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Sep 03, 2013Explorer
pk1023 wrote:jerem0621 wrote:
Dump the quest, buy a 1500 suburban or an Expedition. Problem solved and your pocket book will be MUCH MUCH happier.
Having a third Dedicated TV is not all its cracked out to be. I have a perfectly good dually sitting in the yard... I have put 5k miles on it in 1.5 years.
I am personally looking to downsize my camping experience. Smaller trailer, smaller truck that I can DD... and much happier overall.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
Well yeah, but you know dumping the Quest isn't just that easy. We have a loan on it and plus my wife does love the van.
With 2 school age boys, she wanted room to haul them and their friends. So the van stays because what makes Mama happy makes me happy.
As for the Cruze, I just love it too much. It drives great, gets an easy 34 mpg combined and looks sharp.
I drive 12 miles in the northen burbs of Indianapolis for work. Taking a big truck to work each day is just a nightmare. So I think this solves a big issue.
I should mention, I come from a house that had 6 cars for 3 people during most of my childhood. My dad liked his cars and made investments. We'll ride to his funeral someday in his 1987 Grand National and it'll be just like the night we picked it up when I was 10.
Well, yes, for sure, it's only money.
So to your question, I believe the car companies would consider the use you are proposing of this third vehicle to be "severe duty", so a good place to start, would be to look at their schedule for maintenance for that level.
I hope your storage area really is "secure", because the possibility of vandalism while the truck or Cruze is sitting there is certainly a possibility. We hear, far too often about folks having their trailers broken into in these so called secure storage lots.
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