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the best I would say for used suvs would be the yukon/tahoe and suburban from 92-98 based on the GMT400 platform with the vortec 350 and if you needed the extra grunt the 454 on the used market they were easy to get parts for could tow tons of stuff and were great off-road they did not get great MPG's but made up for it in being reliable also a 92-96 ford bronco with a 5.0 or 5.8 are great suvs that are very tough easy to fix and find parts for and ant mechanic can wrench on the and alot of the repairs can be done yourself with a weekend and some technical know how
I'm sorry, what?
It's called a period and a comma. Learn to use them.
I have an 07 Tahoe and it is an absolutely solid vehicle, I see no problem getting 400,000 miles as long as I take care of it.
The only problem is 400,000 miles at 20 MPG (at best) and $3/gallon (at best) is $60,000 spent on gas!
You don't pay it all at once of course - but it does add up over time.
Needless to say if I could get all the money I have spent on gasoline back in a paper bag, forget about correcting for inflation, gas prices, just the nomial dollars, I could probably retire on it. I have only owned 2 or 3 vehicles this thirsty or worse in my lifetime.
My 99 Ford Explorer has close to 200,000 miles and its got the original tranny and motor. The Explorer after 2002 had the over head cam which isn't as good as the previous one, that motor is almost indestructible. Now we just use it on deliveries for my business and still runs very well considering the high mileage.
Yep. Very capable truck with a look that is timeless. Although I perfer the 80's FJ60/62's look more, I gotta admit the FJ80's are near the penicle for SUV usefulness at a very affordable price and the newer versions don't get much better, but do get a whole lot more expensive.
The only problem is 400,000 miles at 20 MPG (at best) and $3/gallon (at best) is $60,000 spent on gas!
You don't pay it all at once of course - but it does add up over time.
Needless to say if I could get all the money I have spent on gasoline back in a paper bag, forget about correcting for inflation, gas prices, just the nomial dollars, I could probably retire on it. I have only owned 2 or 3 vehicles this thirsty or worse in my lifetime.
yeah, but you could say the same thing about total cost for, say, milk over your lifetime instead of water. or, if you're a smoker, the cost of smokes (assumming youre not always bumming them off of friends... )
In your example a car that got 40 mpg would still use up $30k of fuel in that 400k miles. And while it's half as much, it's still a substantial amount of cash. And if you look at it at a weekly amount, say, $30 a week vs $15 a week, the difference really isn't going to be enough to kill you.
I spend about $20-25 a week to commute in either my BMW 740iL or my Range Rover, either of which only get decent fuel milage on the highway, but crap around town. That's $50 a paycheck, which is less percentage of my paycheck then when I only made $7/hr and gas cost less than a buck a gallon. I literally would not notice the money savings per month if I got a car that used half as much fuel.
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