Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Car replacement time

[LS (lashdeep]

Lee, does it have to be new?

What are the Trailblazer SS models going for now? I've heard the SRT8 Jeep is pretty cool.

I have an older Odyssey and it's been pretty reliable in a number of ways. It always starts and has never left me stranded. Also, very reliably, something plastic falls off of it on a monthly basis...very cheap materials. The newer ones are better, my lil sis has one, but still some of the same type of thing. I only paid $2500 for the van and it's been worth every cent so I'm not complaining at all. It's the perfect downtown beater, commuter, pothole stormer, parts runner, etc.

I've been fighting a "normal" car all my life so I'm blaming our SUV search on my wife.

My vote is for a Laforza or a project Lambo LM002. We'll prob end up with an Escalade...

LS

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From: Lee Lingo <lee.s.lingo [at] gmail.com>
To: LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 1:02:22 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Car replacement time

Hi folks, long time no post.

Been relocating from Detroit, MI, to Madisonville, Ky.  Most of my time has been taken up orchestrating the whole shebang.

Anyway, the family truckster, our '02 Olds Bravada thats responsible for carting us, our daughter, our two huskys and various gear to and fro is starting to show serious signs of hesitation when doing its chores.  Despite the fact that I'd planned to keep driving it to 250k, it looks like it'll fall 75k short of my goal. 

So I'm looking for a new work horse.  I'm open to suggestions, any and all. 

Requirements are that it gets decent gas mileage, have the ability to haul 3 people and two dogs when necessary, be kinda cool since I'll be driving it mostly, be relatively lite on repair costs and if possible, moderately maintainable by me, be well built enough to last 200k MI, and lastly, $40k or less.  Preferably much less.  I set the bar @ 40 because that's what it would cost to replace the Bravada with a like kind/size new vehicle.  I'm open to new and used.

That being said, I would like to solicit the collective knowledge trust for real info on the Porsche Cayenne turbo & Maserati QP in particular.  And as an aside, the Lotus Elise as well.

Thanks for any and all suggestions and feel free to reply direct if you prefer.

Lee Lingo