Thinking of selling the Durango and getting something else

[rohan]

Seems like I've seen some of you guys rag pretty harshly on the Toyota truck but recommend it here- am I missing something?

[68_427]

[rohan]

Maybe it's just me but I can't see where they could've added 7 seats.  

That is pretty good looking though but I wonder why they won't put it on the ram platform?  I looked at a new jeep and it just doesn't look any much bigger than a Ford Edge.

[r0tor]

So you need to upside because you may need to transport the entire soccer team a few times a year?  Do the other families not have the ability to drive their own kids?

Do you have 5 spare bedrooms in your house in case the soccer team might want to sleep over?

[rohan]

My neighbor's kid is a couple years older and he says they take turns driving them around.  I'm thinking it's gonna be the same but no that's not the only reason the Durango is a bit small for a family when you drive it long distances having the extra width and space would be nice.  Plus like yesterday I went and got a new landscaping tree and it wasn't very tall but reached all teh way to the windshield and was all bent over.  More room to haul things would be very handy since I do alot of the work around the house myself - which is kind of why I was thinking pick up truck.  Plus- we just want a little bit bigger truck.

[rohan]

So you need to upside because you may need to transport the entire soccer team a few times a year?  Do the other families not have the ability to drive their own kids?

Do you have 5 spare bedrooms in your house in case the soccer team might want to sleep over?

I have 2 spares now and when I finish the basement I'll have 4 plus an office.  

[r0tor]

I played soccer for 10 years and I don't think I ever needed to be driven to a practice..... If you need to take a team once a month, take 2 cars that day

[MrH]

Ford Flex.

[rohan]

I played soccer for 10 years and I don't think I ever needed to be driven to a practice..... If you need to take a team once a month, take 2 cars that day

I'm not very interested in your opinions on how we should live our lives or being judged as to what size vehicle we need in your estimation or whether or not we should be hauling our kids' classmates around- I'm interested in your opinions on the different large vehicles out there.

[r0tor]

The opinion is all the large vehicles you mentioned suck compared to decent suv like the new cherokee... Which would also fulfill 98% of the size you need

I have enough coworkers who bitch about being stick with a full size trick and suv because of a large boat our camper they have and the 90% of the time they are not hauling they live with shitty mileage, ride, and being a bitch in parking lots

[ChrisV]

he has the department takehome car, and it wont' do truck duties. So instead of buying a small car (that won't necessarily work for him and another car to do truck duties, he wants one decent truck that can do both. Perfectly logical and acceptable, so that he doens't have payments/registration/insurance on two vehicles.

[r0tor]

Uh no, its a daily driver for the wifey...

[68_427]

Maybe it's just me but I can't see where they could've added 7 seats. 

That is pretty good looking though but I wonder why they won't put it on the ram platform?  I looked at a new jeep and it just doesn't look any much bigger than a Ford Edge.

The new Durango is on an extended wheelbase version of the platform.  I'm guessing the Ram platform doesn't drive as well and wouldn't offer much more utility.

[rohan]

he has the department takehome car, and it wont' do truck duties. So instead of buying a small car (that won't necessarily work for him and another car to do truck duties, he wants one decent truck that can do both. Perfectly logical and acceptable, so that he doens't have payments/registration/insurance on two vehicles.

Uh no, its a daily driver for the wifey...

You're both right.  And Rotor sorry I got so snappy- having a bit of a long day and snapped at you.  Sorry.  I appreciate your input.
I think the Durango is a little too small for the family and would like more room.  When we get in my step-daughter's legs almost hit the front seat because of the car seat so my wife has to move her seat up and leaves only about 2 inches between her knee and the dash and that makes me real nervous.  And it's could stand to be wider too.  It would just be nice to have more room- and if we buy we are buying bigger not smaller and teh new durango will definately be smaller I think looking at the new Cherokee. besides like I said we're just considering and I thought this would be a good place to get some thoughts on models.   And why do you think they suck?  Seriously I would like to know.  And I only pay for gas in one car going to work so I really don't care how much it uses as long as it's in the same ballpark as the Durango I have now.

[SVT666]

Uh no, its a daily driver for the wifey...

MY wife's daily driver is a Ford Explorer, but it double duties as the family car which we also take camping, on holidays, skiing, etc.  We don't need 3 rows of seats 85% of the time, but for that 15% of the time we do, it's nice not to have to take 2 cars everywhere.  For the next family car we get I really want to get a Yukon or Chevy Tahoe.  If everyone only bought what we need and not what we want, then there would only be a five cars on the market.

[68_427]

Ford Flex.

Can't believe I didn't think of that.  I'm almost 6ft and I had ample room in the third row.  It's a hugely comfortable vehicle.

[rohan]

Can't believe I didn't think of that.  I'm almost 6ft and I had ample room in the third row.  It's a hugely comfortable vehicle.

That's actually nice looking inside looks really well thought out-  Too bad it looks like this outside




I don't know what it is about Ford but I just don't like or even get their styling.    

[rohan]

The more I look at this the more I like it.  I'm curious to see if it's bigger than what we've got or smaller like the Cherokee.

[SVT666]

The more I look at this the more I like it.  I'm curious to see if it's bigger than what we've got or smaller like the Cherokee.

It's basically a 7 seat Grand Cherokee.

[68_427]

It's basically a 7 seat Grand Cherokee.

But bigger than a Grand Cherokee.  It's not like the just shoved two tiny seats in the back.

[CJ]

Getting a full size truck is way overkill for your needs, imo.

Man up, and tell your wife thare is only one person in the family knowledgeable about cars, and it aint her.

Then get her a XC90 or something 

That's not a bad idea.

[GoCougs]

Seems like I've seen some of you guys rag pretty harshly on the Toyota truck but recommend it here- am I missing something?

When it came out it was best in class, with its sole sin being that it offended many a domestic fanboy.

[SVT666]

But bigger than a Grand Cherokee.  It's not like the just shoved two tiny seats in the back.

I didn't mean for it so sound like that.  I meant that it's a Grand Cherokee that they extended and now seats 7.

[68_427]

I didn't mean for it so sound like that.  I meant that it's a Grand Cherokee that they extended and now seats 7.

I had a feeling that's what you meant, but I also had a feeling it might confuse people.

[TBR]

I am not really understanding why a Durango isn't big enough for a family of four. If you want something bigger then so be it, but my family of four did just fine with the biggest car we ever had being a 1st generation Durango (when my brother and I were the age of your kids we had a 626 sedan).

[ChrisV]

Uh no, its a daily driver for the wifey...

yes. AND a truck. That's the point. ONE vehicle to do both jobs.

[ChrisV]

I am not really understanding why a Durango isn't big enough for a family of four. If you want something bigger then so be it, but my family of four did just fine with the biggest car we ever had being a 1st generation Durango (when my brother and I were the age of your kids we had a 626 sedan).

yeah, and we walked to school in the snow, uphill, both ways, with no shoes, and we liked it.

And our ancestors did just fine living in dirt caves.  So who needs an air conditioned house with running water, right?

[Raza]

I honestly didn't know there were things out there bigger than the current Durango. 

If you're looking at pickups, have you considered my favorite?  The Nissan Frontier Crew Cab?

[Raza]

Ford Flex.

I love that truck.

[omicron]

That's actually nice looking inside looks really well thought out-  Too bad it looks like this outside




I don't know what it is about Ford but I just don't like or even get their styling.   

That looks fantastic.