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Small to Mid Size SUV recommendations

Full coverage?
 
Read about it after I asked. They do a soft check so doesn't affect score nowadays. Have an 800 anyway.
 
Shield9 said:
Who do you use. I need to shop around.b4 . Got a month B4 payments due.
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American Family Insurance. Home, umbrella, and all vehicles. You can go through Costco to bundle them. And before anyone flames me for using Costco, my home in Stateline went from $5600 to $1700 back in 2020 for fire insurance.

I’ve opened carried in Costco many times with no BS.
 
Ricci said:
American Family Insurance. Home, umbrella, and all vehicles. You can go through Costco to bundle them. And before anyone flames me for using Costco, my home in Stateline went from $5600 to $1700 back in 2020 for fire insurance.

I’ve opened carried in Costco many times with no BS.
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so i did get a quote from american family. $200 a year cheaper for the truck.
BUT with state farm the home is $771. American Family is $1652!!!
 
Probably out of the $20Kish price range, but I sure love my 2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser 6-speed manual*. Very capable off-road without the maintenance hassles Jeep. Only problem since new was replacing the alternator last year.

*Only about 10% came with manual tranny.
 
im very happy with my 2023 vw taos s fwd, but…it is absolute base. no cassette player sadly. fwd is a decent 8sp conventional auto trans, awd is a jerky dct that needs $700 extra maintenance every 30k miles or so. a cpo could be under $20k.

if wanting a bigger suv the nissan pathfinder is supposedly the best nissan…no cvt.

i travel to find the best deals.
 
Honda CRVs are really solid cars, in my experience. I put 120K on a FWD one, with nothing more than on-schedule fluid changes, brake pads and tires. It looked and performed like-new when I sold it. My only real complaint was the interior was insufficiently insulated from road noise. If I needed a small SUV, I’d try to find one (preferably with service records) on the private market…and bring extra cash in case you end up in a bidding war.
 
Mine went down $153 for a 6 month premium with Progressive. But it is still crazy. They rate us like we are in LA or Vegas (same damn place IMO) :ROFLMAO:

Maybe the damn Maverick is what is costing me so much. I need to do some research and sell it if that is the problem.
 
titanNV said:
Mine went down $153 for a 6 month premium with Progressive. But it is still crazy. They rate us like we are in LA or Vegas (same damn place IMO) :ROFLMAO:

Maybe the damn Maverick is what is costing me so much. I need to do some research and sell it if that is the problem.
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I stopped by Progressive 6 months ao. He shopped everything Only one cheaper was usaa, but crappier coverage. And STATE farm was much cheaper on the home insurance. So stayed with em. I'll be shopping around again, not due for a month.
 
What about AAA insurance? I need to check rates with them to see if I can save.
 
jfrey123 said:
If it fits your budget, I ended up liking my 2017 Honda CRV way more than I thought I would. The little turbo’d 1.5L is super peppy in the 2017 and up models, and at 6’ 260lbs I feel like I have plenty of room.
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I feel a need to update my recommendation from 8 months ago. At 152k miles, I found a little puddle of oil under my CRV but in a weird spot: near the firewall on driver’s side. Nowhere near the motor, nor transaxle. No cv leaking, nothing running down the block, nothing off the turbo. At best it looked like something was running down the front sub-frame and down the control arm, so I took it back to my shop.

Hondas, apparently, are utilizing oil filled bushings on the lower control arms. Why? Only an engineer would know, but the passenger side is about to pop too. Debating whether I want to mess with it over a weekend or just pay the shop’s $1,400 quote lol.

Still a solid car. For 152k miles with only tune ups and brakes, I have no complaints.
 
Coup d'etat said:
What about AAA insurance? I need to check rates with them to see if I can save.
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When I checked with AAA they quoted me about half what the lizard people are charging.
But, who knows, maybe it's just a introductory offer
 
I picked up an AWD Honda Element for use as a daily driver and would recommend it to anyone. It is the most utilitarian vehicle I have ever owned. It was definitely an under appreciated vehicle. Easy to clean, so much space, and capable for the dirt roads.
 
stitch702 said:
It was definitely an under appreciated vehicle.
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Yeah, they have a cult-like following for avid fans. Very space efficient and dead nutz reliable for the most part.
 
jfrey123 said:
I feel a need to update my recommendation from 8 months ago. At 152k miles, I found a little puddle of oil under my CRV but in a weird spot: near the firewall on driver’s side. Nowhere near the motor, nor transaxle. No cv leaking, nothing running down the block, nothing off the turbo. At best it looked like something was running down the front sub-frame and down the control arm, so I took it back to my shop.

Hondas, apparently, are utilizing oil filled bushings on the lower control arms. Why? Only an engineer would know, but the passenger side is about to pop too. Debating whether I want to mess with it over a weekend or just pay the shop’s $1,400 quote lol.

Still a solid car. For 152k miles with only tune ups and brakes, I have no complaints.
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Yeah it isn't uncommon to have fluid filled bushings. I've had to replace a bunch over my time working on MBs.
 
Gullwing said:
Yeah it isn't uncommon to have fluid filled bushings. I've had to replace a bunch over my time working on MBs.
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I’m hearing that more and more. I’m used to the era of cars where bushings were just rubber-ish or sometimes a type of poly, and they’d crack and just make annoying squeaks for years but still function well enough.

If someone years ago had told me oil filled bushings were a thing, I’d have laughed it off right along side exhaust bearings. But I’ll be damned if about 8 years back a buddy who runs maintenance for a semi-truck outfit here showed me his new Peterbilts have bearings holding the exhaust pipes and stacks. What is the world coming to?! Pretty soon blinker fluid will be a thing, and topping it off with require the left handed screw driver!
 
jfrey123 said:
I’m hearing that more and more. I’m used to the era of cars where bushings were just rubber-ish or sometimes a type of poly, and they’d crack and just make annoying squeaks for years but still function well enough.

If someone years ago had told me oil filled bushings were a thing, I’d have laughed it off right along side exhaust bearings. But I’ll be damned if about 8 years back a buddy who runs maintenance for a semi-truck outfit here showed me his new Peterbilts have bearings holding the exhaust pipes and stacks. What is the world coming to?! Pretty soon blinker fluid will be a thing, and topping it off with require the left handed screw driver!
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Yep. Motor mounts also fluid filled. From a mechanic's point of view, they are better. Lift the car up... oh look fluid leak... needs replacing.
 
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