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Location: Kentucky | scwebster - 2016-05-13 11:32 AM Whiteboy - 2016-05-12 9:51 AM foundation horse - 2016-05-12 8:52 AM Whiteboy - 2016-05-11 4:55 PM Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-11 4:44 PM lhighquality - 2016-05-11 3:22 PM Whiteboy - 2016-05-11 3:02 PM lhighquality - 2016-05-11 9:18 AM I want a Toyota Rav4, if I can talk my husband into a lease for my next vehicle that's what I'm getting!!! My wife drives a 4runner and absolutly loves it. Real 4 wheel drive, decent gas mileage, plenty of room. I always wondered what the hype was about toyota...now I know. Yes, they're pretty cool!!! The 4Runner is on a truck chassis, where as the Highlander & I think the Rav are on car chassis' so they ride a little smoother!! Either way I want one!!! I work for a used vehicle lot, that is a subsidiary of a Ford, Dodge & Jeep store whose sister store is a Toyota dealership, so I will get one eventually!!!  After having driven Fords my entire life, I can say with some historical authority that Fords do hold their resale value. Especially the diesels.
Interesting how demographics work. No one drives Toyota trucks around here. It's all Fords, Chevys, or Dodges. Lots more Fords though, since there are two Ford plants in Louisville. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I don't think I would want to go back to a truck for a daily driver after having an SUV. I have a 2008 Cadillac SRX and it is SO much easier to get grain, groceries, just about anything in and I never have to worry about the rain. It does NOT get very good gas mileage though..... - My 1-ton diesel beats it - how sad is that? |
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Location: If I ever get back to Oklahoma..... | Griz - 2016-05-13 11:08 AM I don't think I would want to go back to a truck for a daily driver after having an SUV. I have a 2008 Cadillac SRX and it is SO much easier to get grain, groceries, just about anything in and I never have to worry about the rain. It does NOT get very good gas mileage though..... - My 1-ton diesel beats it - how sad is that?
My husband isn't too keen on my idea of a 4 door half ton truck for me to drive back and forth. He likes the idea of an SUV, I think. I'm test driving a Dodge Durango for the weekend and I like it so far. Except there doesnt seem to be much headroom and it's black - both inside and out. Living on a dirt road and with two little boys I'm afraid it will be constantly showing dirt..
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | ksCowgirl78 - 2016-05-13 11:24 AM Griz - 2016-05-13 11:08 AM I don't think I would want to go back to a truck for a daily driver after having an SUV. I have a 2008 Cadillac SRX and it is SO much easier to get grain, groceries, just about anything in and I never have to worry about the rain. It does NOT get very good gas mileage though..... - My 1-ton diesel beats it - how sad is that? My husband isn't too keen on my idea of a 4 door half ton truck for me to drive back and forth. He likes the idea of an SUV, I think. I'm test driving a Dodge Durango for the weekend and I like it so far. Except there doesnt seem to be much headroom and it's black - both inside and out. Living on a dirt road and with two little boys I'm afraid it will be constantly showing dirt..
Thanks everybody for their replies!
You can look up the cubic feet of any vehicle online.
I bought a silver suv since we live on a dirt road. Two weeks and it still looks great! lol I had a black car before and had to wash it at least twice a week. |
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 The Vaccinator
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | I drive a 2015 Toyota Highlander for my everyday car and love it.... and I have a 2015 Ford F250 Super Duty Crew Cab for my trailer --- My Highlander was made in the USA. |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | WrapN3MN - 2016-05-11 12:30 PM I got an Explorer about 4 months ago....I really wanted a F-150 but was a little far out of my budget unless I went with a plain jane package. Now that I have the Explorer, I know there's no way I want the 150. I absolutely LOVE having the back for groceries or any big stuff like bags of feed, etc. I folded the seat down while moving around wedding stuff 2 months ago and I haven't put the back seat back up again yet LOL. I was just telling hubby the other day that I am so glad I wasn't able to go to the 150. We have a baby on the way and I wanted the back for strollers, pack and plays, etc. Don't know that I would want all that sliding around an open box with a 150.
I also LOVE my Explorer. It's an 05 with 202,000 miles on it and going great! I had a 1994 Explorer several years ago and we drove it until the transmission or engine (can't remember which) went out. Dad sold it cheap and a couple months later, we saw it in a Wal-Mart parking lot so the buyer had fixed it up and was driving it. My current Explorer has the 3rd row seating but isn't super huge so that's nice. I can keep track meet clothes, coats & blankets in the back seat and still have room for 500 pounds of grain behind it with the third row seats folded down. The 1994 Explorer was the smaller size but equally awesome.
I've also had Jeep Cherokees and liked them but they don't have much leg room in the back seat. My tall family members did not enjoy riding in the back seat of the Jeeps but the Explorer is comfortable for them. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| Got a Dodge Sto N Go van a few years ago and love it. All of the rear seats fold down under the floor. Very comfy and has it all. MPG 22-24. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | I haven't read the other responses, but I recently traded in a 2012 Buick Verano with 40,000 miles on it (LOVED that car!) for an 04 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi 5.7L with 4WD and 90,000 miles on it. Let me tell you, this truck is a beast. It's massive, hauls exactly what I need to, and is gas. I fill up about once a week, more if I haul somewhere, and it costs me between $40 and $48. I forsee another Dodge in my future, but I'm going to drive this one into the ground. A friend of mine uses a Ram 2500 to haul her horses, and its got 350,000 miles on it. Still going strong. |
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