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Originally Posted by underscore
https://www.uhaul.com/
Starts at $20/day. I can't imagine buying a vehicle based on what I'll do with it for exactly 1 day.
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I agree with this 100%. My mom wanted me to drive a mid size SUV when I was younger, so she can drive a smaller vehicle and still have a large car on hand when needed. I ended up putting 100k on a Highlander in 4 years, mostly ever as the sole occupant. Biggest waste of gas ever.
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Originally Posted by EvoFire
Feels like we have one of these SUV threads every few months now as everyone here is growing up and getting "adult" cars.
Most the 4cyl turbos are fine. The Mazda CX5 and Acura RDX 3G are both great cars with some interesting quirks. I'd avoid the Subaru solely on the fact that the CVT will blow on you with a turbo engine, unless you don't plan on keeping it outside of warranty.
The CX5 is small. It's 1/4 size smaller than everything in it's class, and the steering wheel is only heated on the 3 and 9 o'clock positions. Otherwise no complaints
The RDX 3G is really nice imo, but lots of complaints about the infotainment, and the transmission is/can be wonky.
The RDX 2G is fine. You can get them quite cheap nowadays. The whole squeaky problem that some one had with the 3G is pretty prevalent with the 2G as well.
Just don't get the Subaru.
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To add to this some more. I made a thread last year about this and ended up in a BMW X3.
Roastpuff I think made a thread and he liked the X3 the most. Not sure if he ended up buying one.
Roastpuff and I had some different reasons to why we liked the X3. Our X3 has been mostly fault free except a minor cosmetic defect, and a broken child seat latch cover. The LATCH cover I would say was due to being poorly designed.
I don't remember why if you did not want a BMW other than you don't need two "well handling" vehicles. Your choices (CX5, RDX) actually line up really well with the X3 in terms of handling, if not actually better than the X3.
With the Euros though, you can't tune them now without losing your warranty. BMW does an automatic scan every time the car is plugged in and will flag if it detects anything out of the norm.
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
Yup, my last 2 daily drivers were stock. Want a faster car, buy a faster car. The only "mod" I did on my current one was the comma.ai Openpilot install.
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Stock is best!
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Agree stock is best.