I’d recommend looking at their reliability and crash test railings. It’s ugly.
All I can advise is don't replace one Chevy for another Chevy unless you plan on doing it frequently. Keeping lower miles on each one then selling for another low milage one. One of the guys I work with just keeps forking out the money on Tahoe and Suburban repair. I can't tell you how many engine, transmission and wheel bearing issues he's had in the last five years. 150k-175k on both iirc.
These look intriguing to me....
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I have several friends with the Telluride, and they really like them! And, you really can't beat the pricing on them!
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(1) 2022 Kia Carnival review // Van or SUV? Have a look... - Bing video
(1) 2021 Kia Telluride Review: Kia's Golden Goose | CarGurus - Bing video
I have several friends with the Telluride, and they really like them! And, you really can't beat the pricing on them!
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This is the reason that if I'm not ready to buy a new car, I stay the h*ll away from the dealers. It can be painful to drive new and then hop back in your old vehicle which now seems loud and crappy, rattles, vibrates and so on.
It's kind of like when the wife and kids just want to go 'look' at puppies. Yeah, I'm sure you won't like the puppies once you hold them.
It's kind of like when the wife and kids just want to go 'look' at puppies. Yeah, I'm sure you won't like the puppies once you hold them.
Love my Telluride!
Fix you Tahoe for around town and every day driving. Rent for the vacations. Just factor it into the travel budget. Then you don’t have $1k a month remorse payments each and every month.
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My best friend will trade off a vehicle instead of just buying new tires, and he’s upside down to the point he’ll probably never own a vehicle outright. Once he gets that new car smell in his nose, he’s going to trade no matter what it costs. It’s like an illness.
I’ve got 4 trucks I pay insurance on, and the newest is a 2012. My “road trip” truck (2011 F250 4 dr 4x4 gas burner) has 185k on it, but it’s perfect mechanically. With what vehicles cost today, I have absolutely no desire to trade, and like has been said, I can do ALOT of repairs for what the note on a new one would be.
I’ve got 4 trucks I pay insurance on, and the newest is a 2012. My “road trip” truck (2011 F250 4 dr 4x4 gas burner) has 185k on it, but it’s perfect mechanically. With what vehicles cost today, I have absolutely no desire to trade, and like has been said, I can do ALOT of repairs for what the note on a new one would be.
You got some crowd control issues you need to take care of, do you? Or maybe a meeting with a curb or median? Or could it be there’s a couple power poles that you don’t like very much?
sorry, couldn’t help myself.
You got some crowd control issues you need to take care of, do you? Or maybe a meeting with a curb or median? Or could it be there’s a couple power poles that you don’t like very much?
sorry, couldn’t help myself.
LOL its all good.
The interest alone on that 7 year note for an $80k burb (an absolutely asinine amount for a vehicle that can’t make you money for work) would probably bulletproof your vehicle for the future, that you’ve just replaced the two most costly repair items it has.
FWIW I’m not against new vehicles, because I’m not a mechanic and the repair costs are so high. Buy the right model and you can pencil out the mileage when you sell it as being worth owning for the reliability and peace of mind. But I have only bought one new vehicle for myself. I try to keep my wife in a new vehicle, and I drive something I can pay cash for. I also try to be very diligent about those used vehicles so that I can drive them for a couple years then make some money on them when I sell them. I sure love getting paid to drive a vehicle.
FWIW I’m not against new vehicles, because I’m not a mechanic and the repair costs are so high. Buy the right model and you can pencil out the mileage when you sell it as being worth owning for the reliability and peace of mind. But I have only bought one new vehicle for myself. I try to keep my wife in a new vehicle, and I drive something I can pay cash for. I also try to be very diligent about those used vehicles so that I can drive them for a couple years then make some money on them when I sell them. I sure love getting paid to drive a vehicle.
