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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
You can get a Subaru for less than $50K.   
You can get a fully loaded Honda CRV for about $40K. 
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The CRV is a compact SUV.  I can barely take two small children to the beach in my midsize Subaru Forester.  I will probably get a 3-row SUV or minivan eventually.

The average new car price is $50K, and you can pay that for a midsize 3-row Toyota Highlander, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorrento, or Honda Pilot.  Lexus TX, Acura MDX, and Land Rover Discovery can cost almost $80K.  BMW X7, Mercedes GLS, Porsche Cayenne, and Range Rover can cost a lot more.[/quote]

Maybe you could spend your money on a course that would teach you how to pack efficiently.  I have two large children and have zero problem getting them to the beach in a Honda CRV.  When they were small, we had a Honda FIT, and had no problems with that either.  [/quote]

This, thank you. That PP was being ridiculous. Also she said she "can barely" take her kids to the beach in the Forester, which means she can do it, yet she wants more space for... reasons. Which is fine if that's what you want but then you can't complain that it's more expensive. We make do with smaller cars specifically because I don't like spending so much money on vehicles when I'd rather spend it other places. The "cost" of this is that we pack more efficiently when we travel by car and may do things like rent bikes at our destination instead of bringing ours. We are fine with that.

I get so annoyed when people act like they are burdened with the obligation of spending more money to upgrade things like houses, cars, vacations, etc., when the upgrade is always optional and sometimes a double edged sword. You don't have to do anything. If that's your mindset, it is likely driven by seeing neighbors, friends, and family with bigger and more expensive and thinking that creates an imposition for you. It doesn't. [/quote]

You can always get a luggage rack or an external bike rack for stuff like that and attach that even to a compact car.  People who want big cars want them because they have 4+ kids or because they like to have big cars and they like to have "stuff".  For most people it's the latter.[/quote]

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