Monique's Next Car

[Monique]

She has a plane now.

Wait, what? Did my husband tell you something he hasn't told me yet? (He just got instrument rated this week)

 

[Tony S]

Only a matter of time.

 

[Monique]

Planes have very little cargo space.

 

[scott43]

Planes have very little cargo space.

Depends on the plane..

 

[Ken_R]

You can certainly stuff a lot of junk in this one

 

[Yo Momma]

Wait, what? Did my husband tell you something he hasn't told me yet? (He just got instrument rated this week)

Uh oh.......Player in the House!..... Do I smell a G5 in your future?!?! LMAO (Warning NOT PC!!!!!!!!!!)

 

[eric]

Do I smell a G5 in your future?!?!

This is much closer to where the plane budget sits right now:

 

[François Pugh]

You can certainly stuff a lot of junk in this one
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I don't think she would like the fuel mileage.

 

[Monique]

Mileage, shmileage! But it's kind of a hard look to love. Looks like a deformed whale.

 

[JeffB]

As a sequoia, LC, and MB SUV owner, I vote Sequoia for @Monique’s third car, considering her wish list. And I should say, I’ve bought and traded way too many cars for my number of years on this blue-green marble we call home.

Google the million mile tundra for entertainment if so inclined. It’s a sequoia, mostly (different engine than the current model) but still ...

For a buy and hold mentality, I do not believe it’s possible to beat a Toyota in bang for buck. In addition to the lore, I’ve seen first hand that my lovely spouse, three kids, and two dogs can’t kill them, despite what appears to be concerted efforts to commit murder. And it absolutely swallows cargo of all kinds and descriptions.

I love my MB and it’s my daily driver. I think I will pretty much always have one. I love my old LC. I think I will keep it forever, or God forbid, replace it with another. But if I wanted a car that swallowed bikes and long skis, had plenty of power, pampered dogs, was reasonably fun and very comfortable to drive, and also got me wherever I wanted to go in any weather at any time without any concern for years and years and years, I’d pick a sequoia first each day and twice on Sunday.

 

[Monique]

As a sequoia, LC, and MB SUV owner, I vote Sequoia for @Monique’s third car, considering her wish list. And I should say, I’ve bought and traded way too many cars for my number of years on this blue-green marble we call home.

Google the million mile tundra for entertainment if so inclined. It’s a sequoia, mostly (different engine than the current model) but still ...

For a buy and hold mentality, I do not believe it’s possible to beat a Toyota in bang for buck. In addition to the lore, I’ve seen first hand that my lovely spouse, three kids, and two dogs can’t kill them, despite what appears to be concerted efforts to commit murder. And it absolutely swallows cargo of all kinds and descriptions.

I love my MB and it’s my daily driver. I think I will pretty much always have one. I love my old LC. I think I will keep it forever, or God forbid, replace it with another. But if I wanted a car that swallowed bikes and long skis, had plenty of power, pampered dogs, was reasonably fun and very comfortable to drive, and also got me wherever I wanted to go in any weather at any time without any concern for years and years and years, I’d pick a sequoia first each day and twice on Sunday.

Are we getting serious about this again? I'm told Sequoia is unacceptable due to mileage (I guess the MPG on the Sequoia *is* pretty ridiculous).

 

[JeffB]

Are we getting serious about this again? I'm told Sequoia is unacceptable due to mileage (I guess the MPG on the Sequoia *is* pretty ridiculous).

Well, something has to give. Real world MPG is not good. Per the car computer, my wife averages 13.2 in town. That’s short trips, traffic, running kids and friends hither and yon from dawn to dusk. She also stomps on the right pedal with reckless abandon more often than not, and it is a 5.6L V8.

In highway runs to beach (about 350 miles) with the human and furry family, bikes out back and roof box or sometimes a paddle board up top, it gets 17 with me driving and cruise control set at 10 over the limit. I could probably get 18 if I didn’t stand on the gas after the second and third exasperating stops to pee, but I find that is a better means of venting than screaming, “You’ve got to be fu&$@#g kidding me” at a 6 year old.

 

[Tom K.]

Are we getting serious about this again?

No.

This thread is supposed to be (at least slightly) goofy vehicle funnery.

There is a Pinto body running around here on a massive, lifted Ford 4 x 4 chassis. I need to snap a pic next time I drive by that parking lot.

 

[François Pugh]

Are we getting serious about this again? I'm told Sequoia is unacceptable due to mileage (I guess the MPG on the Sequoia *is* pretty ridiculous).

Mileage, shmileage! But it's kind of a hard look to love. Looks like a deformed whale.

Make up your mind!

Seriously, as far as milage goes, it's just a (fuel) cost. Figure it out over the next 10 years, use a present worth function (P given i,a,n) and add it to the cost of purchase. Then decide if the cost is worth it to drive that vehicle, just like you do comparing the Out-the-door cost to buy the vehicle.

 

[Monique]

Make up your mind!

Seriously, as far as milage goes, it's just a (fuel) cost. Figure it out over the next 10 years, use a present worth function (P given i,a,n) and add it to the cost of purchase. Then decide if the cost is worth it to drive that vehicle, just like you do comparing the Out-the-door cost to buy the vehicle.

I made up my mind, but my husband sadly has his own mind ;-)

In the spirit of the thread ... what about one of these? I could simply restrict myself to skiing coastal areas?

 

[François Pugh]

Better yet!

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2011/10/08/skiing-on-ship/

 

[Tom K.]

^^^ Either of those would be a wonderful alternative to the Friday afternoon slog between Seattle, Vancouver and Whistler!

 

[Varmintmist]

http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com/37_M35A2_6x6_Beach_City.htm

17K miles, affordable, plenty of cargo space

 

[François Pugh]

http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com/37_M35A2_6x6_Beach_City.htm

17K miles, affordable, plenty of cargo space

Avast doesn't like your link.

 

[da-cat]