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Sequoia or Tahoe?

#23
DigMe said:
Lotsa people, methinks.

bc
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Although, I am not sure if Tahoe, Suburban or Sequoia would do "good" off-roading, or if they were even made for it. :)

I see them as more "soccer mom" cars or in case of MJ "soccer MJ".

PS only 1 photo showed up... Nice Extera dude. Looks fun:) how does it handle?
 
#24
kserg said:
Although, I am not sure if Tahoe, Suburban or Sequoia would do "good" off-roading, or if they were even made for it. :)

I see them as more "soccer mom" cars or in case of MJ "soccer MJ".
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Yeah. I was just responding to the assertion that people don't drive SUVs off-road. Most probably don't but there are many who do.

bc
 
#25
kserg said:
I see them as more "soccer mom" cars or in case of MJ "soccer MJ".
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Yeah, the Sequoia doesn't really come to mind as a rough tough off road machine. I think you may be in line with the soccer mom idea.

But, "golf MJ" sounds better. I'll gladly load up my clubs, my wifes clubs, and my sons clubs and roll out to the course for a day of golf. :D

-Mike
 
#30
Given the choices, I'd go for the Sequoia. Tough call though. You'll probably get more life w/less problems out of the Toyota, but the Chevy is probably built more solidly. Even though your wife won't like it, I drive a Ford Explorer and that thing is bult like a tank. It's been really good on maintenece too...not a squeak in 70k mi.

My 1st choices would be:

BMW X5
Volkswagen Touareg

But since I can afford either of those, I'd be looking at these:

Nissan Xtrerra
Honda Element
Toyota 4runner
 
#31
Sorry if that got to you, Mike. I was waiting to see if anyone got the movie reference. I just took it off since it didn't sit too well. I wasn't trying to get at you. I wouldn't want to, because you're bigger than me, and could probably hurt me real bad! :D :p
 
#32
too small ? :eek:
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#33
Munjibunga said:
This is an utter no-brainer, given the choice. Whatever extra bells and whistles you may get out of the Tahoe, the reliability of the Sequoia far outweighs them. American-made SUV's will spend inordinate amounts of time in the shop.
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Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
#37
MJ5150 said:
Thanks Munji. I appreciate you taking the time to type that all out. Pretty much just what I was looking for. I'm leaning to the Toyota too. I drove a 2003 Limited today, and it was suh-weet!

barthanatos......you talking a Ford Focus? No way I could ever fit all three of us in that thing and drive to Seattle, or go camping. My SUV needs have nothing to do with being able to go off roading. If someone made a car that sat high of the ground and had lots of legroom, I'd buy it right now. I will say though that we do drive around on the beach at Westport, and in the sand dunes at Moses Lake in our Durango.

-Mike
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Our company execs have traditionally driven Ford Expeditions. After I got that Sequoia, we started to see more of them creeping into the fleet. The Expeditions cost us thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in repairs, each, over a four-year lease. The Sequoias get oil changes and tires. If you haven't driven one, you should.
 
#38
ChiliPepper said:
too small ?
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There is a lack of headroom and shoulder room in it. It could be bigger, which is why we are moving on. The Durango also has 80,000 miles on it so it is coming up on expensive repairs soon. We have already had to replace the top end of the motor when it was 5,000 miles out of warranty. :mad:

Munji....I drove an '03 Limited last night. I was very impressed. We almost bought it right then, but we had a bunch of stuff from our Costco trip, and a few things from GC in the back that I did not want to unload and reload into the Sequoia.

-Mike
 
#40
I, personally would take a Taho, because I'm a chevy guy. I know what I can do with a Chevy. I can soup it up, I can tune it up, and all the other fun stuff. I haven't worked on a whole lot of Toyotas, but I know that foreign built cars are generally tougher to work on with my big hands.
 

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