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Yes, low EV lease rates and mostly short trips does mean that an EV makes sense. I get it!

A Mini EV does sound like fun. What are lease rates like on those?

A good friend of my wife’s just traded her 2015 ish Tahoe for a Range Rover. Her statement blew my mind. “The Tahoe was becoming unreliable and I wanted something new and trouble free”.

FWIW the Tahoe was ridden hard and put away wet but still …..

I didn’t say a word, just congratulated her

Check back in 90 or 180 days and see what she has to say, then.

@driver100,
That picture brings back memories of the infamous Connecticut Woodchipper case and of course the movie Fargo.

Checks out.

I really thought I would zero in on a Macan, but then I was reading that the PDK in the Macan may not be a PDK. There is a great deal on conflicting info on this. I read in a couple of places they believe it to be a DSG, which would rule that vehicle out for me. The reason this even came up is because there is a Macan for sale, traded into a Porsche dealer, where it has a bad trans temp sensor and they would rather sell it as is than fix it, so it got me researching.

I wouldnt want to behind that Rogue when the rope wears through.

Wanting one is fine if it is his dream. But there must be other ones out there.

Though maybe it’s better to get the new engine already installed so he won’t have to worry about doing it himself. Maybe.

I just read that service record. took 10 minutes to get through it all. Good thing it was under warranty, since the cost on the repair was $52,750! That seems excessive since you can buy that engine in a new car for that much money, and get a free car with it.

Looked like that did a whole bunch of interim parts replacements on the bad engine before finally giving up. That was a waste of money.

also reported a 29,000 mile oil change interval, unless the owner had one done at a different dealer in the middle. Also seems to indicate that the absurd OCI recommendation of 15K is too long if chains are subject to stretching.