Because - gasp - god forbid the chauvinists on this site dare suggest a minivan.
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The funny part is that there’s a 8 series right under it for around the same price
Friend of mine just went to a “family friend” for a Subaru Ascent. He ended up putting 1500+8800 Trade in towards the lease for a payment in the “mid 300’s.” Completely taken to the cleaners…
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$965 a month for an M340 but don’t worry “This is a great deal!” “Very low mileage used which will give you plenty to drive” (545 miles a month remaining LOL)
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and of course … FL 
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Will admit, it’s a nice build on a nice car, but stupid price.
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I used to post on the automotive sub of a more general forum at one point in time, and I shit you not this was a common theme among some regulars.
“You’re gonna have more babies sooner or later, just buy the Sub now!”
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Yea but if I buy a minivan without kids or not as a hand me down I’m weird 
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The new baby needs an SUV is all wife talk, and the guy panicked. I had similar panic when we found out #3 is was on the way and I just bought a used A5 6MT. Had 9 months to plan my exit, to which I leased a 2016 Hyundai Genesis AWD for $283/mo. Back seat is huge, fit rear facing baby seat plus two front facing seats, with a cavernous trunk.
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Exactly - we have number 4 on the way and suddenly it’s “do we need a Suburban or something?” (we have a Pacifica). Um, why?
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$1800 for a lexus. LOL
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Overbuying seems to afflict most of the entire population. Look at the trucks people buy, or houses.
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100%. We’ve done fine with a mid-size 3 row SUV instead of going the full size route. I swear our Enclave has more usable interior space than my sister’s Tahoe.
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Assuming her Tahoe is not the 2021 model, your Enclave does have more room than it. Before the rear suspension redesign in the Tahoe for the 2021 model year, it was huge on outside and small (relatively) on inside.
And I can see why a family of three+ kids would need something bigger than a crossover, even a big crossover like the Enclave. But if budget is at all a consideration get a minivan. They are more practical than even a Suburban and not too far from half the cost for a comparable trim level. I get people don’t like the image but c’mon man, you got three kids, you aren’t cool.
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Someone thought he was cool, at least 3 times.
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Or once, and it was triplets.
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Unibodies like the Enclave are generally much more space efficient than BOF chassis like Tahoes.
GMC didn’t even realize how popular the first gen Acadia would be, with its more spacious interior vs a non-XL Yukon. Ofc the Yukon product managers have more clout at GMC and they knew-capped the Acadia for the second gen.
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Thanks for the compliments (i think).
Of course the minivan makes the most sense, but the wife would rather shave her head than be caught dead in one. Trust me, I’ve tried. However, they lease like shit and she used reverse Jedi mind trick on me to get our first QX60 for much lower payment. Had 2 in a row for $330/mo, and now the Enclave. Let’s be honest, these are basically minivans in disguise.
BTW, I feel pretty cool when I have all 3 kids in the Camaro blasting “Panama” with the base speakers rattling :-}
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MHMMMM WHATCHA SAYYYY
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This always makes me sad because people let their guard down thinking its’ “their” friend.
See same shit all the time in the Russian community when people go to their Russian speaking salesperson and fully believe everything salesperson says. Because “well, he is also Russian”. Ugh…
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