We live in a 55 plus community and the most popular car is a Lexus RX350. Tone of them.
I’m retired (for a year now). I drive a Corvette convertible on “no rain” days. And a Silverado Pickup on not so pretty days. There is no better car than the convertible (unless it was a new one).
I'm over 65 and no way would I want another sedan! My Hyundai Tucson is a dream to maneuver in parking lots and stepping into and out of it is a lot easier on the joints then bending down, twisting, and putting on that stress on your knees and lower back.
“We live in a 55 plus community and the most popular car is a Lexus RX350. Tone of them.”
My wife and I are in our 70’s. I bought my wife a Lexus 300 about ten years ago, and it has been an incredibly good vehicle. The paint job is still great. When we wash it or have it washed, people ask if we have a new car.
One of our SIL’s, who lives in the snow country of the Midwest leased an RX about the same time, and she is now on her third one.
In our area, grannies with grandkids have flocked to the RX. They can load kiddy seats in the vehicles and still haul people and stuff. Toyota’s only problem is the RXs are so reliable, people buy them after or before their lease is over. Then, if they own one, they often don’t want to sell it or trade it in.
Another BIL and SIL, also, in the Midwest and after visiting us and riding/driving our Ridgelines, sold one Silverado pickup and bought a Ridgeline. After a brutal winter when the Silverado Pickups took a backseat to the Ridgeline, they bought their second one.
Here in our area of Californicator land, retired grampas and grannies seem to like the Honda Ridgelines. We can haul grandkids, fishing gear in the back or gear in the hidden trunk. I have 3 kayaks ranging from 12’ to 14’6”, and I haul the yaks one or two at a time in the truck bed with a truck bed extender and a net extender to secure the yaks. I have stopped using roof mounts to eliminate the noise and loss of mileage per gallon.
I still have trailer for the big yaks, but we never use it on the road to haul the yaks around. Even the big yak fits in the bed with the bed extender, and hauling it in Cali land is legal if I have red flag on the rear of the yak.
There is no loss of mileage hauling the yaks in the truck bed w/o a trailer. Not having a trailer to back up or park to get a yak in or out of the water is very easy.
Now, the trailer serves as a good place to store the yaks on.
We haul the yaks in the bed of the Ridgeline to local rivers, lakes and to the ocean for day trips. When we spend the night, we get a motel room on the ground floor to bring our big yak in at night for security or to go to a restaurant and not have a yak unprotected and extending past the tailgate.
Grannies, who are into big gardens/yards seem to love the Ridgelines to haul new stuff from Home Depot/nurseries or old stuff to the dump. About once a month, my wife directs our Ridgeline/me to the local Home Depot, Orchard or a local nursery. Then she loads it up with what she needs for her yard and garden.
She uses cattle water troughs to plant her veggies in, and the Ridgeline has hauled many troughs from the farm store to our home and the bags and bags of dirt/organic fertilizer, and other necessities to fill them and plant goodies in them. Then, she buys plants from local farmers and the nurseries, which are hauled home in the Ridgeline.
Here, the big Caddie SUV’s are about as popular for the grannies as they are for the drug gang leaders in Oakland/Richmond/San Jose.
The non outdoor type of retired gramps seem to like the Buicks.
We are over 55 and a year ago bought a Mercedes GLK SUV. It is easier for Hubby to get in and out of. I really think that’s why a lot of older people buy SUV’s.