[Nathans_Dad]

Hey all, time to mine the pelican braintrust once more.

Some of you may know I have been kicking around the idea of getting rid of our 2003 Tahoe. It has about 75k miles on it, is the primary kid hauler/beatermobile and is startign to show its age. Nothing specifically is wrong with it right now, but I have a deep, innate distrust of GM products and since it is 105 degrees outside, I'd rather not have my wife stranded on the road with 3 kids in tow.

Anyhow, she has been talking about wanting a Sequoia for about a year now. She likes the newer body style. I recently got a small raise at work which will net me about $500 a month more after taxes.

Since that is about what I expected a payment to be, off we go to the dealers to look. The 2008 Sequoias that are left are all limiteds, which sticker somewhere in the low 50s, dealers were taking 10k off the sticker so low 40s plus TT&L. That was more than we were looking to pay.

We discussed our other options, she doesn't want another Chevy product. She likes the looks of the Expeditions and they can be had new or gently used pretty easily for mid-30s, even the Eddie Bauers and Limiteds with leather, etc.

So, anyone have any experience with Expeditions? Good truck?

Also, out of the following options, which would you choose?

1). Keep the Tahoe for another year or so until it has a problem.
2). Get the Sequoia and pay more but it might be the car she REALLY wants (around $43k + TT&L for a 2008 Limited or $36-37k +TT&L for a 2010 SR5 with cloth interior)
3). New Expedition (XLT with cloth interior for $32k or so, Eddie Bauer with leather for $38k)
4). Gently used Expedition (fully loaded Eddie Bauer here locally with about 24k miles for $28k asking price)


Oh, and don't suggest minivan, I have tried and beaten my head against that wall for over a year now, she ain't having it.