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Location: If I ever get back to Oklahoma..... | My GMC Acadia has been in and out of the shop since the end of March. It still isn't fixed, and I'm considering trading it in on something different. I really dont know if I want another SUV, and I'm leaning towards a 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton pickup with 4 doors and 4WD. We live on a dirt road that gets pretty greasy when it rains. I haven't gotten stuck yet in the FWD SUV, but there are times where I questioned wether I'd be able to get home. We do have another Dodge 2500 that has a bale bed and is used to pull trailers.
I need something to get back and forth to work, haul my two young boys around and haul feed and other farm/home supplies. What do you all have?
And since I'm leaning towards used pickups are the higher mileage gas pickups ok? Or are they just money pits? I know from experience diesel pickups are not cheap to fix.. I've been driving a work vehicle that's a 2008 GMC Sierra 1500 with nearly 197,000 miles and it seems pretty strong and hasn't left me stranded in the 2,000 miles I've put on it. Although, I'd like to stay under 75,000 on a used, new-to-me truck.
Thoughts? 
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Location: Oklahoma | We've always had trucks. A year ago we traded in our F-150 and got a SUV. We got an 08 Escalade. I wouldn't go back to a truck now. I absolutely love having the back for groceries especially when it's hot out or raining. We have an 8 year old daughter and another baby girl due in September, so I know I will really like having the SUV. We still have a dually for pulling our trailer. I'm glad we didn't get another truck. |
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Location: SE KS | I want a Toyota Rav4, if I can talk my husband into a lease for my next vehicle that's what I'm getting!!! |
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| I have a Toyota Rav 4 and love it. My husband even loves it! I can put like 12 sacks of feed in the back of that thing (if I have to-not advised lol) and it is super roomy! For a small thing it is so comfortable. Mine is a 2015. |
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| I drive a chevy tahoe as my every day vehicle. I haul my toddler around in it, make grocery runs, drive back and forth to work.. Its a very comfortable and conveinent vehicle. When my husband is using the truck I can hook it to my 2 horse trailer and away I go. |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | LOVE my Tahoe  |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I had a Chevy Traverse and when it started spending too much time in the shop (a mechanic at our dealer told me several years ago it was made to be a "throwaway vehicle" and would start having problems at 100,000 miles...he was right.), I traded it on a Tahoe. No regrets. The suspension on it is so much heavier, it handles our crappy roads a lot better and will hopefully hold up better--I kept wearing out struts in the Traverse. We live on a dirt road too, and the highway that runs out here is almost as bad. I thought about going back to driving my pickup as my daily driver, but having the closed in, air conditioned cargo area/3rd row is too nice to give up. And it's smaller and easier to park in town. |
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| 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.
Edited by WrapN3MN 2016-05-11 12:32 PM
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Location: SE Louisiana | It doesn't really matter what you drive. If you don't have the correct tires for the conditions, you're going to have problems. The old VW Beetle will go practically anywhere if you have the right tires on it. 
Edited by komet. 2016-05-11 2:49 PM
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Location: College Station, TX | My truck stays hooked up to the trailer for the most part and I drive a Buick Encore. It's small for an SUV, but gets 30 mpg and can hold 17 bags of feed with room to spare lol |
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Location: SW North Dakota | I have a Subaru outback that is a beast on greasy gravel roads, has long legs in the snow and can haul feed, shavings, kids, dogs and groceries- all at the same time! It cleans up well for going to town, too. I love it! |
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  That's White "Man" to You
Posts: 5515
| 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. |
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Location: SE KS | 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!!! |
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Location: North Dakota | ND3canAddict - 2016-05-11 2:56 PM I have a Subaru outback that is a beast on greasy gravel roads, has long legs in the snow and can haul feed, shavings, kids, dogs and groceries- all at the same time! It cleans up well for going to town, too. I love it!
I have made it places with my outback that well.....most people don't know there's road there....(I do not need to tell stories on myself) but that was before I had new tires-oh imagine the places I can go now....good mileage-24 mpg ( I have a heavy foot-80 on the interstate) nice ride-you can get them with the fancy schmancy package or cut down version plus, everyone that i know that has had a subaru say they last forever-just an FYI my daughter will be taking mine to college (she's 13 now) |
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| 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!!!
When I got my Rav4, I had asked for a 4runner but they were just too expensive for our budget and the Rav4 gets way better gas mileage. But if I could afford one, I would have one for sure! |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | 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!!!
Am I the only one who HATES toyota? Everything about them...hate. The thought of driving another one gives me hives.  |
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| 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!!!
Nope.... 
But I'm also pretty intolerant to any make that I didn't grow up with lol! |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| 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!!!
Very few vehicles hold their value as well as toyota. Just another reason I'm on the bandwagon! lol |
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Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | 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!!!
I poop on resale value. |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| Three 4 Luck - 2016-05-11 4:59 PM 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!!!
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