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Originally Posted by jyl
For some reason, I have been thinking about getting an SUV. Not a new soccer dad SUV, or a lifted rock basher SUV, but something cool and interesting. Not-see-that-every-day vehicle a plus. DIY-friendly a plus. Affordable and/or will hold value a plus.
Maybe I shouldn’t use the term “SUV” which is awfully generic nowadays. I see Mustang Mach-E called SUVs, for heavens sake.
How about a four door + seats five + sizeable enclosed cargo area, tall and two-box shape, four wheel drive vehicle. It should be legit off-road capable, not prone to leaving plastic body cladding or bits of oil pan on the trail. It should have enough civilized comforts to not bake or freeze or deafen your spouse - or deafen you from his or her complaining - around town or a long road trip. Not averse to luxe features but don’t require them.
So, not an Audi Q5 or Volvo Cross-Country (not tall, not off-road), not a Jeep CJ or Series Land-Rover or Unimog (too uncivilized), not a Honda Pilot or Hyundai Santa Fe (not interesting), not a crew-cab F250 or Tacoma (not two box) - you get the idea.
Examples of vehicles that might fall in the category - old Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Toyota Landcruiser, first gen Range Rover and Discovery, I’m sure I am overlooking many others and that’s one reason for this query.
Do vehicles like BMW X5, Mercedes GL-class, Porsche Cayenne qualify? I don’t know, that’s another reason for this query.
Ideas? I come at this from a position of ignorance, having owned a Series Land Rover and a gen 1 Range Rover but otherwise with no experience in SUV-land.
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Wait wait wait...you want a "thing", but you don't exactly know what a "thing" is? Then you don't want a "thing", you want whatever image pops in your head when you think of "thing". WHAT is that image?
You reference several vehicles, which span decades and some major design changes, then you compare to a bunch of brand new shiny things. Do you want a capable shiny thing, or a classic thing, or the best of the best thing?
Problem is, you want " Not-see-that-every-day vehicle a plus. DIY-friendly a plus. Affordable and/or will hold value a plus" and by now, I think you know that the thing you're imagining doesn't exist...you can have one, maybe two of those requirements, but not all of them...
Just get a 1995 Toyota 4Runner. It's what you're brain is thinking of when it thinks "capable SUV".