Agreed! I have an S10 Blazer and a Dodge Caravan.
For extensive trips, we take out all the rear seats in the Caravan,
makes a very comfortable and roomy way to travel. Get about same
mileage as the Blazer (~24 mpg), but more comfortable.
Brian Huber
> >I understand your desire for an SUV, but for long highway
> drives, they
> >can be less comfortable that something like a Lincoln Town Car, or
> >other large sedan. The tire noise on some SUV's can be
> opressive on our
> >less well maintained interstates, and as a renter, you take
> what tires
> >you gets.
>
> As someone who has traveled extensively in SUVs, I can tell
> you that they are ideal travel mobiles if you have lots of
> gear, will be traveling through potentially less than ideal
> weather, want to occasionally venture off the interstate, and
> enjoy the way they drive. I've also traveled quite a big in
> larger cars (my mother always had a Lincoln or Cadillac in
> the 60s and 70s), and as great as they are, they just don't
> seem to measure up, IMHO.
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