New grocery assault vehicle

[Freedom Motorsports]

Welcome to the neighborhood!

 

[1ATony]

Sounds like a great upgrade from the mini van.

 

[db9938]

Thanks again guys. Her decision did not come easy or quickly to purchase her Yukon.

We went to a couple of auto shows, a couple of auto malls, and test drove the following over a period of about four months:

Ford
Explorer- not enough storage area behind third row.
(3) different Flex's- It drove like a much larger vehicle, the kids liked the sky roof, and the one with the ecoboost is wicked quick
(2) different Expedition's- under powered wiggle wagon

Dodge
Dakota- small-ish, lack of storage behind third row, blind spot galore, felt cheap

Toyota
Sequoia- drove that one twice- this thing was a strong contender, but she thought that it was way too big. It is a substantial vehicle, and I know that they have a heck of reputation, but they also have a heck of a price tag. The 4wd system was one of the most complex that I saw in the full size category.

Nissan
Armada- She really liked this one, although the storage space behind the third row was less than the Yukon

Things that we did not test drive:

MB GL / R- she thought that this might be a little too pretentious

Land Rover- Limited dealer support in area, and I have heard horror stories

Porsche/ VW- yes I lumped these two together, because the chassis are essentially the same- too small.

BMW- Too small

Infiniti- essentially an upgraded Nissan, with an upgraded price tag. I was intrigued by some of the features that they have though. It's some real cutting edge stuff.

Lincoln- Navigator- we did look at one at the car show- she commented at how old fashioned they appeared. You add that to the under powered wiggle wagon, then I just crossed that one off.

Hyundai/KIA- not enough stock around to make an honest decision. They appear to getting out of the SUV market.



During the entire time, the one thing that she made adamant was, that she did not want a Suburban.....Well, we needed new tires for the van, and next door was the local GM dealership. They had a used 2008 Sub, with the 5.3l. We drove it, and it was ehh. The salesman said that he had a demo unit to also look at, it was a Yukon XL Denali.

Power, no wiggle, and storage and then some behind the third row. She was happy, and when the discounts, rebates and demo consideration, it brought the price down to the $54k range. It's a lot of money, but when compared to some of the other models that we looked at, with comparable, if not inferior features, it was cheaper.

 

[Regency]

Welcome post some pics!

 

[felixgun]

Welcome bro. We need pics of the dmax and Yuk!

 

[Regency]

Haha I think were doing the same thing felix

 

[scottvan]

Yeah, pictures, or it's B.S.

 

[db9938]

It's going to take me some figuring out how to upload out my phone, so hold on.


Anybody have suggestions as to the easiest method to do so?

 

[mmeachem]

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