We drove a Nissan Xterra when we were shopping 2 years ago, I liked it a lot
but ended up figuring the utility of a pickup was worth it. The Xterra has real
offroad cred too.
A friend had a second gen Kia Sportage that was quite a nice car.
I'm surprised Rick hated the Compass, I had one as a rental once (might have
been a Patriot, same car) and thought it was a pretty good car. It was just a
car though...
Honestly very few people really need an SUV, with all the airbags and side
impact protection etc, even a cheap hootpy is pretty safe these days. Gone are
the days of cars that just fold up and kill the occupants in an accident. The
cars still fold up but the point is to absorb the impact in the car rather than
the passengers.
-Curt
From: Joel Cairo via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: Joel Cairo <buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT knead sum advise
Thanks. He went to the local Carmax and looked at a variety of SUVs.
He rated them all on a list (how organized is that?) and liked the Hunda
CRV the best, but also liked the Nissan Pathfinder which is a bit larger
and a bit more $$. I was suggesting the Nissan, just for the larger
mass and safety. I saw a CRV yesterday morning, never paid much
attention to them, it was nice but looked small. He looked at the
hundays too, was not totally impressed compared to the others. I recall
renting one some years ago, thought it was OK too. He also liked some
Fords, interesting.
I'm going to look at some of them around here, try to find a suthrun car
(a lot of them seem to be from NY for some reason, leases or rentals) to
avoid the road salt issue. He will get his financing organized so we
can pull the trigger when I find something, he can come here and get it.
--R
On 6/10/16 9:37 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:
> Rich inquires:
>
>> The boy wants a "new" car. I'm thinking a small-mid-sized SUV A/4WD
>> given he is in a northern climate and it would be roomier than a little
>> car.
>> Thoughts?
> I recently rented a Jeep Compass, and a Hyundai Santa Fe.
>
> The Jeep was uncomfortable on a long trip.
>
> The Hyundai was an exceptionally good appliance.
> Quite comfortable. Great fuel mileage. I would
> recommend it, if one is looking for a smaller SUV
> type appliance.
>
> Rick
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