1997 GMC Suburban 2500
Here's my family ride... unfortunately, my family is just one person too big to fit in it. Anyone know where I can get a bench seat to replace the buckets up front?
GM Product. Won’t buy it, but don’t worry, it will be gone soon anyway under the new CAFE standards. However, you can get a Volt for about the same price (not including subsidies).
I won’t buy GM anymore, but I do have a 1999 GMC Yukon. It has 160,000 miles, and we keep it mostly for the son to drive to work, carry stuff, get through snow, and finally, for vacations. We’re going to the beach in a couple weeks. I’ll do most of the driving and Mrs. Henkster will turn the back seat into her “living room.”
As an every day car, I don’t drive the Yukon. Mrs. Henkster & I have Ford Escapes. But it’s like having a good rifle. You don’t have to use it all the time to appreciate having it.
I drive a 30+mpg Mazda 3 and my wife drives a Ford Escape Hybrid. We drive these high mileage vehicles because we choose to not because of any government mandate. There are many choices of vehicles on the market that meet peoples different needs so let the market decide. Obama’s new CAFE standards could well mean the end of pick up trucks, cargo vans and SUVs. Given no choice in the market people will keep their old vehicles running. I expect the US will soon look like Cuba with patched up 50+ year old vehicles still plying the streets.
I’d like to do a road trip in a 1967 Z-28 Camaro.