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Originally Posted by XutvJet
I don't understand people and the need for all of this space when having two kids. It's the parents that think kids need all this kiddo crap. I have two kids about 3 years a part. Until they were 8 and 11, my wife had a midsize 2007 Outback and I had a 2003 G35 sedan. My wife then got a 2015 Outback which is quite a bit bigger, especially the back seat. I then bought a M235. We took the Outback on 15+ hour road trips including all of our camping gear for 5-9 days which is extensive. A small roof top carrier and a trailer hitch carrier was all we needed if we were taking lots of gear. I'm a big time home improvement guy too and never had any issues only having a wagon available. The times I needed a truck over the last 20 years, I can count on two hands. In those instances I borrowed or rented one.
My wife now has a 2020 4runner. Cool looking truck, roomy, and KILLER off road capability, but God is the thing exhausting to drive long distance. It's loud, terrible MPGs, gets pushed around in the wind badly, sways and nose dives horrendously, and the long-geared, lazy shifting, archaic 5 speed auto is awful on the highway. She'll be buried in it.
And that Armada is TERRIBLE. My God, what an abomination of an SUV. I've rent new Armadas. Not a great driving SUV.
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I don't understand people who wouldn't want to put the kids in the largest, safest vehicle possible that then come after people who do like they're doing something wrong.
The idea of putting kids into a 235i is hilarious to me. At 6'2 I barely fit in a 2, let alone with car seats trying to fit behind me, lol.
And yeah, the 4runner sucks to drive. That's a well known fact. But those V6 4runners will be driving around long after we're all gone. They are basically cockroaches, they just don't die.