My wife has been begging me for a newer SUV. I told her if she can manage to go two full years without backing into anything with this one, then we will start shopping. So far she has gone 18 months. When she is done with this 1999 Explorer, it will be ready for a demolition derby.
Let’s see:
Shopping cart
Mailbox
Fire Hydrant
Mystery Damage on the rear up high (unknown someone else did it?)
Another Mailbox
I swear if I could take out the reverse gear in her next one, I would.
Anyway, I guess now is about the right time to be shopping for a 1-year old SUV huh?
(Mine is the best wife and mother on the planet, just not the best vehicle operator while using mirrors)
Well on the bright side, I think some of the newer ones may have a “backup warning” so that if anything is in your (her) path it will warn the driver.
I’d probably spend a little extra for the back-up sensors and a rear camera on the new one. It will probably pay for itself many times over. Your wife is probably saying, “Ha, ha, real funny.”