I do most of my trips by bicycle obviously, but for anything requires hauling lots of shit or people I own like a 30 year old station wagon. It seems to be on its way out so I looked for a newer one and they either all suck or seem so clapped out I might aswell try to keep this baby going. Is that really the only options? Like I look at reasonably priced SUV and sure it seats five but the amount of cargo space available I might aswell buy 2 compacts and rip the seats out of one or whatever.

Also bonus questions what the fuck, does nobody use their cars for anything but personal transport and maybe some groceries anymore?

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[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Toyota Venza. If you scrounge up one of the 2010s models with the 2GR-FE V6, that thing is fucking indestructible and you have a car that is easily capable of making it about 500,000 miles with just routine maintenance, assuming it has had all its oil changes on time and the VVT system doesn't have a startup death rattle. And if the rustproofing is intact, anyway.

The interior is basically the same as the Lexus RX, but it sits lower like a wagon, and is otherwise like a slightly shorter minivan.

I can't speak to the current generation; I think they brought it back recently with some turbocharged monstrosity under the hood that may or may not grenade itself. 2020s Toyota is not so great for reliability compared to their older models (with the exception of the current-gen Corolla hybrid).