I like it.

how bad that ford is makes me a tad skiddy about american. but i did have a gmc suburban that died at 289k. bought it w 217k, and my mechanic couldnt believe what great shape it was in. fleet car.

Also like Nissan Kicks as rental a few times.

wasnt my idea.

love it. A surprising amount of space and storage.

4 wheel drive , 4 cyl has plenty of pep. I get 23 mpg on the hiway.
It’s got great headroom for tall people and leg room too.
Plenty of space in the back esp when you flatten my back seat. Easily carry 12 bags of mulch or a dresser on its side.
Good safety rating, extra bottom clearance for bumps in the road and I’ve needed that a couple of times.
The new Forester is almost as big, if you don’t need the room.

have a 2flat, and going to furnish the 1st flr for mid-term rental. have a lot of stuff already, but yeah, dressers and a few other big items on the list.
also been known to do some ‘alley shopping’. chgo is great for that.
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needed a truck we went to a rental company and could rent a pickup for 4-8 hours at a time.
Came in under $100.

It’s pretty handy.

i pick up chairs and put them around at my urban farm. when they get too weak for ppl, i put plants on them.
but i have quite a bit of furniture that i alley picked. and some real goodies, too. twice found boxes of jewelry. nice stuff.

can be found in the last week of the month. They have to pay their bills and more willing to deal.

got the last 1 from carmax, but the nearest 1 is a truck.
so planning on carvana.

Picked the Jeep as one of the five worst.
My brother has one and replaced the transmission twice, his wife loved it when they bought it, but now hates it compared to the Toyota Highlander, which is now their go-to. I myself have a '07 4Runner with 226k on it, still getting same mileage as when I purchased it new. In all those miles, the rear wheel bearings (at over 150K), one alternator (at 215K), right front wheel bearing (at 220K), a few batteries and wiper blades.

it’s a mid-size, dont remember the name. tho i think he likes it mostly cuz it’s a diesel and gets great mileage.
they’ve mostly been shit for a long time.

My husband says Toyotas are the easiest to work on. Daughter has a subie, does all the work on it herself.

once upon a time i did my own. frustrates me no end to not even b able to figure out where shit is.
on this ford, the neg batt terminal is under the dash, even tho it’s wired over from the inaccessible battery. for a nickel more, they cd b where u can find/reach them.

An AWD pickup would have cost twice a Forester, which I got in 2018. I really miss the pickup but stuff stays dry in the Forester. Last model with no internet anything!!!

Flat panel is terrible, all glare, but they are much better these days.