No Lambo Huracan?

 

I honestly don't like them as much, they are the same car engineering wise but the Lambo is really short inside. Other stupid thing I want to accomplish is having all 3 ASF cars in my collection at once so I have to get an R8 anyway

 

That's too much car for me...
I'd be happy with a couple models down from that. Lol

Give me 300 hp and power everything and I'm happy.

 

Huracan kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth. They don't really look that good to me. Now — an early odd-firing Gallardo with a manual? NOW we're talkin. Also prefer the Murcielago over the Aventador but I wouldn't turn down the latter...

 

Ugh. Took my 14 year old X5 for an oil change last week. She's been throwing an intermittent fuel trim code lately as well, asked my mechanic to take a look at that. He said he'll do a smoke test to check for vacuum leaks, but he also found a bunch of other issues - rear main seal beginning to leak, and there is some residue on the bottom of the radiator which indicated a start of the leak. These repairs alone would be $7k, and obviously I am not going to invest this money into a 14 year old car.

Currently the car is driving fine, so for now I'll just continue driving it, and see how long I get out of it before any of these issues become critical, at which point I'll need another car.

I often go to the trails with my dirt bike and to the track with my sport bike, and I carry the bikes on a hitch mounted carrier, so I need high tow capacity, or rather high tongue weight rating. Generally, tongue weight is 1/10 of towing weight, so really the only two vehicles on my list are either another X5 with 7,200lb capacity, or a GX550 with 9,000lb capacity. Both are mid size SUVs, and anything with even higher capacity would be a Tahoe sized behemoth. I like the X5 as it's more compact and the hitch is mounted a lot lower than the GX for easy loading, but I also like the Overland GX with its meaty tires and rugged suspension.

Both are similarly priced, and I don't know if it's better to buy or to lease. Normally, I would just buy the GX, but with the current defective engine situation it's not a great option. If leasing, I assume the X5 will have a better deal. Ideally, I am hoping my current X5 will last until Toyota finally resolves the V35 disaster and releases an updated version of the engine that is finally reliable, so I can buy the GX.

 

Q7 has a towing capacity of 7,700 lbs, and a subsequent tongue weight limit of 770 lbs. Hitch is also mounted quite low. It's a little bigger than the X5 (6" longer than yours, 3" longer than the current X5), but well over a foot shorter than a Tahoe.

 

New Range Rover has 8,200 if you get a non-hybrid

 

I remember that now!!!

 

Looking up, Dodge Durango has up to 8700lbs. Cheap, and the 5.7 V8 is proven and repairable. I might actually just go with it.

 

At first I was like "Holy Rusty Chain Batman." Then looking at the rest of the bike, I'm like "Gotta be painted."

That thing wants to do wheelies in every gear huh?

 

Yeah, I like to neglect the chain, so the orange is a nice match for rust, lol. This bike is so perfect, it will pop a wheelie with no effort, feels at home at the track, city, highway, gravel, and even mild offroad.

 

For that action, Ford also faced a trial, conviction, and a stiff fine imposed upon them.......arguably the first time in American history that had been done to a major auto manufacturer.

 

Swap your exhaust studs day one and anti-seize the hell out of them, if you intend to keep long term it will save you annoyance later when the iron manifolds crack.

 

How are they in general, reliability wise? I figure long tern any NA engine should be much more repairable if it comes to it.

 

I would buy the X5 with B58.
they were doing 0.9% financing when i got mine late last year.
Current gen production is about to end so I would hurry if you want custom order.