine was assembled in Cali

What is @Woolly Bugger thoughts on a new ride?

Really like my cr-v.  No problems with it, I have had other hondas easily over 300k miles.  Plenty of room for fishing stuff/bags etc in the back and still room for 4 passengers.  Mine can tow smaller boats(def drift boats), not the strongest but its possible.  Seems like a good mix that covers all possibilities. 

Quote from: ptfranze on August 06, 2015, 17:09:23 PM
Really like my cr-v.  No problems with it, I have had other hondas easily over 300k miles.  Plenty of room for fishing stuff/bags etc in the back and still room for 4 passengers.  Mine can tow smaller boats(def drift boats), not the strongest but its possible.  Seems like a good mix that covers all possibilities.

Man... that thing makes all kinds of racket going down the road.. And smells funny too.

WB, this is a fishing vehicle.  I'd give my left nut for this one.

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 18:21:47 PM
WB, this is a fishing vehicle.  I'd give my left nut for this one.

Hipster

Toyota initial cost is outlandish.  Why even make similar Lexus models?

Honestly whatever is closest to a modern Miata I say buy that and keep the wind in that mop.

http://www.longlivetheroadster.com/#overview (http://www.longlivetheroadster.com/#overview)

Still underpowered I see.

Ford Edge-check out the mileage,and POWER compared to Subby, wife is going thru same situation, girl at work has and
Edge, more room, more power

man up and get a truck, you know you want one

Edge is about 4-5k more ... Otherwise ...

Dis?

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Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 18:21:47 PM
WB, this is a fishing vehicle.  I'd give my left nut for this one.

Mud, a college girlfriend of mine had that jeep. A 1972 commando hard top. She let me drive it all summer one year when she was out of town. I got a job building a lodge in Yellowstone that summer and drove it all over between Missoula and the park. Loved that car.

Quote from: driver on August 06, 2015, 17:41:58 PM

Quote from: ptfranze on August 06, 2015, 17:09:23 PM
Really like my cr-v.  No problems with it, I have had other hondas easily over 300k miles.  Plenty of room for fishing stuff/bags etc in the back and still room for 4 passengers.  Mine can tow smaller boats(def drift boats), not the strongest but its possible.  Seems like a good mix that covers all possibilities.

Man... that thing makes all kinds of racket going down the road.. And smells funny too.

Hey man no problem we will take your car from now on....and the smell is you, you really need to shower more

Quote from: ptfranze on August 06, 2015, 22:33:46 PM

Quote from: driver on August 06, 2015, 17:41:58 PM

Quote from: ptfranze on August 06, 2015, 17:09:23 PM
Really like my cr-v.  No problems with it, I have had other hondas easily over 300k miles.  Plenty of room for fishing stuff/bags etc in the back and still room for 4 passengers.  Mine can tow smaller boats(def drift boats), not the strongest but its possible.  Seems like a good mix that covers all possibilities.

Man... that thing makes all kinds of racket going down the road.. And smells funny too.

Hey man no problem we will take your car from now on....and the smell is you, you really need to shower more

K. We can take mine Sat morning for stripers.

Like others on here I too have a Subaru and love it.  I only have two problems with the 2014 Forester.  One, it's towing capacity is only 1500 lbs and two, I never get to drive it.  My wife stole it from me.

The Honda CR-V specs indicate it's towing capacity is also only 1500lbs while the Subaru Outback is rated at 2700lbs. 

I want you to be able to tow that new drift boat with ease...

Quote from: Fin on August 07, 2015, 06:10:49 AM
......and two, I never get to drive it.  My wife stole it from me.

Warned you about that.

Quote from: tomato can on August 06, 2015, 11:43:19 AM

Quote from: Transylwader on August 06, 2015, 08:28:53 AM
Woolly, I thought your "new" ride was in that house I been dropping you off at for the past few months ???
Get a 2016 Nissan Frontier. Your line up screams soccer mommy. Those crossover wagons are another way of admitting you's a closet fag n!n

I guess Transyl "I had a rufffff time at summer camp" wader would know about closet fags...

This is a highly underrated comment in this thread.  :laugh:

Quote from: RiverbumCO on August 06, 2015, 19:00:00 PM
Toyota initial cost is outlandish.  Why even make similar Lexus models?

Honestly whatever is closest to a modern Miata I say buy that and keep the wind in that mop.

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You misspelled it. BRZ

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Quote from: Woolly Bugger on August 07, 2015, 08:12:51 AM

Quote from: RiverbumCO on August 06, 2015, 19:00:00 PM
Toyota initial cost is outlandish.  Why even make similar Lexus models?

Honestly whatever is closest to a modern Miata I say buy that and keep the wind in that mop.

(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/07/2a532ab55c7ba8e1d15bf25adbe478db.jpg)

Oh, see that was my problem. I thought you wanted a vehicle, not a toy.


You think this is a game bugger? if anyone in the world needs a drifter,  it's you.

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood on August 06, 2015, 11:21:28 AM
The only complication I see with the Frontier or the Tacoma is you'll never be accepted at truck pulls or by farmers, lumbermen, etc.   Try driving up to a truck pull in one of these foreign vehicles.  You can have it hillbillied up to the max, and you can be dressed in stereotypical country bumpkin attire, and you'll still be treated as poser.   Ask any old farmer or pulp wood cutter how they like your new Frontier.  I'll be the first to admit these alien vehicles ain't really pickups.

Acceptance is getting better, but I still find myself saying, "Forgive me.  I have sinned.  I did not buy American."

Plus, there is no better hayseed image than an aged man in a F150, with his dog beside him on the bench seat, and an old firearm hanging on the rack behind them.

Hell, Toyota, Honda, and KIA all have plants all over the US now. So if being made here at home is the deciding factor, they're as much American as Ford, Chevy, etc.

Honda dealer is offering a reach around :;!

60 responses, 5 pages and whats the bet you are gonna get a porno wagon?
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I'll post a pic in a few, after reach around is completed

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Went with the Honda I see

Double reach around price. :-)

Here's your new ride Woolly.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/09/15/janis-joplin-custom-porsche-to-be-auctioned/?intcmp=hpff (http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/09/15/janis-joplin-custom-porsche-to-be-auctioned/?intcmp=hpff)

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3235125/Motorist-stunned-man-dressed-Roman-soldier-overtakes-vehicle-look-like-horse-drawn-CHARIOT.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3235125/Motorist-stunned-man-dressed-Roman-soldier-overtakes-vehicle-look-like-horse-drawn-CHARIOT.html)