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My feelings will never be hurt by the internet. I am untrollable.... no need to apologise.
You always gotta remember though, for every person you see in an SUV who you think is a cunt, there will be another person who looks at you in your comically low MX5 thinking you are also a cunt! There is always someone out there who thinks you/I am a cunt for driving whatever type of car it is we choose to drive. All I’m saying is there is absolutely no point in judging people by what car they choose to drive.... Just live and let live.
This is coming from someone who used to drive down the M4 at 120mph in an M series BMW on a daily basis.
Everybody is a cunt at somepoint in their life. Let’s all just be cunts together and accept each other’s life choices.
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Tbf to the usual contributors, there was some heavy trolling on your queries.
If you were pissed off by anything I said, I apologise, I don’t intend to rub you the wrong way.
At the time you said you were looking for a car with a loftier driving position because that’s what your gf wanted. I don’t think I argued with that, I just disagreed with that concept. I think the reason why SUVs are so common in this country is because they do give you that experience but I also think that it’s not needed. I personally think, so this is entirely my opinion, that it contributes to the don’t give a fuck attitude of lots of drivers. I’m not saying that your gf is like that, but I think a lot of SUV drivers are like that. That elevated position and the overall size of the vehicle conveys an image and feeling of safety that I think is there but can also adequately be provided by a saloon, hatchback, or estate car.
With regards to your final point, any 4WD with a proper diff, electronic or mechanical, with winter tyres should have been absolutely fine in all the recent conditions. Crediting that to SUV performance I think is misguided, all you’re getting is a raised ride height allowing greater ground clearance. As would a lowered MK7 Golf R on semi slick tyres if my instagram is to be believed.
Yes your new car comes across as a bit bland to me, but it’s doing what you want, so that should be the end of it, it’s just not my cup of tea, but who cares what I think?
Should you have received more helpful advice when you asked? I guess if the people on here who deem themselves regular contributors want to be seen as helpful, then yes you should have, but let’s get to the real discovery, it’s a dirty secret to let out but let’s face it:
I don’t think any of us are the font of knowledge that we think we are.
We all might have particular niches we know a lot about, we all probably spend too much time on the internet reading about cars, watching videos, but we’ve all got a bias towards what we actually know about. None of us are writers for AutoCar or whatever the run of the mill magazine is these days, a lot of experience is internet experience or hearsay apart from some really specific stuff.
That’s how it comes across to me anyway.
I’ve probably only helped 1 person in 9 years and he’d probably argue the volume and value of the help I’ve given, and that’s @jambon