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Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2008
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I can get 2 full sized (ie wookie) bikes in the A4 All-Road with the rear seats down. I have to pull the wheels on the Nukeproof though, but that has a dh bike wheelbase. The A6 All-Road is slightly larger and with a box on top, covers all of his wants, albeit tight for sleeping.
Yeah, I was not arguing this. More that these cars have more space than a Tesla that has this aerodynamic tapering down roof.
 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,526
5,257
The disadvantage of small trucks is that the cargo area cannot extend into the backseat. The new Ford Maverick seems like a pretty awesome utilitarian vehicle but the uselessly short bed is useless, would probably be better served as more of a van/wagon or "cargo SUV".
I can't hear that name w/o thinking of Sarah Palin, and the associated morass.
 

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
56,264
22,292
Sleazattle
I figured after 135K miles, regardless of things, the plugs would need changing. Have they really improved plugs that much? :confused:
Mileage is an easy but poor approximation for wear and tear. Load and RPMs would be more accurate. An unladen truck cruising the mountains of West Kansas in top gear doesn't see much of either.
 

boogenman

Turbo Monkey
Nov 3, 2004
4,426
1,123
BUFFALO
I had a coil pack go on cylinder #5 over the summer, 78k on the clock. The warranty covered the repair, the plug was ugly. I changed the other 5 and they all looked like shit too. I do tow a 8,000lb trailer around from April to November with the vehicle and it's a twin turbo.
It's recommended to check the plugs at 110k on my commuter car :fancy:
 

HardtailHack

used an iron once
Jan 20, 2009
7,937
7,379
I hate pulling plugs that have been in forever, especially if they have exposed thread.
The threads get rusty or carbony and you have to drag that through an aluminum thread, it's a horrible feeling.
We've been having problems with some Denso plugs lately, the fancy ones have aluminum tips at the top end and they can get damaged slightly just by removing a lead when checking a plug.
After that the tip wobbles around and can come off then you get lots of arcy sparkies, the cheap ones don't have the same issue as they use steel tips.
 

CBJ

year old fart
Mar 19, 2002
13,252
5,298
Copenhagen, Denmark
They are an SUV company.
Don't know the numbers but big SUVs are not very cool around here anymore plus the much lower tax on their EV of course helps too but when the EV SUVs show up I am sure the sale will be back up again. So yes they are a SUV company :banghead:
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,258
10,173
you forgot "I can't stop making an over abundance of self replicating machines that are pre-programmed to be violent, short sighted and consume as many resources as possible because I can resist the urge to relieve my blood engorged organs"

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piihb....it's the green way to go...
 
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Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
20,407
10,882
AK
Don't know the numbers but big SUVs are not very cool around here anymore plus the much lower tax on their EV of course helps too but when the EV SUVs show up I am sure the sale will be back up again. So yes they are a SUV company :banghead:
Every kind of truck and SUV is "cool" in the US...The bigger, the better. Porsche has been subsidizing performance car development for years this way. They probably sell a couple hundred Macans and Cayannes to every performance car. The sedans are also ultra rare. They are out there, but the SUVs dwarf them by numbers.
 

CBJ

year old fart
Mar 19, 2002
13,252
5,298
Copenhagen, Denmark
Every kind of truck and SUV is "cool" in the US...The bigger, the better. Porsche has been subsidizing performance car development for years this way. They probably sell a couple hundred Macans and Cayannes to every performance car. The sedans are also ultra rare. They are out there, but the SUVs dwarf them by numbers.
Well I am guilty too of this trend driving a XC60 and I love it. Fit bikes, plants and family and comfy on long trips.
 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,526
5,257
Every kind of truck and SUV is "cool" in the US...The bigger, the better. Porsche has been subsidizing performance car development for years this way. They probably sell a couple hundred Macans and Cayannes to every performance car. The sedans are also ultra rare. They are out there, but the SUVs dwarf them by numbers.
I don't know where you are pulling these numbers, or what you consider a "performance car", but that's really irrelevant. These are the sales numbers for 2021 from the article fwiw. These ratios mirror what I see around town. The sedans are not "ultra rare" around here by any stretch.

88,362 Macan
83,071 Cayenne
38,464 911
41,296 Taycan
30,220 Panamera
20,502 718/Cayman
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
20,407
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AK
I don't know where you are pulling these numbers, or what you consider a "performance car", but that's really irrelevant. These are the sales numbers for 2021 from the article fwiw. These ratios mirror what I see around town. The sedans are not "ultra rare" around here by any stretch.

88,362 Macan
83,071 Cayenne
38,464 911
41,296 Taycan
30,220 Panamera
20,502 718/Cayman
You are posting the worldwide numbers. I'm posting more about what US citizens buy. I'd be surprised as hell if they were selling 1 911 for 5 cayanne/macan SUV things.
 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,526
5,257
You are posting the worldwide numbers. I'm posting more about what US citizens buy. I'd be surprised as hell if they were selling 1 911 for 5 cayanne/macan SUV things.
Ok – that wasn't clear.

Here are the USA numbers. They follow the pattern roughly:

17,299 Cayenne
24,716 Macan
10,042 911
9,419 Taycan
4,292 781
4,257 Panamera


Canada

3,657 Macan
2,443 Cayenne
1,364 911
732 Taycan
630 718
305 Panamera

 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
20,407
10,882
AK
Ok – that wasn't clear.

Here are the USA numbers. They follow the pattern roughly:

17,299 Cayenne
24,716 Macan
10,042 911
9,419 Taycan
4,292 781
4,257 Panamera


Canada

3,657 Macan
2,443 Cayenne
1,364 911
732 Taycan
630 718
305 Panamera

I almost wrote it as 1 in 4 when I typed...but changed it, haha. But yeah, I think the numbers convey the general meaning. They are known for the 911, but they no longer are based around it as far as sales and in the bigger picture, no longer based around "sports cars" as far as sales. Desperately trying to hang onto sedans, but I have to wonder if that will evaporate in 10 years...Probably continue on with some kind of sports-car models, but the company will be rolled by the SUVs.