Great question. I've never understood the fascination with owning a vehicle that holds up to 8 plus groceries when it's a family of 3. I think because in most people's minds here, bigger = safer if they're in a wreck.
My Daily Driver is a Focus. One day, the wife and I had to watch my niece who is just over a year old. So car seat, stroller, diaper bag etc. I hardly had enough room in the focus(trunk space was adequate) The wife had to have her seat almost all the way up to fit her car seat in there. It was quite cramped with the baby and all that stuff in there.
That's understandable. However would something like a Ford Escape/Edge or Chevy Equinox work just as good rather than something like an Expedition or Suburban? They get better gas mileage as well. Hell, My wife and I managed to fit a queen size mattress that we bought into the back of her Equinox just recently so she could drive it to her parent's place and drop it off. Now, there wasn't much room for anything else, but we made it fit.
My wife's Equinox gets 30 mpg on the highway in Economy mode.That's understandable. However would something like a Ford Escape/Edge or Chevy Equinox work just as good rather than something like an Expedition or Suburban? They get better gas mileage as well. Hell, My wife and I managed to fit a queen size mattress that we bought into the back of her Equinox just recently so she could drive it to her parent's place and drop it off. Now, there wasn't much room for anything else, but we made it fit.
I get that there's a lot more room and it's always nice to have more room. But I still think a lot of people buy more vehicle than they need.
For example... I'd love one of the new F250s. I have absolutely no reason to own one other than I like how it looks and would be able to throw crap in the back whenever I needed to. But I wouldn't need it to haul a trailer any time soon. So I guess I'm in that same boat in a way. But to me a Truck offers more value than an SUV. That's just my opinion though. I hate throwing mulch and other garden stuff in the back seat of my Versa. haha
My every day car is a 13 Escape 4x4 here in WV I need a 4wd in winter and its plenty big for me. My wife's car is a 15 Edge 4x4 a little bigger than my Escape she like the extra room when she goes shopping.
Yep we had an Edge before, that was the wife's car we just happened to have my focus that day we got stuck with my niece. The Edge was a great vehicle, just about the perfect size. Not to big, but big enough to do just about anything.That's understandable. However would something like a Ford Escape/Edge or Chevy Equinox work just as good rather than something like an Expedition or Suburban? They get better gas mileage as well. Hell, My wife and I managed to fit a queen size mattress that we bought into the back of her Equinox just recently so she could drive it to her parent's place and drop it off. Now, there wasn't much room for anything else, but we made it fit.
I get that there's a lot more room and it's always nice to have more room. But I still think a lot of people buy more vehicle than they need.
For example... I'd love one of the new F250s. I have absolutely no reason to own one other than I like how it looks and would be able to throw crap in the back whenever I needed to. But I wouldn't need it to haul a trailer any time soon. So I guess I'm in that same boat in a way. But to me a Truck offers more value than an SUV. That's just my opinion though. I hate throwing mulch and other garden stuff in the back seat of my Versa. haha
