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[Snowblind]

The KIA telluride seems like a good family SUV and has an EV counterpart (ev9). It's one of the cars I've been thinking about getting in another year or so.

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[Lee]

The KIA telluride seems like a good family SUV and has an EV counterpart (ev9). It's one of the cars I've been thinking about getting in another year or so.

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Great Car and its Hyundai counterpart the Teluride, but that is a huge SUV, large 3 row verhicle, the Santa Fe is also a 3 row vehicle but smaller. I dont think he was looking to go that large.

 

[BMAN]

The KIA telluride seems like a good family SUV and has an EV counterpart (ev9). It's one of the cars I've been thinking about getting in another year or so.

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Appreciate the suggestion, I’ll check it out.

 

[bigking777]

Bought a Telluride in December.
It's 3-row, but not huge.
At least not like a full size truck.
Tons of technology. Maybe too much.

 

[bushwick_bill]

I got hit last week. I fear my 2016 Ford Escape may be totaled, it is paid off so this infuriates me as I only have like 29k miles on it and I bought it brand new. I have heard good things of the Teulluride. How big is it? I am right now driving a rental Chevy Equinox which is a little bigger than The Escape, but I really like my Ford Escape, two kids and a dog and I live in NYC so I don't want a huge suv... If my Escape is totaled I might just get a new Escape.

 

[BMAN]

My advice is start research on your next car, pay yourself $500 a month till the Malibu's wheels fall of in 60-80k miles, take the money you made paying yourself 6k a year for 4 years or so and come as close to paying cash for a car as possible, but know what you want because the goal is to take almost all the useful life you can out of the paid off car.

As for cars, I drive a Hyndai and have had several over the years and never run into problems until over 150k miles. Not the sexiest cars but practical.

One last question for you or someone else. My then pregnant wife left her back door open and proceeded to try to back out then smashed the front of my car with it and roughed up hers. Obviously these are cosmetic damages and the cars are still safe to drive. Is it even worth getting these fixed other than looking like trash people? lol

 

[Snowblind]

One last question for you or someone else. My then pregnant wife left her back door open and proceeded to try to back out then smashed the front of my car with it and roughed up hers. Obviously these are cosmetic damages and the cars are still safe to drive. Is it even worth getting these fixed other than looking like trash people? lol

I don't have any advice on this but this just made me laugh because my wife has done something kinda similar with two different cars. She's hit telephone poles or cement poles by just turning the car too much. We got it fixed each time but we did look like trash people for a bit.

 

[Lee]

One last question for you or someone else. My then pregnant wife left her back door open and proceeded to try to back out then smashed the front of my car with it and roughed up hers. Obviously these are cosmetic damages and the cars are still safe to drive. Is it even worth getting these fixed other than looking like trash people? lol

That is a personal question. Its your insurance deductible plus a bit of increase for 3 years vs paying out of pocket.

With out knowing the cost of repair, i wouldnt know. Is this a different car? Resale value is effected, but if you runt he wheels off,, cosmetic is less important on resale value.

Personally I would fix it, I like the car to look nice, even though i own 2 paid off cars, I had one hit by an amazon delivery van and got it fixed instead of pocketing the money.

 

[BMAN]

That is a personal question. Its your insurance deductible plus a bit of increase for 3 years vs paying out of pocket.

With out knowing the cost of repair, i wouldnt know. Is this a different car? Resale value is effected, but if you runt he wheels off,, cosmetic is less important on resale value.

Personally I would fix it, I like the car to look nice, even though i own 2 paid off cars, I had one hit by an amazon delivery van and got it fixed instead of pocketing the money.

Yeah I’d rather pay out of pocket instead of going through insurance. I know for sure she got quoted at like $2k for her car. She also plans on paying off hers and driving until the wheels fall off.

 

[MikeOC33]

Add my 2nd wife to hitting a car backing out of garage...except it was a friend's car parked in the driveway...smh, and yes, she knew he was there/car was there.

Full disclosure, l got that beat tho.
1994, bought a new pickup truck. Driving it home for first time, when l pull in driveway, l see 1st wife walking towards house thru the backyard. We had almost an acre of flat property in the back. So l did what any normal hubby would do...l started chasing her around the backyard with my new pick-em-up truck...until l backed into the clothesline pole.
Put a nice dent in new chrome bumper. Had the truck for 10 years (wife for only 7), never did fix the bumper. Chuckled every time l noticed it.

 

[Phills14]

Had the truck for 10 years (wife for only 7),

I'm a divorced guy so naturally I'll take a truck over a wife!

 

[MikeOC33]

I'm a divorced guy so naturally I'll take a truck over a wife!

Well, yeah...truck had less miles on it.

 

[prf100]

Yeah I’m not the biggest car guy and love that I have no car payments at this time. This is probably what I needed to hear, I don’t NEED a car right now and continue to save for the next one.

Two kids, they can fit in the backseat!
But seriously, if you need to get a different car, get a used SUV, and drive it into the ground. Your kids are going to turn it into a garbage (they are messy jerks!), so getting something nice is simply getting something the kids will turn to trash. Sort of like getting nice furniture when you have young children: it will be ruined. Spend accordingly.

 

[FiveThous]

Use rockauto and get all weather mats too, big time upgrade in cleaning convenience

 

[SalvadoranCavsfan]

As for an EV vs hybrid... l like the hybrid transition for now. Less charging anxiety when considering all possible scenarios. Your NEXT vehicle will most likely be an EV, let the market develop imo.

I have a plug in hybrid, it doesn't get much distance on the battery but it's enough to get to and from work.

I go to the gas station maybe once a month. It feels like such an inconvenience, especially during winter. I'd give it up entirely if I could, but I do ppreciate the flexibility of having a gas engine at the moment.