Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

3974 readers

123 users here now

About Community

c/Cars is the largest automotive enthusiast community on Lemmy and the fediverse. We're your central hub for vehicle-related discussion, industry news, reviews, projects, DIY guides, advice, stories, and more.

Rules

Stay respectful to the community, hold civil discussions, even when others hold opinions that may differ from yours.

This is not an NSFW community, and any such content will not be tolerated.

Policy, not politics! Policy discussions revolve around the concept; political discussions revolve around the individual, party, association, etc. We only allow POLICY discussions and political discussions should go to c/politics.

Must be related to cars, anything that does not have connection to cars will be considered spam/irrelevant and is subject to removal.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

BallShapedMan

RightHandOfIkaros

What should I buy? (self.cars)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Today to c/cars

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Sorry if this is not the right community for this. In the US. I currently have a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The air suspension was awesome, but now that it's failing it's driving me crazy so I'm looking for something new. I haul wheelchairs and similarly- sized stuff for work so i need some cargo space. I'd love an SUV with second row captains seats and no third row. Does anyone make that? I'm leaning away from American cars, but can be swayed (my last two cars were Camaro and Jeep). I like things that look a little sporty with little/no chrome, a good amount of hp, and AWD is a plus. I usually drive 10-30 miles per day and get a $60/mo stipend- so about one tank of gas right now. I've browsed the websites for the new 4runner, Outback, Forester, Santa Fe, and a few others. Appreciate any ideas or opinions.

ETA- 6 months ago the dealer wanted $9k to replace the air suspension, so i went to a small Goodyear shop for $6k instead. That shop was bought by brakes plus and they won't honor any warranty. Dropped it at the dealer for diag this morning. Just got a call - $4800. I was expecting $9k. Now I'm on the fix it/trade it fence.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] mortalic 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, this is something I rabbit holed on. If you want effecient space usage, you really can't beat the Tesla model Y. Especially if you can get a low mileage used one, but be sure to avoid the 7 seat variant.

It has soooo much usable space. I took pictures to give an idea of how it's different than a Ford escape hybrid, which was the other car I was looking at. Side note, hybrids are terrible for space efficiency.

The under floor section, generally where a gas tank would go

Second underfloor section. In a hybrid this is usually where the battery might be.

On top of the tote and toiletries bags/charger three weekend suit cases and assorted crap. Notice how much space is still left there are also two pockets, one on each corner.

Same area, just without stuff.

This would be the front trunk, or where the engine is in a gas car. That's a normal sized ice chest and some random food to the side.

Hard to take a picture of, but there is no drive line or transmission tunnel either, so even more interior space.

Hope this helps visually how space efficient it is.

Edit:

I bought one in 2022 and am averaging about $20/month in charging costs.

[–] Today 2 points 3 months ago

That's huge!! I love the under floor storage. I carry a lot of travel tools and parts that i need to have with me, but don't need all the time. Thank you!