# Selling your SUV? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649 "2005-08-25T23:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/21 "2005-08-27T05:30:37Z")
I drive a '78 Chevy Blazer, except when I drive my '72 Cadillac El Dorado. I love them both, because they are Bo-sized vehicles (I’m 6’4"). I also figure that by driving them I’m doing my part to help the environment: by using as much gas as possible, I’m single-handedly destroying the world’s oil reserves _that_ much faster, thus hastening the need for vehicles which rely on other fuel sources. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/22 "2005-08-27T13:18:41Z")
I drive a 2004 Jeep Wrangler. Is that an SUV? I bought it last year when I traded in my 2000 Jeep Wrangler. In 3 years or so I’ll probably get whatever Jeep has on the market. I like the ride, have a utility trailer I need to pull every so often, love going in the snow, and put the top down from time to time. What’s not to like? Oh yeah, the price of gas. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/23 "2005-08-27T14:03:25Z")
I have a '99 Jeep Cherokee. It’s about the same length as a Honda Accord, so it’s a ‘compact SUV’. Mileage is not great, but it’s not shockingly bad. If I drive 55 mph I can average as high as 25 mpg. If I keep it to 65 or less I can average over 20. But if I drive ‘normally’ I only get about 18. I’ve had little use for it since I moved. I do use it to haul my boat, and it’s very handy to carry the video gear. I’ve been wanting a more efficient car, but since I’m getting more into the video business I think I have to keep it. I do have the Triumph, but it needs a little ‘weather sealing’. The motorcycle is also not very nice in the rain. I’d like to have a small, modern, efficient car for everyday use and only use the Jeep for boating and video gigs. But I can’t afford another car. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/24 "2005-08-27T14:09:51Z")
I have a 6-cyl Nissan X-Terra and a Suzuki Vitara (the 'zuki SUV). The X-Terra is a bit of a gas guzzler but we’ve been hit twice sitting at stoplights and haven’t been injured: the other two drivers who ran the light totalled their cars – good old Nissy was repaired with a few thousand. Anyway, a bit off track, but the point is that I’m willing to pay the extra gas for the Nissan because I feel safe. My Suzuki is made of recycled Diet Coke cans and is a different story for safety but gets really good gas mileage. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/25 "2005-08-27T23:40:08Z")
I drive a ‘97 Jeep Grand Cherokee (5.2L V8). I use it for a combination of commuting and hauling stuff – most recently, furniture from my parents’ house. Even fully packed, I still have enough cargo room to carry a full-size spare and a large, fully-stocked toolbox. I haven’t towed anything recently, but I do get a lot of use out of the roof rack (and I’ve got paint scratches to prove it). I don’t do much serious off-roading like you see in magazines, but my Jeep has been off-road (once again, with plenty of marks and dings to prove it). In answer to your question – I have no plans to sell it. It’s paid for, and the only problems I have right now are a rusted-out rear wiper motor and a malfunctioning door lock actuator. Now, if you’re interested in leviathans…I recently inherited a fully restored 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door sedan, with a 352 cubic inch V8 engine and a four barrel carburator. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/26 "2005-08-28T00:18:01Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > Now, if you’re interested in leviathans…I recently inherited a fully restored 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door sedan, with a 352 cubic inch V8 engine and a four barrel carburator. My dad had a '66 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 7-litre engine and the Police Interceptor package. (I didn’t know it was a Galaxie 500. I thought it was a ‘7-Litre’ because that’s what it said on the front fenders.) It got 8 mpg. When the first Oil Embargo started, he sold it and bought a Toyota Corona Wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649/27 "2005-08-28T21:56:14Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > Now, if you’re interested in leviathans…I recently inherited a fully restored 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door sedan, with a 352 cubic inch V8 engine and a four barrel carburator. > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > My dad had a '66 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 7-litre engine and the Police Interceptor package. (I didn’t know it was a Galaxie 500. I thought it was a ‘7-Litre’ because that’s what it said on the front fenders.) It got 8 mpg. When the first Oil Embargo started, he sold it and bought a Toyota Corona Wagon. Y’all ain’t got nuthin but them little bitty engines? My Eldo has a 500 cubic inch 8.2 liter engine. I think it gets about 2 gallons to the mile on accounta it weighs about 100 pounds more and is about half a foot longer than anything else they ever built. It’s like driving a yacht on land, with a La-Z-Boy behind the steering wheel. Crank up the 8-track! I’m goin’ cruisin’ on the Strip! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-suv/318649.md?page=1)