The Soccer Mom SUV Thread
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Do you have pictures of your daughters? I may be willing to help give you grandkids upon receipt. PM me.Fishpo31 said:In the process of grinding my Highlander into dust…265K on it, and I have been very happy with it. Mrs. Fish is the car person in the family, and she “selected” it for the ride, which is very comfy and quiet. She is currently researching compact SUV for replacement, since our daughters are not currently real big on giving us grandkids to haul around, and I have long since tired of hauling shit for people.
I’d be perfectly happy with something used, (having turned into a borderline minimalist in my advancing age) but the prices are ridiculous right now, as we all know…, -
At the 30,000 ft view It seems like vouchers or charter schools are part of the solution. But I’m not an expert here.HFNY said:
What do you think about charter schools and do you like the concept of voucher schools? The average homeowner in Seattle pays about $10k a year and being forced into the local school without any choice seems very antiquated.YellowSnow said:
Not to get super tuggy, but yeah a public school can’t be good if it’s not fucking open in the first place. I mean we had to go private for 1st grade. But 2nd and 3rd grade public have gone great and we’re reading like 2 grades ahead now.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Currently overhauling the transmission. Might consider paint after that. Working in the world that I do the grunts on the ground appreciate what it says about me that I have a truck like that and not something shiny and new with no dirt on it.YellowSnow said:
I know that piece of shit truck!! You just need to take it to Mako.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Yeah, Doog_bot v2.0 and 3.0 go to a nice OC private school and most of the parents are driving newer Tesla, Porsche, but also quite a few Lexus/Toyotas.YellowSnow said:
Little Piss 2.0 goes to a private school, pre-k program with lots of affluent parents (public kindergarten next year cause we're pour). There's a few dad's that drop off in 911's. They probably have white dial Daytonas.BleachedAnusDawg said:
A buddy of mine bought a new X3M. That would be a fun car, for sure.YellowSnow said:
I can actually fit better in an Audi Q5 or BMW X3 which I think are both "fun" cars. More headroom and leg room for the driver than a Sequoia, but there's no fucking room for anything else in 'em.BleachedAnusDawg said:
The Sequoia is a good rig for what you're using it for, for sure. I forgot that you tall fuckers can't fit in most of the fun cars, but there are a bunch of "SUV's" with big horsepower these days.YellowSnow said:
Ok @BleachedAnusDawg you got me on that point, and now I have to do a self indulgent, @Tequilla long, didn't read, shit post with FREE PUB for all.BleachedAnusDawg said:
I get having one Toyota for what you're describing, but two? I just have never had brand loyalty when it comes to anything.YellowSnow said:
Excitement isn’t a criteria for me.BleachedAnusDawg said:You couldn't pay me to drive a Toyota. They have all the excitement of a dishwasher.
Actually, if they made a dishwasher I'd probably buy that from them.
Audi, BMW, Acura, etc doesn’t make the type of vehicle I need.
The closest thing would be a Chevy Z71 Tahoe. Is than a exciting vehicle? I don’t think it’s better made than a Toyota.
So when we moved to White Wakanda, Mrs Snow had a 2016 Acura MDX which was a great vehicle. Great power, speed and handling for a mid-size cross over and definitely not long in the tooth. But if you wanna be a proper family of 4 here you need a REAL Canyonero for hauling 2 adults and 4 kids to B-day parties, the lake, skiing, etc, etc. The MDX had a 3rd row seat, but was just way too tight for 6 or 7 people, and it sucked ass going down rough USFS roads to the lakes and what not.
Enter the 2022 TRD Pro Sequoia which @creepycoug talked me into. Yes, they have an outdated motor and interior compared to the comp set, but they are Zombie apocalypse proof @PurpleBaze approved. I just don't trust Chevy and Ford based on previous bad experiences.
But the challenge now is we have two 4 Runners sitting in the garage- i.e., my 2006 SR5 and the Sequoia which is an oversized 4 Runner basically. The '06 4 Runner has ridiculously low miles on it and is in great shape and it's hard to let something that was paid for long ago go. It's basically the spare vehicle that doesn't get drive much.
At some point though, Mrs Snow's vehicle vanity will get out of control and we'll ditch the 4 Runner. And she's not Toyota person due to the lack of "excitement". So we're probably looking at something like an Audi Q4 wagon or Q5 Crossover. Plenty of douchey excitement factor. @Swaye keeps grinding on me to look at Porsche Macaan or Cayan which are the official rich MILF cars of Bend, but I'm worried about leg room. I'm not a midget injun after all who can fit in a small cock (lulz) pit.
In short you’re right we don’t need 2 Toyotas. It’s redundant.
I want a fun car, damn it!
The wife has the high end version of the Toyota Highlander and officially has made the transition to upper-middle class OC mom from trashy NJ transplant.
Meanwhile, I'm still driving my 02 Dodge Dakota. It keeps breaking but I keep being able to fix it myself for so cheap it's hard to be motivated to spend $60k+ on a new truck that I won't even be able to change the oil on without hacking the on-board computer for the reset.
I think my plan at this point is to wait until a solid recession from rising interest rates and then pickup something like a 2014 Tacoma with low miles where it's not quite so old but I can still work on it myself.
Here's some pics to keep the thread on track.
I can't wait to get the fuck outta private school @UW_Doog_Bot and get a pay raise.
White Wakanda has some pretty good public schools, which is what high RE prices should get ya.
We'll never go back to public. Without getting super tuggy about it my kids are 1-2 years ahead instead of 2 years behind like the public schools are averaging after covid. Plus, with the costs of after school, all the public school holidays, summer camp, etc. The price difference is negligible. I guess I could afford a truck payment if they didn't go to private with the difference but then I wouldn't get to talk with Mrs. Doog_bot about which of the private school trophy mom's we'd sodomize together.
I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer here. But if the public option is really good (ours is) I’d rather take that tuition and put it in the Pump my Gas Duck college fund. Plus I’m cheap AF and hate the idea of paying twice for schooling.
But if things aren’t going well, we can always revert back to private.
But I’ll stop there. Need to stay on topic which is milfs and SUVs.
Me and @UW_Doog_Bot will be hosting the Hardcore Husky So Cal meet up at some point this year at Newport Beach Brewing and we can continue on the subject.
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Like we say…HFNY said:
Do you have pictures of your daughters? I may be willing to help give you grandkids upon receipt. PM me.Fishpo31 said:In the process of grinding my Highlander into dust…265K on it, and I have been very happy with it. Mrs. Fish is the car person in the family, and she “selected” it for the ride, which is very comfy and quiet. She is currently researching compact SUV for replacement, since our daughters are not currently real big on giving us grandkids to haul around, and I have long since tired of hauling shit for people.
I’d be perfectly happy with something used, (having turned into a borderline minimalist in my advancing age) but the prices are ridiculous right now, as we all know…, -
Since I've gone full synthetic in all my vehicles, I go at least a year between oil changes.YellowSnow said:
I have been to a Jiffy Lube in 20 years. I don’t trust those meth heads.
Oil changes at a dealer just don’t cost that much to make Jiffy Lube worth it.
I’ve changed my own a few times, but I don’t rack up enough miles to make it worth it. Our fam drives like 6000 miles a year total between 2 cars. No commute and the kids can walk to school (through 2 feet of snow )
Last time I went under the truck, I couldn't even remember where the filter was, it had been so long. -
I used to be dead set against Charters during the Obama years, because, like everything else under that Administration, they cherry-picked their students and data, didn't take loads of special ed kids, and quietly dumped kids who weren't rock stars back into the publics to suffer even worse after all the empty, un-kept promises.HFNY said:
What do you think about charter schools and do you like the concept of voucher schools? The average homeowner in Seattle pays about $10k a year and being forced into the local school without any choice seems very antiquated.
I supported the publics because they had three tiers at that time, 2 years ahead, 1 year ahead, and at grade-level. Since my kids have graduated, the teachers unions along with the SJWs have fucking ruined public schools and turned them into ideology mills.
So, fuck that shit. I would never put my kids into today's public school environment until the SJW terrorists are purged entirely from the system.
I'm still not a fan of charters, because they are overwhelmingly run by greedy self-important charlatans who operate them as non-profits while drawing incredibly high salaries. And I know some folks on the WA Charter Commission who are sniveling fucking brown-nosing assholes. But to protect my kids and not waste their time in a normal public today, I might give charters a long look. -
A bunch of Tug retardation in this thread.
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I shouldn’t have mentioned school drop off.BennyBeaver said:A bunch of Tug retardation in this thread.
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Can we get back to Yoga pants, bombing Hiluxs and the merits of Jeep vs Range Rover?
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I had a Lexus GX460 that was dynamite, then downsized to a 350RX - both were the best vehicles I ever owned. None would haul a 43 ft RV so bye. Will buy another one when the traveling days are done.
Are foreign soccer moms allowed?
and soccer MILFs?
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Thank you for bringing this thread back around.LebamDawg said:I had a Lexus GX460 that was dynamite, then downsized to a 350RX - both were the best vehicles I ever owned. None would haul a 43 ft RV so bye. Will buy another one when the traveling days are done.
Are foreign soccer moms allowed?
and soccer MILFs?
