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re: When would you all recommend getting a new car?
Posted on 9/14/23 at 9:57 am to thunderbird1100
Posted on 9/14/23 at 9:57 am to thunderbird1100
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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
Add one more kid and double the stuff then try the same trip. If the OP intends to keep having children, it makes sense to buy a big enough vehicle now. And I agree that a unibody SUV day to day is plenty large enough, but the larger SUV absolutely adds quality of life to those little trips. My older kids like to fight with each other in the car. This is mitigated with more space. And it is essentially impossible for my entire family to fit into a unibody SUV with luggage for any sort of extended trip. The smaller SUV may work fine for you, but you don't know enough about other people's lives to say it doesn't work for them.
Oh and the mileage thing is a joke. We had a pilot getting 16mpg in town. Now have expedition getting 15 mpg in town. This is not an appreciable difference. And I much prefer the ~30gal tank to the ~14 gallone one in the Pilot that required refilling every 4 days
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Posted on 9/14/23 at 10:13 am to lsujro
Or you could make the better choice and get a minivan. Unles you need to tow a boat, spending the money on a Suburban/ Expedition Max is a decision made solely on vanity. A minivan will move people and stuff way better than those vehicles ever could, at basically half the price.
Posted on 9/14/23 at 1:31 pm to lsujro
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Oh and the mileage thing is a joke. We had a pilot getting 16mpg in town. Now have expedition getting 15 mpg in town. This is not an appreciable difference
Sounds like you just had a lead foot because the previous gen pilot is rated for 20mpg city, there's no way those 2 should be within 1 mpg of each other unless it's driver error or simply not comparing similar routes.
It's not a GIGANTIC difference between body on frame large suvs and 3 row unibody but 20-30% adds up up to a significant amount over time in fuel savings, especially for driving a vehicle you simply don't even need and paid way more for up front if you're not using it for towing or have 3+ kids. People will rationalize anything to drive the vehicles they do.
This post was edited on 9/14/23 at 1:41 pm
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