I'm still waiting on those hybrid diesels...

 

i looked at those, they're nice. my wife wants to get a rid of her rustang and get an suv. so far the top candidate is a toyota Sequoia, with the 4 runner in close second.

 

My wife wants a Forrester XT!

 

Cool...we briefly checked out the Sequoia, but it's more expensive, and really feels like an american car on the inside. (Puffy leather, weird ovals everywhere, etc).

But the Armada looks and interior are not for everyone.

 

i think the armada looks better, inside and out. but, it's not my vehicle (i'm just the sucker paying for it).

 

I don't understand why people hate SUV's so much. I really like your choice that you made, those are nice.

 

whose the hottie in the back seat with the pacifier?

 

Just don't rear-end me in that thing.

 

Mostly, it's that people seem to just need something to hate. I can understand a dislike for such an in-efficient mode of transporting ONE person arround, but then - there are plenty other even more grossly environmentally un-friendly things to be upset about, it seems like a simple scapegoat for the ignorant yet self-proclaimed nature-savvy to pin the world's problems on. I think Excursions are silly, so I don't drive one.

I had a Pathfinder for a long time. It was a nice car. It was extremely useful to me, and lots of my trips and work moves could not have been done without it. When I didn't need it anymore, I sold it. If you have no need for a SUV, then great - but it doesn't mean that no one else can have a need for one either. Note that it's not everyone else's fault when some soccermom in a SUV does something stupid. When you have a stroller/20 servers/5 people on the way to Tahoe/crap to move/kids/pets/etc a SUV will be an awesome, convenient, lockable, nice vehicle. The gas is expensive, but that's the price to pay for the space.

-Jacob