Taking new car for roadtrip?
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Taking new car for roadtrip?
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I'm pretty **** about my cars. And it sucks when a windshield gets chipped or pitted....but it's a car, and it exists to be driven. What's the point in spending so much on it if you're going to rent a car for a trip? Drive your car and enjoy it. It's going to get chipped and pitted, get the clear bra to give you as much protection as you can and enjoy the car.
I'm pretty **** about my cars. And it sucks when a windshield gets chipped or pitted....but it's a car, and it exists to be driven. What's the point in spending so much on it if you're going to rent a car for a trip? Drive your car and enjoy it. It's going to get chipped and pitted, get the clear bra to give you as much protection as you can and enjoy the car.
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On most new engines today, production tolerances are close enough that even 500 miles is often considered an adequate break-in.
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It will be one heck of a workout for the suspension going a sustained 70-80mph on good, bad and ugly roads. Be careful because you don't know where the potholes live. Hopefully, in the next 5 years all of the potholes will be mapped by google software residing on everyones smartphones as it measures, and records the bumps along the route into the GPS database.
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You can't be serious. During the winter and early spring, they often form overnight.
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Yes, I agree the system might (?) be able to handle every reported pothole, but my point was that not every pothole can be reported...there are simply too many of them. You might as well try and count the number of grains of sand on your local beach LOL.
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Good point. I'd recommend trying out the new 2Gen Hyundai Genesis sedan, if you can find one for rent. This car is superb (especially the 5.0L)...and does just about everything very well. The Kia K900 is also a good luxury-grade, softly-sprung comfort-cruiser, but may be hard to find as a rental.
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Do you guys seriously not drive your cars on trips? Are you legitimately concerned that your car cannot handle being driven 70-80MPH on unknown roads?
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Good point. These cars are not museum pieces, and will benefit more from driving them on the highway vs. spending their life in stop and go traffic.
We were going to take my wife's CX-5 when we moved cross country, but the sale fell through and ended up taking my IS. Would've had no qualms with taking a new car though, just would've had to get a quick clear bra before starting
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In general, that's true, and i agree with the term that they are not museum pieces. But the condition of some of the roads in northern states, especially in and around the Great Lakes Snow Belt, can be appalling (plenty of roads here in the D.C. area are bad enough, for that matter). One trades wear and tear on the drivetrain for wear and tear on the suspension and underpinnings.
Last edited by mmarshall; Nov 6, 2015 at 07:24 AM.
