dude, you have no idea how many folks have their heads in the sand to anything that required thinking and cars these days......
tonight, my buddy is all gung ho and trading the odyssey to get an SUV because the wife 'wants an SUV and 4wd' so they are all horned on either the Pilot or Ridgeline. i mentioned the upcoming outlook and acadia and enclave and all i got was the whole GM is crap speech. Then i offered up the x5, Volvo XC, the Land Rover, Freestyle, CX-7, Tribeca ( and they used to have two Outbacks!) anything basically besides the Pilot. I know the Pilot is handy and a nice vehicle but when he started saying how 'Honda is selling so many Ridgelines' and i'ts all the vehicle you need' and how he can say with a stright face that the ody held its value so much better than GM......
dude. you paid 33 grand for that ody about 30 months ago and now you will take 18000 in trade. you lost 15 grand in 30 months.
BUT IT HOLDS ITS VALUE SO WELL..........
wtf? in my book that's still losing 6 grand a year on a vehicle. Holy crap, that's robbery. at least pull your head out of the sand and realize your getting bent over. That X5 won't lose 6 grand a year, and nor will the XC Volvo, unlike what you claim.
Admit you're a Honda banger and are sucked into the whole thing! you can say honda always builds a great car but have never heard of the MDX/TL tranny problems!?!?!
and then realize your wife is having a milf identity crisis and is basically tired of the minivan image and wants the SUV to boost her ego and make her feel hip again. She's tired of the mommy wagon stigma. She doesn't want or NEED the 4wd to drive 7 miles to work on backroads. oh, but the Jeep GC is too small! The Commander is too big!
MAN!
meanwhile my other buddy got stuck leasing a Pilot for his wife against his will, he hates the "cheap interior" and the 15 mpg. At least he admits its not all its cracked up to be. He also hates the sub 20 mpg and small cabin and slow acceleration of his FOUR CYLINDER passat.......