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My Wife’s car (2000 Suburban) is looking pretty battered. It’s going to need some service work & tires. It’s been a school & bus grocery getter for 13 years 135,000 Miles. It has taken some real abuse from the family and most likely saved our lives (catastrophic tire failure) with eight aboard. It’s been a great car with little spent more than standard service I would highly recommend the Suburban.

A car is a tool for her not much more that minimal washes lots of dings, gravel roads zero pride of ownership except scheduled oil changes. I need to replace this truck, however with our kids soon to be grown. We do not need a full size SUV. We will use it for around town and 10 hour road trips 1-2 times a year. She likes 4 wheel / AWD and a higher stance, so I am looking for a 6 cylinder, the ones that come to mind are.

Honda Pilot
Toyota Highlander
Toyota Forerunner
GMC Acadia
Nissan Pathfinder
Volvo
She Likes the Subaru Outback (pretty popular here)
Whatever else?

I’m going to buy used with 40,000 +/- Miles on the clock I have plenty of time to look. We will keep it for a long time so price is not critical. No BMW’s or Range Rovers.

Priorities in order are
1. Safety
2. Reliability
3. Gas Mileage
4. Road Comfort Interior
5. Cost of ownership
6. Looks

What do I look at and why? what years? 2008- 2012 would be the range age wise.

Enlighten me.