What "toad" to buy

lanerd wrote:

dahkota wrote:

lanerd wrote:
x2 for the Equinox...and it's sibling, the GMC Terrain. Both are excellent toads, much quieter, smoother, better mpg than any Jeep Wrangler or Honda CRV, plus they can be loaded with options that can make it a perfect toad and every day car.

Ron

Many true things; but your Terrain is heavier, longer, and more expensive than my Jeep. The Terrain also has less ground clearance, a larger turning radius, and no 4 wheel drive.

With a Jeep, I get a convertible, go anywhere, vehicle that expands my access in most all conditions and is a lot of fun to drive. We wander beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests all over the country. Most of those places would not have been reachable with an all-wheel drive, no clearance SUV.

Your choice is really dependent on what you like to do. If you stick to paved roads, get something small and practical. If you like to explore where the pavement ends, a Jeep is your best choice.

Absolute correct on that statement.

We don't use our toad for off roading; however, it is AWD, and providing there's sufficient ground clearance, it will go just about anywhere. I'm not sure how much your Jeep weighs, but our Terrain is only 4000 (right on the money, by the way) as we have weighed it several times.

I use to have a beefed up 1st gen Bronco and we DID do a lot of 4-wheeling in our day. While it WOULD go anywhere and was fun to drive off road, driving it OTR was something else all together. We now enjoy the comfort, ease of driving, super stereo system, AC, NAV, leather...... Getting older does have its pleasures.

Ron

Your GMC Terrain is a Cross-Over. That means it's built on a light weight car chassis and not a truck chassis. That's why it was cheap and gets good gas mileage. And while you can leave the paved road in it, it is not designed for four-wheeling.