re: When would you all recommend getting a new car?

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You must not know many women.

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I'm married with an 7 week old, I know.

But again zero reasonto get a body on frame big honking SUV with 1 kid unless there's some massive towing requirement.

We have a MDX 3 row literally at our parents right now and filled up the trunk with 3rd row DOWN very easily with 1 newborn on the road trip here

I get wanting a bigger 3 row SUV even with 1 or 2 kids for the crap you can haul/friends etc...but there's zero need to get the yukon/tahoe/expedition class unless you DO tow very heavy things (5000+ lbs) fairly regularly, because they get significantly worse fuel economy and cost way more than equivalent car based 3-row SUVs like the Pilot/Pathfinder/Telluride/Palaside class 3 row types. Heck even those can typically tow 3500-5000 lbs. MY friend has an Acadia he uses to tow his 20 foot bowrider a couple times a year and it's probably around 4000lbs with trailer and it gets the job done.

People overbuy on vehicles like Expeditions/Yukons for no reason and they cost way more than the unibody models which typically have just as much room inside (short of the long wheelbase models) with better fuel economy.