Comments on: Daily Podcast: Roadtrippin’

By: tony-e30

tony-e30 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:41:24 +0000

I’m embarking upon a cross country journey of epic proportions next week. My wife and I are attempting a Seattle-Atlanta-Seattle barnstorming tour in a 2004 Mazda3 hatchback.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:16:24 +0000

I’m looking to make the trip from NYC to Pittsburgh soon. Six hours, whoo-hoo!

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:48:43 +0000

Talbot might have been a higher-end brand once way back when, but it ended pretty shabby selling cars made by (if I’m not completely mistaken on this one) British Leyland in the 80s.

Talbot Sunbeam

I think it then too was like a budget Peugeot…

By: Diewaldo

Diewaldo — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:11:55 +0000

With 44 horsepowers you wound’t be able to go beyond second gear with this ugly Land Rover Freelander copy.

The original 2.0 liter engine had 126 hp.

By: ppellico

ppellico — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:27:52 +0000

There’s a cruise and then there’s cruising.
Justin, by that I mean to say one trip will not make a travlin man/car.
Take it from me…I drive 6 hours each way between the Chic subs to southern MO…2 times a month!!
Many cars “seemed” like the car for this duty…only to fail me miserably.
You don’t really realize it until the second or third trip.
THEN, suddenly the seat lumbar support isn’t really as you thought and the shots of pain going down your leg begin to kill you.
The wind noise and the tire noise that didn’t seem to be there on earlier trips now drive you to madness.
The once comfortable back seat with once good rear leg room now has your 6 foot son putting his feet over your seat back and bitchin about the rotten seats.

Is it me or are all teen agers over 6 feet today?

The point is, don’t recommend this small SUV for travelin duties until you can bet your life on it.
If it’s anything like the Rav4…forget it.
Been there, done that.
My opinion…stick with a car, preferably one with a good ol’ Detroit ride.

By: shaker

shaker — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:38:19 +0000

With 160k and original spark plugs, 44HP isn’t out of the question…

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:29:51 +0000

44 HP good God that is only 18 more horse than my 380 pound motorcycle. How do you track time with a telescope?

By: Justin Berkowitz

Justin Berkowitz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:14:43 +0000

No, I meant 44. Ever driven one? I tracked our zero to sixty time with a telescope at night…

By: 210delray

210delray — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:13:09 +0000

Did you mean 144 hp?