[Dadhawk]

As I've mentioned before my other "personal car" is a 2004 Z71 Suburban. I purchased her used a couple of months after purchasing the FR-S as a replacement for the previous family car (a 2010 Chevy Astro with 289,000 miles on her when she decided to eat her own motor bearings).

$49,894 when new, we bought the Suburban at around $11,000 with right at 100,000 "easy" miles on it. It's an occasional driver as most of my family no longer lives at home, 1 son is off the payroll and lives 150 miles away, one is in college and not at home most of the year, and the third enters college this Fall. However, when we need it, we need it. In addition, I have some "weekend activities" that require a bit more room than the FR-S.

An example of where the Suburban excels was our recent vacation to the beach. We packed 5 full-size suitcases, 4 boogie boards, a week's worth of groceries (including a 20 gal cooler) several misc. other "carry-ons", 4 adults, one 125lb Newfoundland puppy and her fold-down crate all INSIDE the vehicle. We could have taken more (there is a luggage rack on top, and of course it can tow half a house) but we didn't need to go there.
With all that we rode in leather bound, 3 air zoned, BOSE surround comfort cruising effortlessly at 70 to 90MPH and still managed to average about 18MPG in upper 90 degree comfort.

The 4WD came in handy at the beach, and while traveling through monsoon like weather on the way there. Once we arrived, we were joined by my oldest son and his lady friend, and the 6 of us all did the touristy stuff again in comfort only having to use the one car.

It does have its downsides. The nice soft ride leaves you completely disconnected from the road, you can't ever really be sure the sunroof is closed, and magically somehow it never is when you go through a carwash with it. Also, the headunit, while great, needs to be updated for NAV and a much needed backup camera (MomHawk has to sometimes perform that function in a very crowded parking lot).

For a 12 year old vehicle though it still performs well and is a useful member of the fleet. I think I'll update her a bit, and keep her for a while. I might even give her a name.