Sugestions for Entry Level Cheap Dinghy
Hello Just got a Class A and want to try out a dinghy. We are a family of 3 just want to try a simple, light and older car/suv (fwd or 4wd/awd)that can be bought for less than 4k to see if it works f...
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I second (or third) the Saturn S-Series suggestion. Get a sedan (SL1 or 2) or a station wagon (SW1 or 2) and you have a 2500 lb, five passenger vehicle that can be towed four down with either an automatic or stick shift.
I've owned four S-Series Sattys since '97 and I still own two, an '02 and a '95, both SL2's (I'd still have three if one of them hadn't gotten hit two years ago). I bought the '95 specifically as a toad in '06 and it proved to be such a good little toad and grocery getter that 11 years and 70k+ miles later I still have it, it still looks good, everything works (even the AC), and it's still humming along with 193k total miles. She's been coast to coast all over the US behind the mother ship, on her own to Florida twice (3k mile round trip), Chicago once (1,000 miles round trip), and I still wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere.
You can still pick up a 3rd (and last) generation (2000-2002) S-Series in great shape for $3k or less. For example, I bought my 2002 SL2 loaded with all of the power options, cruise, sunroof, one owner, everything works, only 100k miles, four years ago (2013) for $2500. It runs and drives like a new car. In fact, it's going to be making a trip to CA on its own from Ohio later this summer.
How many of them are still on the road doing DD duty, even early '90s 1st generation S-Series, is a testament to what great cars they were.
I've owned four S-Series Sattys since '97 and I still own two, an '02 and a '95, both SL2's (I'd still have three if one of them hadn't gotten hit two years ago). I bought the '95 specifically as a toad in '06 and it proved to be such a good little toad and grocery getter that 11 years and 70k+ miles later I still have it, it still looks good, everything works (even the AC), and it's still humming along with 193k total miles. She's been coast to coast all over the US behind the mother ship, on her own to Florida twice (3k mile round trip), Chicago once (1,000 miles round trip), and I still wouldn't hesitate to drive it anywhere.
You can still pick up a 3rd (and last) generation (2000-2002) S-Series in great shape for $3k or less. For example, I bought my 2002 SL2 loaded with all of the power options, cruise, sunroof, one owner, everything works, only 100k miles, four years ago (2013) for $2500. It runs and drives like a new car. In fact, it's going to be making a trip to CA on its own from Ohio later this summer.
How many of them are still on the road doing DD duty, even early '90s 1st generation S-Series, is a testament to what great cars they were.
