Reply by Bertha

I’ve got a Chevy2500 and a Lexus suv. I’d buy the Chevy again but not the Lexus. Both were horrifically expensive, obviously (nowadays). I wanted the F250 but there was some kind of promotion going on the Chevy and they accepted my “GM Mastercard” miles. I guess it depends upon what you’d like to do with it. My Chevy will destroy anything but I get about 12 or 13 mpg. Oddly, the Lexus isn’t a whole lot better, it’s just more like a big car. There are a lot of guys at work who do a lot of driving (government jobs). One guy used to drive a Liberty but traded it in on a Ford Escape. he loves it. Our company cars are Ford Expeditions, which are pretty nice but with bad mileage. If you’ve got a ton of money to burn, one of the hybrid suvs might be an option. I really liked the Mariner but people told me not to buy it. I had a bad run-in not to long ago with a snotty Lexus dealer, so those are out for me, for life. I hold grudges quite well.
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All said and done, I’d get a used Ford F250.
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Edit: sorry, I missed the part about you getting the Liberty. I’ll ask my coworker why he got rid of his. If I remember correctly, it was because someone either smashed it or stole it, lol.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog