I've never owned one of the giant bus size SUVs that roam the rural roads of North America but I've rented a few of them over the years for fishing trips, trips to college with more stuff than my smaller SUV can carry, etc.
Well yesterday I took my wife into town in the rented GMC Yukon that I used to bring Melen home from college the day prior. But the lovely Mrs_Bob had not been inside one of these big SUVs and was very impressed with it. Turned out that I parked right next to a Ford Expedition at the grocery store. So she got to see the competition too.
So there is now talk around the homestead of buying one when our aging VW Touareg gives up the ghost.
First off, I don't want one. I could probably be talked into one of the "short" versions like the Chevy Tahoe or the standard length Yukon or Expedition. But not the full length Suburban, Tahoe XL or Expedition EL.
So my question to you folks is, which is better? I know the Chevy/GMC thing is just a change of the LOGO Badge. So this really boils down to a FORD -vs- CHEVY question.
I've never driven the Ford. But I've driven many a Ford F-150 which is the base from which the Expedition is derived. And I've driven both the Yukon and the Suburban. Both feel underpowered to me when driving in the mountains, but on roads running through flat Hoosier prairies they are plenty responsive. Not a big fan of the seats, they are huge and offer little support, but with 12 hour drives in them I do not feel beat up. So while not my ideal seat, they do the job.
Anyone here have anything to chip in? Me, I'd rather get a Mercedes E-Class sedan or an Audi A6.
Well yesterday I took my wife into town in the rented GMC Yukon that I used to bring Melen home from college the day prior. But the lovely Mrs_Bob had not been inside one of these big SUVs and was very impressed with it. Turned out that I parked right next to a Ford Expedition at the grocery store. So she got to see the competition too.
So there is now talk around the homestead of buying one when our aging VW Touareg gives up the ghost.
First off, I don't want one. I could probably be talked into one of the "short" versions like the Chevy Tahoe or the standard length Yukon or Expedition. But not the full length Suburban, Tahoe XL or Expedition EL.
So my question to you folks is, which is better? I know the Chevy/GMC thing is just a change of the LOGO Badge. So this really boils down to a FORD -vs- CHEVY question.
I've never driven the Ford. But I've driven many a Ford F-150 which is the base from which the Expedition is derived. And I've driven both the Yukon and the Suburban. Both feel underpowered to me when driving in the mountains, but on roads running through flat Hoosier prairies they are plenty responsive. Not a big fan of the seats, they are huge and offer little support, but with 12 hour drives in them I do not feel beat up. So while not my ideal seat, they do the job.
Anyone here have anything to chip in? Me, I'd rather get a Mercedes E-Class sedan or an Audi A6.