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My farm is a mile and a half off the pavement on a clay dirt road. A full-size 4x4 can barely make it down this road when it gets wet from snow or rain. AWDs definitely won't cut it. I also have to pull loaded trailers on occasion across the state.
When I first came out here I had a small 1990 Honda Accord that I really liked due to its gas mileage and durability. However, that car was nearly cut in half at one of our unmarked intersections by my neighbor driving his full-size Dodge Ram pulling a loaded cattle trailer. Luckily I survived but not without some injuries.
Yep. I'm pretty sure I "need" the F150 4x4 V8 I chose to drive. Maybe I didn't need a Platinum edition F150 so you're partially right.
Just out of curiosity, if you had the option, do you know how much would it cost to pave that road?
The 2010 RAV4 V6 produces around 270 HP, and easily does 29MPG on the highway. But a lot of the new V8 motors can in fact do 30MPG. All depends on a lot of factors, including vehicle weight, aerodynamics, and so on. My 2001 Silverado with a 350 Vortex V8 does a lot better than the 300 inline-6 on a 1981 F-150 truck. Some of the new BMW's V8s produce over 400 HP, and still do around 20MPG combined.
You are still holding on to the idea of gas guzzlers of the past, without taking into consideration that the CAFE Standards are followed in the production of new motors, so the auto industry has no choice but to make motors of all sizes to burn less fuel (regardless of motor capacity), and this in turn depends on body aerodynamics, weight (lighter materials and components, slickness of moving parts, and so on). The whole vehicle, which includes the motor, is made more efficient from year to year.
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