# Which car should I sell? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** legacy, golf, volkswagen, subaru\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580 "2010-03-24T17:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/21 "2010-03-25T23:29:46Z")
Around the turn of the century, Theodore Roosevelt wanted 50 new words in the US English language added to the Webster dictionary. The editors were outraged and told him that the English language was sacred and static. So no change. Fast forward 50 or 60 years and ALL those proposed words had been added to the Webster dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/22 "2010-03-25T23:35:49Z")
And many more. 50 years ago we didn’t have computers! It seems somehoow odd to be able to say “we” in that sentence with honesty… ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/23 "2010-03-27T00:36:46Z")
And we still mess up “fewer” and “less”. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/24 "2010-03-27T02:51:02Z")
“Fewer” is quantitative, while less is “qualitative”, such as in fewer shots of bourbon, and less beer in my glass. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/25 "2010-03-27T12:15:32Z")
But both are relative, neither definitive. “Fewer” shots of bourbon says no more about the actual amount of bourbon that “less” bourbon does. Neither quantifies. Man. this stuff could drive me CRAZY. Can you tell English was not one of my strong subjects? ---
**Author:** ![mark99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@mark99](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark99)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/26 "2010-03-28T18:46:34Z")
Can you hold off accepting the Camry until the VW is paid off? That would make selling it easier. Can you spare the cash to make extra payments on either car, or just larger payments than usual? Can you function with just one car, or reduce your driving to cut expenses? Do you have a place to store one of the cars until the other(s) die? ---
**Author:** ![oldwrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@oldwrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldwrench)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/27 "2010-03-28T18:49:20Z")
I am not knowing! Is this still a vehicle discussion? We need more better answers to some of these discussions. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/28 "2010-03-28T21:31:07Z")
Both are camparative statements; always to used to refer to a previous, future or other event. For instance, Americans drink less wine than Frenchmen, and Germans drink more bottles of beer per year than anyone else. A Lexus has fewer TSBs than a Ford Taurus, 4 vs 151 for the 1997 models, I believe. The Ford dealers started to refer to the Taurus as a “do-it-yourself kit”, “some assembly required”. A number of years ago Windex introduced their products into Germany. Their ads said: “It cleans better than anything else”! In Germany you have to back up that statement, and Windex was fined for making “unsubstatiated” statements, i.e. lies. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/29 "2010-03-28T21:36:49Z")
Both are campariative statements; always to used to refer to a previous, future or other event. For instance, Americans drink less wine than Frenchmen, and Germans drink more bottles of beer per year than anyone else. A Lexus has fewer TSBs than a Ford Taurus, 4 vs 151 for the 1997 models, I believe. The Ford dealers started to refer to the Taurus as a “do-it-yourself kit”, “some assembly required”. A number of years ago Windex introduced their product into Germany. Their ads said: “It cleans better than anything else”! In Germany you have to back up that statement, and Windex was fined for making “unsubstatiated” statements, i.e. lies. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/30 "2010-03-28T21:36:50Z")
Both are campariative statements; always to used to refer to a previous, future or other event. For instance, Americans drink less wine than Frenchmen, and Germans drink more bottles of beer per year than anyone else. A Lexus has fewer TSBs than a Ford Taurus, 4 vs 151 for the 1997 models, I believe. The Ford dealers started to refer to the Taurus as a “do-it-yourself kit”, “some assembly required”. A number of years ago Windex introduced their product into Germany. Their ads said: “It cleans better than anything else”! In Germany you have to back up that statement, and Windex was fined for making “unsubstatiated” statements, i.e. lies. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/31 "2010-03-28T21:37:42Z")
Both are comparitive statements; always to used to refer to a previous, future or other event. For instance, Americans drink less wine than Frenchmen, and Germans drink more bottles of beer per year than anyone else. A Lexus has fewer TSBs than a Ford Taurus, 4 vs 151 for the 1997 models, I believe. The Ford dealers started to refer to the Taurus as a “do-it-yourself kit”, “some assembly required”. A number of years ago Windex introduced their product into Germany. Their ads said: “It cleans better than anything else”! In Germany you have to back up that statement, and Windex was fined for making “unsubstatiated” statements, i.e. lies. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/32 "2010-03-28T21:37:42Z")
Both are campariative statements; always to used to refer to a previous, future or other event. For instance, Americans drink less wine than Frenchmen, and Germans drink more bottles of beer per year than anyone else. A Lexus has fewer TSBs than a Ford Taurus, 4 vs 151 for the 1997 models, I believe. The Ford dealers started to refer to the Taurus as a “do-it-yourself kit”, “some assembly required”. A number of years ago Windex introduced their product into Germany. Their ads said: “It cleans better than anything else”! In Germany you have to back up that statement, and Windex was fined for making “unsubstatiated” statements, i.e. lies. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/33 "2010-03-30T20:58:21Z")
Not really. The OP’s problem was solved a while ago. The OP decided to keep the Camry. We’re just goofin’ off now. This original question was a very specific one with an answer applicable to only this case. Other cases of what to sell and what to keep will each be evaluated on the merits of the specific cars and situations. Should you have a question with which you’d like help, let me suggest that you start a new thread. We’re always happy to help. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/34 "2010-03-31T02:54:52Z")
I prefer companies that don’t lie. I won’t buy a cold remedy that claims it relieves the symptoms of a cold “faster than anything else on the market”. I prefer my Smith Brothers licorice cough drops that are recommended by 9 out of 10 New York doctors. The fact that these doctors are Doctors of Divinity doesn’t defer me from starting my Smith Brothers regiment when I think I am coming down with a cold. ---
**Author:** ![SonofSpermcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@SonofSpermcube](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SonofSpermcube)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/35 "2010-03-31T05:13:12Z")
The Legacy isn’t much heavier than your car. It’s not the weight that causes the inferior fuel economy, it’s the fact that it’s got a gasoline engine, which is usually 10-20 percent less energy efficient than a Diesel AND uses fuel that has about 10 percent lower energy density, and it has two more differentials, which both waste energy in the form of heat. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580/36 "2010-03-31T15:16:38Z")
The other reason Subarus get poorer fuel economy is the All Wheel Drive system. All AWD cars get fewer miles per gallon than similar cars with 2 wheel drive. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/which-car-should-i-sell/46580.md?page=1)