Smaller SUVs?
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 01:52 last edited by
The next couple days out here we will be shopping for a newer car for our daughter. Her 2017 GMC Terrain has been great, but it’s at 97k and will probably require some repair over the next 20-30k. She lives in the desert so I want her in a more dependable vehicle.
Any suggestions? I know we had a discussion on this a while back.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 01:59 last edited by
Can’t go wrong with Honda or Toyota.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:10 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Smaller SUVs?:
Can’t go wrong with Honda or Toyota.
D4 looked at the CRV - it was nice, but visibility was so-so.
She ended up with a Ford Escape (sigh).
Why an SUV?
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:12 last edited by Mik
Sedans are more expensive. Even Hyundai Elantras. Sadly we are staying away from those Korean brands because they can be difficult to insure.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:15 last edited by
We have a Honda CRV. Comfortable and reliable, good technology too and decent gas mileage.
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Sedans are more expensive. Even Hyundai Elantras. Sadly we are staying away from those Korean brands because they can be difficult to insure.
wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:17 last edited by@Mik said in Smaller SUVs?:
Sedans are more expensive. Even Hyundai Elantras.
Wow, really? I haven't shopped in years.
D3 has a Hyundai Kona. She's happy - so far.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:22 last edited by jon-nyc
I don’t hate my Mazda but it annoys me enough in little ways that I wouldn’t buy another.
I didn’t feel that way about my Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.
My next car will be a two seater. I’ll give the Mazda to the boy when he goes to college
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I don’t hate my Mazda but it annoys me enough in little ways that I wouldn’t buy another.
I didn’t feel that way about my Honda, Toyota, or Nissan.
My next car will be a two seater. I’ll give the Mazda to the boy when he goes to college
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:39 last edited by jon-nyc
Little things. The lock and unlock button work when the doors are open. But the lock and unlock buttons on the key fob don’t. The button inside the car to open the trunk doesn’t work when the car is running, even if it’s stopped and in park, though the physical button on the back of the car does work if you’re in park, but only if the key is within a few feet. So I turn the car off for a minute to, say, drop my son off at school with his bass. And ten more things like that. Worse there’s no rhyme or reason to it. I can’t think of what the unifying paternalistic theory is behind it all, so it all seems random. I’ve had the car 3.5 years and I still don’t remember all the limitations so I rediscover them and re-hate the engineers at Mazda every week or three.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 02:42 last edited by
We took a family trip out to Chicago this summer in a rented Acadia…Liked it enough we sought one out a couple months ago car shopping for the Mrs. Turns out, they’ve gotten much bigger than since whatever model year the rental was, so we bought her a new Terrain. Looks/rides nice, lots of features for those that are into that stuff, etc.
Looked at the Hyundai Kona at the time too…but for her it was ‘too much’ on the techy side of things. So many screens, it felt distracting. (some cool features though)
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 04:48 last edited by
Subaru Forrester.
Drive one.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 04:51 last edited by
My only experience with a Forrester was a good one. @Aqua-Letifer drove one about 20 years ago, it was a good road trip car. Which is a good test, I suppose.
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 04:52 last edited by
Hey! We drove it to Pittsburgh to meet at that church key bar, I know we hung out with @LuFins-Dad , who else was there, Dewey I think?
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The next couple days out here we will be shopping for a newer car for our daughter. Her 2017 GMC Terrain has been great, but it’s at 97k and will probably require some repair over the next 20-30k. She lives in the desert so I want her in a more dependable vehicle.
Any suggestions? I know we had a discussion on this a while back.
wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 14:30 last edited by@Mik said in Smaller SUVs?:
Any suggestions?
Look for an internal combustion engine, you can't go wrong.
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The next couple days out here we will be shopping for a newer car for our daughter. Her 2017 GMC Terrain has been great, but it’s at 97k and will probably require some repair over the next 20-30k. She lives in the desert so I want her in a more dependable vehicle.
Any suggestions? I know we had a discussion on this a while back.
wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 21:53 last edited by@Mik said in Smaller SUVs?:
The next couple days out here we will be shopping for a newer car for our daughter. Her 2017 GMC Terrain has been great, but it’s at 97k and will probably require some repair over the next 20-30k. She lives in the desert so I want her in a more dependable vehicle.
Any suggestions? I know we had a discussion on this a while back.
Why will her Terrain need anything beyond maintenance? My 2014 Terrain is at 270K miles…
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wrote on 29 Dec 2024, 22:01 last edited by Jolly
Biggest pile of junk my daughter ever owned was an Equinox.
Did y'all anoint that Terrain or maybe make a deal with the Devil?
