"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
12/30/2016 at 15:36 • Filed to: None
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"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
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All wheel drive minivan hauling 4X8 sheets of plywood says you’re doing it wrong. ;-)
OPPOsaurus WRX
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 15:42 |
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i dunno if i’d call a hyundai tucson manly
gawdzillla
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 15:47 |
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I don’t think there is a manly crossover ...
HammerheadFistpunch
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 15:49 |
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My fil uses his van as a work van and it’s massively practical.
MonkeePuzzle
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 16:26 |
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4x8 ply flat was the design requirment for the ford transit. vans are pretty much ideal for everything... except looks
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> gawdzillla
12/30/2016 at 16:43 |
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David Tracy probably would like to have a word with you about that...
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 16:55 |
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Can do that with a Roadmaster wagon too and be manlier still.
Patrick Nichols
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12/30/2016 at 17:02 |
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I generally think body on frame and/or true 4x4 being not crossover
facw
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 17:08 |
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Previa agrees completely.
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 17:09 |
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Minivans have always been roughly peak practicality for everyday applications. They’re designed to take 8x4 sheets behind the front seats. SUVs and CUVs are less practical (usually smaller, seats don’t fold flat, and/or higher deck) and less efficient (fuel) than minivans.
slipperysallylikespenguins
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12/30/2016 at 17:12 |
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Unibody doesn’t necessarily mean crossover.Crossovers are generally defined as “suvs” that share a platform with a car/minivan.
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> Patrick Nichols
12/30/2016 at 17:18 |
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I’ve always thought of the XJ as the first crossover. No frame, and while you could have it with a true 4x4 transfer case, it was one of the first to offer the Select-Trac full-time 4x4 transfer case that used viscous coupling that basically acts like the center diff in a modern AWD crossover.
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> slipperysallylikespenguins
12/30/2016 at 17:26 |
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Fair enough, but I’ll still argue that the Jeep is a crossover ( I’m not the only one ). The whole point of the Cherokee was to make it more car-like even if it didn’t actually share a platform with any existing vehicle. It was designed to be lighter and perform well with the 2.5L 4-cylinder compared to truck-based SUV’s like the Blazer. (Remember the I-6 wasn’t even an option until the 3rd model year.)
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slipperysallylikespenguins
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12/30/2016 at 17:43 |
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What about the Lada Niva, it beat the XJ by 7 years.
JGrabowMSt
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 18:34 |
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I cant do the minivan life. I just cant do it.
Wagon man for life.
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comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 19:41 |
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The responses to this post are why I love oppo...Believe it or not, there are people who would choose a crossover over a minivan because “I’m a man, I ain’t driving a minivan” even though the crossover is essentially a minivan with hinged rear doors, larger wheels, and less practicality. To the people who said a wagon large enough to also haul a sheet of plywood, peace, man, we’re on the same team. But the oppopotamuses that replied in this thread get it...it’s what works for you, and there’s a lot of useful vehicles out there.
dogisbadob
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 20:47 |
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I’d totally rock a 5-speed 5 if I can find one at a good price with a sunroof.
I also like the Matrix/Vibe, not because it’s a crossover per se, but because it’s a Toyota with a rear wiper and the awesome 2ZZ-GE. But I wish they would’ve just sold the Fielder and/or Runx over here (regular Corolla wagon and hatchback). Toyota quality, high-rpm fun, and the rear wiper.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
12/30/2016 at 22:09 |
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One word: Canyonero.
Signed,
Proud minivan driver
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> comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer
01/01/2017 at 11:30 |
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Minivans are extremely practical vehicles.
I own a ‘97 GMC Safari, not exactly a minivan, but I’ve hauled many things, including sacks of concrete spaced evenly all over the deck. And plywood and appliances and dozens of computers at a time.
And my family from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back THREE times.
“Grow up,” says I, to those manly men.
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> MonkeePuzzle
01/01/2017 at 11:30 |
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You can’t look at it whilst you’re driving it anyhow.