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    I'll cut to the chase for the Mrs.,
    used Lexus SUV at whatever yr/gen your budget will allow.

    Now for something you or I would prefer,
    that's a much longer post, lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MIKYZZ4 View Post
    I'll cut to the chase for the Mrs.,
    used Lexus SUV at whatever yr/gen your budget will allow.

    Now for something you or I would prefer,
    that's a much longer post, lol.
    Lexus is a Japanese brand (Toyota) with a reputation for making very reliable cars BTW.
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    Lexus(Toyota) are out, period. Craptastic interior materials, fasteners ostensibly made of putty and ZERO, ZERO personality.
    G wagen not even on the radar. A few over decorated women from the horsey set around here drive them, all gussied up like they are going on a safari or something. I can't get that silly image out of my mind.
    Looked at an Escalade, what a P.O.S.!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breeze1 View Post
    Lexus is a Japanese brand (Toyota) with a reputation for making very BORING cars BTW.
    FTFW

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    You definitely don't like Japanese cars

    The thing with many nice cars is that they are driven by "over decorated people" lol.

    The limiting factor here is that it has to be an SUV. Since Japanese are out and so is the G, that doesn't leave much of a choice... or wait, Audi Q7? Besides the G that's the only decent looking "modern" SUV I can think of, but I doubt she'll enjoy driving it as much as the E39, which REALLY doesn't leave much to be desired in the driving feel department.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MIKYZZ4 View Post
    I'll cut to the chase for the Mrs.,
    used Lexus SUV at whatever yr/gen your budget will allow.
    Substitute (BMW) in place of Lexus above. ^

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    I have to agree with the feelings about Japanese cars. Certainly, Toyotas and their ilk are exceptionally reliable....but personality is non existent. They're just not driver's cars.

    The G-wagon is a terribly primitive $100k + vehicle. Rides like a damned '62 Jeep....which is what it looks like underneath.

    The Q7....don't get me started! If you think you like it, try changing the rear brakes. After you use the computer to release the rear parking brake shoes so you can change the rotors, you will find that you have to spend a day using the computer and, at the same time MANUALLY resetting air gap, over and over, on each side, until the computer is over it's PMS....and THEN you have to RECODE the damned parking brake computer using RossTech or VAGCOM, and THEN you have to go out on the road for half an hour, repeatedly bedding in the parking brake shoes between 10 and 12 mph, over and over again !

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwdirtracer View Post
    I have to agree with the feelings about Japanese cars. Certainly, Toyotas and their ilk are exceptionally reliable....but personality is non existent. They're just not driver's cars.

    The G-wagon is a terribly primitive $100k + vehicle. Rides like a damned '62 Jeep....which is what it looks like underneath.

    The Q7....don't get me started! If you think you like it, try changing the rear brakes. After you use the computer to release the rear parking brake shoes so you can change the rotors, you will find that you have to spend a day using the computer and, at the same time MANUALLY resetting air gap, over and over, on each side, until the computer is over it's PMS....and THEN you have to RECODE the damned parking brake computer using RossTech or VAGCOM, and THEN you have to go out on the road for half an hour, repeatedly bedding in the parking brake shoes between 10 and 12 mph, over and over again !
    I didn't know about the maintenance difficulty and was refering to the looks, mostly. Anyhow, IMO Bmw's come second to none when it comes to driving feel, as far as relatively affordable cars go anyway, but then again I can't stand the looks of their SUV's besides the 1st Gen X5, which is not an option if I understand well.
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    shop for (and pray for) an E39 wagon with an I-6. SUVs are TRUCKS. put some fresh shocks and touch up some things. fresh shocks, new speakers, etc to make it feel new, then run with it. You'll have a magically maintainable platform.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marcva View Post
    ..... SUVs are TRUCKS.
    I think not. A pick up truck's intended purpose is haul goods, tools, materials, etc. Trucks are built on a perimeter style chassis and make up 16% of auto sales in the US.

    SUVs are more similar to estate cars, most have all-wheel drive and will seat 5-7 passengers and are uni-body. SUVs make up 36% of the world's passenger car market.

    Anyway, Mrs. Ross wants a SUV.
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    I disagree, my friend. Even Alldata lists SUVs as "trucks" . If the thing's five feet tall, it's a truck. It blocks forward vision, and it hauls...mainly AIR. Even pickup trucks are rarely used to carry lumber...they mainly carry one single person, and he's usually on a cellphone, and blocking the left lane. . Pickup trucks and SUVs should be banished to the right lane, with semis, buses, farm tractors, and other road hazards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwdirtracer View Post
    Even Alldata lists SUVs as "trucks" .
    Ask the DMV, the manufacturers and the automotive press. The clincher is, SUVs don't have a place for a gun rack like a proper truck.
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    Ah can tell yer from one a them blue states, bubba. We're a gonna use ar imagination, 'round here:gunrack1.jpggunrack2.jpggunrack3.jpggunrack 4.jpg

    Sad, huh?

    By the way, my neighbor has an X5 with a "TRUCK" license plate.

    Yeah, okay, everything I've said is (mostly) in jest. X5's don't generally block the left lane; they usually act like BMW drivers, and allow free passage. And I don't carry a gun, because I don't ever intend to kill anyone. And hell, I drive a 4000 pound weapon anyway. And, well, I'm really damned impressed with sport package X5's anyway, as "driver's cars".

    Now, a Lexus or Honda SUV? Apparently they come with cellphones which attach to the driver's hand, and no rear view mirrors.

    Ross, you know I put that X5 on a lift for you today, and took a bunch of pictures....just waiting to send them to you in case you might want it. (Not my vehicle, just trying to help.)

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    If you want to skip turbos and V8s and have a BMW SUV closer to 5 years old than 10 or 15, how about a 2012 X3 with N52 motor?

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy4trains View Post
    Dodge Durango R/T. The hemi will put a smile on your face every time you fire it up and makes up for the fact that it's a Dodge.
    A friend has a Hemi Magnum. Goes fast straight, can't turn or stop worth a shit. Good for destroying perfectly good rear tires and little else. I can imagine its manners would make a Durango's look like a booger. Which it already does.
    She doesn't car about speed anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pbonsalb View Post
    If you want to skip turbos and V8s and have a BMW SUV closer to 5 years old than 10 or 15, how about a 2012 X3 with N52 motor?
    The N52 would be acceptable, probably something larger though.

    EDIT OH, regarding SUVs as trucks. In the beginning, Blazers, Broncos and such WERE trucks. The manufacturers managed to retain this classification as the crash and emissions rules are(were?) relaxed for "trucks". This made them cheaper to make so.......
    The S of SUV has always amused me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwdirtracer View Post
    I disagree, my friend. Even Alldata lists SUVs as "trucks" . If the thing's five feet tall, it's a truck. It blocks forward vision, and it hauls...mainly AIR. Even pickup trucks are rarely used to carry lumber...they mainly carry one single person, and he's usually on a cellphone, and blocking the left lane. . Pickup trucks and SUVs should be banished to the right lane, with semis, buses, farm tractors, and PRIUSes.
    Agreed, with the sentiment, not the definition and fixed
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    Quote Originally Posted by MIKYZZ4 View Post
    Substitute (BMW) in place of Lexus above. ^
    Obviously?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 328 Power 04 View Post
    Alfa Stelvio?
    Thought about this. I imagine depreciation to be swift and brutal on these. Buying some time with the E39.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwdirtracer View Post
    Ah can tell yer from one a them blue states, bubba. We're a gonna use ar imagination, 'round here:gunrack1.jpggunrack2.jpggunrack3.jpggunrack 4.jpg

    Sad, huh?

    By the way, my neighbor has an X5 with a "TRUCK" license plate.

    Yeah, okay, everything I've said is (mostly) in jest. X5's don't generally block the left lane; they usually act like BMW drivers, and allow free passage. And I don't carry a gun, because I don't ever intend to kill anyone. And hell, I drive a 4000 pound weapon anyway. And, well, I'm really damned impressed with sport package X5's anyway, as "driver's cars".

    Now, a Lexus or Honda SUV? Apparently they come with cellphones which attach to the driver's hand, and no rear view mirrors.

    Ross, you know I put that X5 on a lift for you today, and took a bunch of pictures....just waiting to send them to you in case you might want it. (Not my vehicle, just trying to help.)


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    Oh. Dear. God.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breeze1 View Post
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    Profanity isn't allowed on this forum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bmwdirtracer View Post
    Profanity isn't allowed on this forum.
    Why because it's a Jag?
    I have never owned one, but I wouldn't say no to a V6 or V8 equipped F-type coupe, I'm telling you
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    Quote Originally Posted by Breeze1 View Post
    Jaguar e-pace
    I've been cured of Jags already. Yes, they are pretty, especially inside which is my weakness.
    Jags are like supermodels with venereal disease, so tempting.

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