Which is a good crossover/SUV (V6) with price < $18k and odometer < 50k?

[Road Guy]

I know I am just jealous (&amp; I think the mild climate I would defin own a Jeep there)   I would probably lose my job if I lived there, be out surfing or diving too much..

 

[DuckFlats]

We have three in Florida...Hellishly Hot, Hot, and Kinda Hot. The only winter relief I get is when I stick my head in the freezer.

 

[snickerd3]

We have three in Florida...Hellishly Hot, Hot, and Kinda Hot. The only winter relief I get is when I stick my head in the freezer.

you forgot sticky hot

 

[Ble_PE]

Yesterday was glorious. The mrs. and I got to sit in our beach chairs under the umbrella while the kids played by themselves on the beach for a few hours. It was nice being able to do nothing but relax on the beach for a change.

In a related note, I finally booked surf lessons for me and mini-ble1. I've been wanting to do it for a while and I finally made myself do it. Now we get to hang 10 for real!

 

[TheBridgeEngineer]

Not sure what type of weak snow you get in NE but those little cross over SUVs don't fly in CO

Now this is something I would want to drive! A jeep is a jeep is a jeep!

 

[TheBridgeEngineer]

We have three in Florida...Hellishly Hot, Hot, and Kinda Hot. The only winter relief I get is when I stick my head in the freezer.

Florida is not hot, by comparison to where I lived before. The average summer temperature was 104 and often touched 114-118 during peak summer. Unbelievably, the 118 of dry summer was bearable compared to the 100 during rains that followed summer.

 

[TheBridgeEngineer]

My F-150 4x4 gets me through the harshest winters Florida has to offer.

I can't park a truck in the pitiful parking spots my city has to offer, it's not even permitted by the condo association  I have a great offer for an almost new truck once driven by a respected, now deceased, old gentleman for $10k less than it's new price.

 

[TheBridgeEngineer]

I'm not a fan of SUVs, I rather buy a 4wd truck.  That said, if I had to get an SUV it would prob be a jeep.  

I agree, the unibody lightweights faux-refined SUVs and their 'AWD's on 4 cylinder inline are nothing but marketing gimmicks. I wonder why the 4 cylinder inline engines are so underpowered in American car market. I once owned a 1L 3 cylinder Japanese hatchback that was zippy to drive. My current sedan with its 2.4 L 4 cylinder seems it's being tortured when it takes forever to accelerate on the entrance ramps to interstate. It does go above 32 mpg, no hybrid, but fall 1/8" of snow and it's rear swings like a pendulum @ 10mph.

 

[Road Guy]

The 4 DR jeeps rear end will slide in the snow if its not in 4WD (guess its like a Ford Ranger with no weight back there)  I have owned some 2 DR Jeeps and didn't have that issue (but I didn't live in CO then either)

I personally don't care for any of the crossover SUV's. I still say if your crossover SUV wont pull a 4,000 lb boat than its a car!

But I have a feeling once the wife gives her car to my daughter next year there will be some type of Subaru in the garage..

 

[jeb6294]

Get the best of both worlds...a truck with plenty of room for the kiddos.  Do they do mpg's in fractions?

 

[mudpuppy]

The 4 DR jeeps rear end will slide in the snow if its not in 4WD (guess its like a Ford Ranger with no weight back there)  I have owned some 2 DR Jeeps and didn't have that issue (but I didn't live in CO then either)

I personally don't care for any of the crossover SUV's. I still say if your crossover SUV wont pull a 4,000 lb boat than its a car!

But I have a feeling once the wife gives her car to my daughter next year there will be some type of Subaru in the garage..

Anyone considering a crossover might as well buy a minivan instead.  They're the same thing.

 

[Road Guy]

I like it when mp and I agree on something!

 

[knight1fox3]

Anyone considering a crossover might as well buy a minivan instead.  They're the same thing.

Sorry, but I don't consider our cross-over to be anything like a mini-van.

 

[Road Guy]

towing capacity?

 

[knight1fox3]

3500 lbs.  Which is good enough for a small trailer and a deer hunting rack.

 

[MetsFan]

My Touareg can tow over 7,000 pounds.  I've only towed 4 people and a stroller though.

 

[roadwreck]

Sorry, but I don't consider our cross-over to be anything like a mini-van.

Eh, they look pretty similar to me.

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[Road Guy]

are those things FWD or RWD  I had a 6000 lb boat with trailer and the 5.3 L V8 and the Tahoe struggled with it someday's

It is listed as 8000 lbs of towing with the 4WD model. But she is old..

 

[knight1fox3]

It's AWD.  I haven't really attempted rated load test but I also don't have the need to haul that much.

Eventually I'd like to get some type of "work" truck so I have something put on the open paved area on the side of our house.  Preferably also attached to a boat trailer. :thumbs:

 

[roadwreck]

Here is a picture of a city crippling snowstorm in Georgia.