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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
It's not cost efficient, at least for us. I paid $11,000 for the 2004 Suburban in 2012. During that time, it's had about $3,000 in standard and emergency maintenance.
We have made this, and similar week long trips, off the top of my head, 60 times during that 10 years. I also use it at least every other weekend to haul something from somewhere to somewhere else that would not fit in our Mustang or the 86.
Factor in the time eaten up dealing with rental agencies, worrying about dings and dents, etc (or paying the extra fees) I think I'm doing OK.
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Um, that’s one way to put words in my mouth I suppose.
I average about one-two instances per year where I need something larger then a 86/sedan/hatch this includes moving house several times over the past 15 years, week long trips, moving 2-5 people (I did LA to SF with three people in my 86 once, took 4 people to Thunderhill), helping other people move, no idea how many times I’ve tossed my bike in the back of my 86 etc.
Hope you got the six disc cd changer in the Burban.
I’m lucky I can borrow a 4-door f150 truck in the family, even with super easy and free access (i have a set of keys to it, it’s 25 minutes from my work) I don’t use it more then 1-2x per year.
And wagons are the way, I would never need a truck except for moving homes if I had a quality full sized station wagon.