I can with gas too. Pull fuel from junk vehicles at the local yard, people have been doing so for decades.

The Pacifica AWD in real world use pulls 28-30 mpg highway, the exact same economy automotive journalists are seeing in long term tests of the Sienna.

Sounds like you needed and AWD Pacifica instead....

Yet that little Nissan someone paid thousands less for will still give them trouble free service for far longer than their ownership period anyway.

And this surprises anyone how?

And that’s somehow different than a lifetime subscription to electric companies?

It’s a 300k mile Tahoe, it’s finally getting broke in. Keep maintaining it and keep enjoying it another 300k miles.

It kinda funny though. A look around shows plenty of decent 90s-early00s vehicles running around, meanwhile a lot of rotted out newer stuff.

1. 3 row CUVs, with the “sporty” Traverse being the most common:

Eh, it’s not the first Toyota we’ve had major issue with.

In real world the new Sienna only manages 28mpg according to most automotive publications.

CUVs are built like cars. The only difference is SOME have more ground clearance. People who need actual off road capability that a minivan on ATs couldn’t handle need a true SUV, not an AWD poser CUV thinking it’s tough.
A FWD minivan on decent tires will take these people further than they knew they needed to go…

I mean, maybe they should focus on building an efficient, long range, reliable EV before they worry about making some one off performance thing......

We had a 2016 we bought new. Traded that POS off before it hit 50k miles.
It was on it’s 2nd transmission, 3rd engine, and was plagued with electrical issues.

People need to also note that the average new vehicle is going to easily be reliable well past their ownership period.

Here’s the problem there.

Fixed the title for you.

WI started using the lovely liquid salt a few years back and that’s really taking a toll on vehicles, especially since they put it on heavy enough to leave standing pools on the roads.

I’m in WI, 90s vehicles are still daily driven all over here. Late90s-early00s stuff makes up a good portion of the things on the road.

Tell me you can’t drive truck without telling me. Skilled truck drivers don’t need near the space you think.