"XJDano" (xjdano)
01/04/2016 at 19:22 • Filed to: What to do
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"XJDano" (xjdano)
01/04/2016 at 19:22 • Filed to: What to do | 0
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I have mentioned I’m half assed shopping for a suburban for my wife.
She stays at home watches / homeschools our 2 kids, watches neighbor kid on Wednesdays, and in a month & 1/2 or less will be watching her sisters kid up to 5 days a week depending on her days off.
I want the suburban for eventually towing a trailer, either camping trailer or my Cherokee on a trailer to Utah or some place cool. But the other question I’m conflicted with is wether to keep my metro or her Equinox as my work car. One stays and one goes.
Both are paid off, and metro gets almost twice mpg as Equinox. But Equinox is more safe (safer?) I actually don’t drive my car as much as I drive work trucks, drop my car off, transfer tools needed for job into truck.
I’m not sure how much longer the metro will last, as it has started the frame horn rust, rocker panel rust, 2nd gear syncro is going out again.
I thought about trading in the Equinox, just to be done with it, but I may want to daily it instead of the metro.
Metro is Manual :-)
Equinox is Auto :-/
deekster_caddy
> XJDano
01/04/2016 at 19:26 |
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I had an ‘05 Yukon XL 2500 with the 8.1. If I were going to do it again, a 1/2 ton with the 5.3 would have been plenty. Sure it’s under a strain when you have a big heavy trailer on it, but if you aren’t hauling heavy often the extra capacity isn’t worth lugging around.
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XJDano
> deekster_caddy
01/04/2016 at 19:34 |
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Yeah a ‘10/’11 1500 is on the list. I thought about the 2500, but would rarely be using it to tow anyway, a 1500 will do.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> XJDano
01/04/2016 at 23:35 |
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Boo Equinox, yay Metro! :P
Any chance you could trade both in for something....? I imagine you don’t like the Equinox as much, and you’d miss your little Metro, yes, but you could compromise and get something you like as much as the Metro, perhaps that isn’t suffering from the start of rust issues...?
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> XJDano
01/05/2016 at 01:05 |
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A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do — so keep the Metro and trade in the Equinox for like a first gen Sequoia. You can fit 6 little brats easily. My brother owns one and has 5 kids. 3rd row is actually not too shabby.