Thoughts for an SUV for the wife
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Yeah I know, but something like a V8 Tahoe, the engine doesn't have to work nearly as hard to move the load around like a turbocharged 4 cylinder engine would. I think that was my main point, tiny engine in a big, heavy car means its going to be working a lot harder than a bigger displacement engine with more cylinders. Which makes me dubious about the long term reliability of complex 4 cylinder engines in big SUV's like the Mazda CX-9 and Volvo XC90
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If you are considering a CX-9 and you are constantly lugging around 6-7 people (which I doubt anyone will or can) and you have all their luggage (which I doubt can be included with 6-7 people) then you clearly have the wrong idea and choice in an SUV. We don't even need to discuss the engine choice of the CX-9
Moving 6-7 people on reg basis will require at minimum a full size body on frame SUV.
Moving 6-7 people on reg basis will require at minimum a full size body on frame SUV.
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I do agree with you. However, there is going to be very few owners of the CX-9s and XC90s who will be loading up there SUVs to the max and moving people and cargo all day long. Usually these buyers know that they will need a larger BOF vehicle with a bigger engine. So I think the long term reliability should be fine.
So a turbocharged engine is really only running without boost (and meeting its EPA fuel efficiency numbers) on long highway stretches with little traffic. The only stretches of highway that I think meet that criteria are out between towns on the flat Canadian Prairies (i.e. truly out in the middle of nowhere).
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Did someone cal Buick Enclave reliable?
Make a new call: http://longtermqualityindex.com/vehi...k_Enclave.html
The site is seldom seen in forums for some reason while posters continually reference J.D. Powers, CR, and other crystal ball users with unknown interest in the product reviewed.. Yet the site longtermreliabilityindex.com is a collection of data compiled from the trade-in condition of most make's examples when the vehicles have more than 100,000 miles. In there is found information to refute most of the anectdotal (my cousin had one, my sister-in-law's ex husband had one and it was the only thing she liked about him, etc.) citations usually found posted as authoritative.
If someone were to take the time for an exploration through the above site they will find that in terms of reliability Lexus, Toyota, and Honda win out across the board, sometimes by surprising percentile amounts.
Hard data or not I think it certainly has more meaningful information than someone referencing their neighbor and someone at work plus their ex's third hubby (three cars out of how many sold?) who all though that their 2010 Whizbang was the greatest car ever made
Make a new call: http://longtermqualityindex.com/vehi...k_Enclave.html
The site is seldom seen in forums for some reason while posters continually reference J.D. Powers, CR, and other crystal ball users with unknown interest in the product reviewed.. Yet the site longtermreliabilityindex.com is a collection of data compiled from the trade-in condition of most make's examples when the vehicles have more than 100,000 miles. In there is found information to refute most of the anectdotal (my cousin had one, my sister-in-law's ex husband had one and it was the only thing she liked about him, etc.) citations usually found posted as authoritative.
If someone were to take the time for an exploration through the above site they will find that in terms of reliability Lexus, Toyota, and Honda win out across the board, sometimes by surprising percentile amounts.
Hard data or not I think it certainly has more meaningful information than someone referencing their neighbor and someone at work plus their ex's third hubby (three cars out of how many sold?) who all though that their 2010 Whizbang was the greatest car ever made
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To the OP of this thread: You began with "My wife has a 14 Pilot Touring 4WD that she loves and I...dislike."
And you want to buy her another car because,,,well, because you don't like her car.
Seems to me that it's her car and she loves that car. At my house that'd be the end of the story.
Believe me if my wife ever said that she loves her car I'll look upward with "YES! Thank You, Lord!" and go spend that money on something I might like.
Am I missing something?
And you want to buy her another car because,,,well, because you don't like her car.
Seems to me that it's her car and she loves that car. At my house that'd be the end of the story.
Believe me if my wife ever said that she loves her car I'll look upward with "YES! Thank You, Lord!" and go spend that money on something I might like.
Am I missing something?
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2015 Chevy Equinox 2.4L 4-cylinder (21/31), 4 people, no cargo: 12mpg average; Best tank: 14mpg
2016 GMC Yukon 5.3L V8 (16/23), 4 people, no cargo: 15mpg average; Best tank: 18mpg
Same location (Las Vegas) same time of year (July/August), same mix of 75% or so city driving. It was actually hotter when we had the GMC--110+ every single day, vs. just over 100 most days and a few in the 90s with the Equinox--so we made extensive use of the remote start, rear A/C (which is a completely separate unit) and A/C seats, along with a lot of idling, which should have further handicapped the Yukon. But it gave up only a little from its EPA rating where the Equinox could barely get halfway to its rated mileage.
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Did someone cal Buick Enclave reliable?
Make a new call: http://longtermqualityindex.com/vehi...k_Enclave.html
The site is seldom seen in forums for some reason while posters continually reference J.D. Powers, CR, and other crystal ball users with unknown interest in the product reviewed.. Yet the site longtermreliabilityindex.com is a collection of data compiled from the trade-in condition of most make's examples when the vehicles have more than 100,000 miles. In there is found information to refute most of the anectdotal (my cousin had one, my sister-in-law's ex husband had one and it was the only thing she liked about him, etc.) citations usually found posted as authoritative.
If someone were to take the time for an exploration through the above site they will find that in terms of reliability Lexus, Toyota, and Honda win out across the board, sometimes by surprising percentile amounts.
Hard data or not I think it certainly has more meaningful information than someone referencing their neighbor and someone at work plus their ex's third hubby (three cars out of how many sold?) who all though that their 2010 Whizbang was the greatest car ever made
Make a new call: http://longtermqualityindex.com/vehi...k_Enclave.html
The site is seldom seen in forums for some reason while posters continually reference J.D. Powers, CR, and other crystal ball users with unknown interest in the product reviewed.. Yet the site longtermreliabilityindex.com is a collection of data compiled from the trade-in condition of most make's examples when the vehicles have more than 100,000 miles. In there is found information to refute most of the anectdotal (my cousin had one, my sister-in-law's ex husband had one and it was the only thing she liked about him, etc.) citations usually found posted as authoritative.
If someone were to take the time for an exploration through the above site they will find that in terms of reliability Lexus, Toyota, and Honda win out across the board, sometimes by surprising percentile amounts.
Hard data or not I think it certainly has more meaningful information than someone referencing their neighbor and someone at work plus their ex's third hubby (three cars out of how many sold?) who all though that their 2010 Whizbang was the greatest car ever made
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f that site, which I have no involvement, interests, or other reasons for referencing it other than that it takes information from actual cars used and traded in to compare with all other makes of similar cars also traded in or sold rather than the word of an auto journalist whose reasons for saying what he or she writes are not revealed, is carefully explored more than simple overall comparisons may be found. Information as to the comparative failures of engine, transmission, or other factors are included, fuel mileage realized, owner's reports, safety records, and on even further than I've looked. If enough data has not yet accumulated about a specific model the site will refrain from conjecture. That was my initial attraction as it's not common among such reports online.
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