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Originally Posted by red-beard

With country place, you need a pickup

This is primarily going to be a vehicle for the missus, and she doesn't want a truck.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My wife is the reason we have a Macan. Go test drive one, or better yet let her test drive it. In normal mode, it rides great and is a very comfortable ride. Punt the sport button and the shifts are at higher RPM, and it is more. fun.

Just get your wife to drive one, and also the Cayenne, she will fall in love. My wife has a group of ladies that are of similar age. One drives a brand new Cadillac SUV and fell out of love with it quickly, and now wants a Macan after riding in my wife's Macan. One of the others has a Rover, and loves it, but it has spent a lot of time at the dealership with repairs.

On the rare occasions I drive her Macan by myself I poke the sport button right away. It steers and drives much like my 911. The PDK transmission is just amazing.

I'm sure she would love a Macan and I would too, but she also doesn't want to spend that much money.

Originally Posted by Laneco

A used Tahoe or the GMC equivalent is easy to get into at under 40K used and is a really nice driving vehicle. Very comfortable seating, etc. The LS engine is dependable, great parts availability, and long-lived.

Tows, hauls stuff and people, very comfortable to drive. I know it's not as "cool" as a Cayenne but cost of ownership, repair, etc., is much more reasonable for the GM SUVs.

angela

The missus doesn't want anything that big.

We drove a 2019 Toyota Highlander Platinum edition today. It was super snoozy, and felt huge. Neither of us were fans.

We also drove a 4dr Wrangler. We both actually liked that quite a bit and were surprised at how comfortably it rode. The suspension was less compliant than many of the others, but the seats were very comfy (much, much more so than the seats in the Audi which were hard as a rock).

I would love to get her a nice Wrangler, and I think she'd enjoy it, but I think she's decided that she'll be happy with an Outback Touring (loaded) with the 3.6L flat 6. They are relatively inexpensive, loaded with options and a bunch of those are safety options. With the 6 cyl, it's reasonably zippy.