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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
My Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on 33" flotation tires
My question to McFez is - if you bought a small run-about for Baja use, how would your family fit inside?
Would you pack this car like a family of backpackers?
When driving at night, how safe is your family in a small run-about vs. your full-size pickup? Is this worth taking a chance??
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is a lifted short wheel base jeep safe? 
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bajabass
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Location: La Paz,BCS
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How new do you want to go, and how much do you want to spend??? For my move to La Paz, I traded down from an 09 Tundra TRD 4x4, to a 06 Tundra 4x4,
with the smaller 4.7 V-8, saving over 15k, and up to 17.5mpg from 13. I kept the wife's 09 Element, and it gets about 25mpg. It was also a gift after
dealing with me for 5 years !!
The son will be driving soon , so I am looking at building a Baja Bug,
full cage, mild 1835. He can roll it and live, and I can use it to chase roosters up and down the beach .
A Toyota Echo, Honda Civic or CRX, Nissan Sentra can be had CHEAP, and give you airbags and ABS. I lean towards Toyota and Honda after spending mucho
tiempo fixing them for a living.
Not sure about San Felipe and parts, but it is close enough to the border if you take it south and have an issue.
As far as little cars go, after 30 years of driving nothing smaller than an El Camino, I detest driving small cars. The Element is definitely the
wife's car. I pick the Tundra every time we go out together, faster, stronger, safer!!!!
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
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acadist
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I will continue to drive my F150 from Denver to La Paz.....how else would I fit all my 'necessary' stuff? If I had to scale down how I pack I might as
well fly. By the way what's Pemex going for? Probably alot less than gas north of the border.....as usual.
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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captkw
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its hard to beat a older toy p/u or my fav a 82-90 volvo 240 brick and they get a solid 30 on the highway,but part's,if you ever need them take a
couple's day's to get,,but the volvo is tough as a brick
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Baja12valve
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6 years ago I converted my Dodge to run on vegetable oil. It has paid for itself 5x. Our other car is a Diesel Jetta, 45mpg. I add a few gallons of
veg to the tank, extending the range of that tank by 120 miles. Fuel costs? Not much.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
I just love my Prius and it goes beyond the 45 mpg. It's a well built car with all the room I need. |
my old suburban only gets 18mpg but i don't owe anything on it and drive about 1K miles/ month which at $4/gal will cost me $222. if i were to buy a
prius for $23k my payment would be $525/month (including interest) for 60 months. so i would get 27 mpg more than my suburban which would save me
$148/month @$4/gal or $8889 over the 60 month period. so, the question is how much will the 5 year old prius be worth when theNiMH batteries need to
be replaced ? unless it's more than $14k i wouldn't break even
Bob Durrell
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vacaenbaja
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Buy a used Volkswagen TDI wagon. Hard to find but at
45+ MPG on diesel and diesel is cheap in baja. Turbo
charger puts LOTS OF ZIP in the car. It is not a slug on acceleration.
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Ken Cooke
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By all means, YES!
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
My Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on 33" flotation tires
My question to McFez is - if you bought a small run-about for Baja use, how would your family fit inside?
Would you pack this car like a family of backpackers?
When driving at night, how safe is your family in a small run-about vs. your full-size pickup? Is this worth taking a chance??
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is a lifted short wheel base jeep safe? |
South of Cataviña/North of Chapala along Hwy 1, driving at dusk, a pair of deer were feeding on grass growing on the inside of a turn. One deer ran
in front of the Jeep, the other one hesitated and then ran. It got knocked out on my rocker bar. Had I been driving a small import, the deer would
have gone through the drivers-side window.
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bajaking76
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I received a personal thank you note the other day...it reads...thank you for your patronage....The Middle East Oil Coalition....That's what I get for
buying a v8 Tundra… I guess....
\"That\'s my thing, that\'s what I do\"
\"Gene Police: You!! Out Of The Pool!\"
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
My Jeep Wrangler Rubicon on 33" flotation tires
My question to McFez is - if you bought a small run-about for Baja use, how would your family fit inside?
Would you pack this car like a family of backpackers?
When driving at night, how safe is your family in a small run-about vs. your full-size pickup? Is this worth taking a chance??
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is a lifted short wheel base jeep safe? |
South of Cataviña/North of Chapala along Hwy 1, driving at dusk, a pair of deer were feeding on grass growing on the inside of a turn. One deer ran
in front of the Jeep, the other one hesitated and then ran. It got knocked out on my rocker bar. Had I been driving a small import, the deer would
have gone through the drivers-side window. |
and had you swerved, your jeep would have rolled, while the small import car would have stayed right side up
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monoloco
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And had he been driving a Peterbuilt he wouldn't have even noticed that he hit something.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
And had he been driving a Peterbuilt he wouldn't have even noticed that he hit something. |
monopolloloco:
yes, but this is about high fuel prices...
and if he had been driving a small expensive sports car he could have been picking up hot chicks, and been able to swerve/miss the deer in the
headlights
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Ken Cooke
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I didn't swerve, though
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
and had you swerved, your jeep would have rolled, while the small import car would have stayed right side up |
 My front
swaybar was disconnected
My tires
were aired down to 15 p.s.i.
Yet, I didn't swerve...go figure.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
and had you swerved, your jeep would have rolled, while the small import car would have stayed right side up |
My front
swaybar was disconnected
My tires
were aired down to 15 p.s.i.
Yet, I didn't swerve...go figure. |
sounds like a real good way to travel hwy 1.... were you drinking too?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
sounds like a real good way to travel hwy 1.... were you drinking too?
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I certainly hope he was. I hate to hear of amateurs on that road. One hand on your hot mama's leg, one around a cold Pacifico and the last one on
the wheel.
Drive like you need to get there.
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bajabass
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Now that is my kinda driving Dennis!!
Keep your eyes on the road, and your hands upon the wheel!
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Ken Cooke
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How about Jeeping?
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
sounds like a real good way to travel hwy 1.... were you drinking too?
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I certainly hope he was. I hate to hear of amateurs on that road. One hand on your hot mama's leg, one around a cold Pacifico and the last one on
the wheel.
Drive like you need to get there. |
Both hands were on the wheel, and we were driving at roughly 35 m.p.h. from the Laguna Chapala area to Cataviña. We camped that evening in Rancho
Santa Inez and tackled the "Mission Impossible" trail the next day.
Baja Deer Door!
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