Click for MotorCheck Click for Glendinning Click for Nordhavn Click for YF Listing Service Click for Northern Lights

Do you own an SUV, and do you like it?

Discussion in 'YachtForums Yacht Club' started by Blue Ghost, Dec 19, 2016.

  1. PacBlue

    PacBlue Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jan 9, 2009
    Messages:
    1,988
    Location:
    Dana Point, Ca
    They did a study and Ford found that consumers responded better to names starting with an 'E', and then some other car builders joined the bandwagon.
  2. Capt Ralph

    Capt Ralph Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2004
    Messages:
    12,649
    Location:
    Satsuma, FL
    I turn a wrench. F is my faverate understood letter and has the correct response when expressed correctly with volume.
  3. Ormond Bert54

    Ormond Bert54 Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 29, 2009
    Messages:
    470
    Location:
    Ormond Beach, FL
    After owning an SUV most of my life, my wife wanted a Ford SVT Raptor. We put a 4" lift and 37" tires on it and drive it everywhere. It is a fabulous vehicle. The Escalade just sits there.
  4. olderboater

    olderboater Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 2, 2013
    Messages:
    7,132
    Location:
    Fort Lauderdale
    And then there was Edsel.
  5. Capt Ralph

    Capt Ralph Senior Member

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2004
    Messages:
    12,649
    Location:
    Satsuma, FL
    E before it's time....
  6. Ken Bracewell

    Ken Bracewell Senior Member

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2006
    Messages:
    1,721
    Location:
    Somewhere Sunny
    We also love our Raptor, and use it for most of our long-distance road trips. Just drove it from Seattle to Florida over 7-weeks.
  7. charlesde

    charlesde New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2017
    Messages:
    9
    Location:
    New Zealand
    Don't buy a Range Rover like I did. Biggest piece of horse manure I have ever had.
  8. YachtForums

    YachtForums Administrator

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2002
    Messages:
    20,353
    Location:
    South Florida
    I've heard this so many times that I swore-off buying anything from LR, but when the new Sport model came out I talked my way into a test drive only to watch the transmission act-up. We returned it to the service department, I shook my head, laughed and drove off in my ultra-reliable F250.

    Attached Files:

  9. charlesde

    charlesde New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2017
    Messages:
    9
    Location:
    New Zealand
    My 2 year old vogue had the same problem, transmission went, as did the alternator, water pump and the sunroof leaked.
  10. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    My grocery getter (for when the groceries are in really hard to get to spots):

    Attached Files:

  11. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    Geez, posting from an iPhone makes for really huge pics. My bad. I'll resize after supper.
  12. Cruz

    Cruz Member

    Joined:
    Sep 19, 2008
    Messages:
    123
    Location:
    East Coast
    On my fourth Range Rover, fifth Land Rover over the course of the past nineteen years with no major issues, even as a few topped 100K+ miles. I've heard the horror stories but fortunately my ownership experiences have kept me coming back.
  13. YachtForums

    YachtForums Administrator

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2002
    Messages:
    20,353
    Location:
    South Florida
    Fixed. :)
  14. Ormond Bert54

    Ormond Bert54 Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 29, 2009
    Messages:
    470
    Location:
    Ormond Beach, FL
    Well ... wife wanted to "look" at the 2017 Ford Raptor even though we have a gorgeous 2014. While we were sitting with the salesperson doing the deal, my biggest problem was that I couldn't imagine trading in the wonderful 2014 that I love. Then it came it me ... sell the 2011 Escalade! We now have a 2014 and a 2017 Raptor:)

    Here is the 2014 that has effectively become mine ... hmmmm ... Whipple makes a supercharger that would go so nicely with the 6.2 liter V8.

    14 Raptor.jpg
  15. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    I love Raptors... even if they are a one-trick pony. :D
  16. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    Hey Carl... when's the last time you got your 4R dirty? :D

    BBR 08-12-17.jpg
  17. YachtForums

    YachtForums Administrator

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2002
    Messages:
    20,353
    Location:
    South Florida
    Still a virgin. Hoping to break the shackles of this keyboard and get lost in the NC mountains next month.
  18. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    Do it man... do it. Find some rocks to climb over, creeks to crawl through, mud to play in. The Appalachians are one of those places on my "gotta' drive there" bucket list.
  19. YachtForums

    YachtForums Administrator

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2002
    Messages:
    20,353
    Location:
    South Florida
    Haven't been offroad in NC, but I got whipped by the Tail of a Dragon in a rental car. If you ever decide to check NC trails off your bucket list, I'll start packing.
  20. Kevin

    Kevin YF Moderator

    Joined:
    Nov 25, 2004
    Messages:
    3,049
    Location:
    Montreal, Qc, Canada
    Apparently "Parks Canada" doesn't appreciate people driving on beaches... so I only parked next to it.

    (We drove on another non-Parks beach 2 days later... :D)

    Attached Files: