BuffaloXplorer
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 Impala SS
What's up guys. I dumped my 96 Explorer XLT (Centaurus Conversion Package) when i bought my Impala SS and now i'm considering getting (my wife) back into an SUV. She found 2 Explorers locally and I'd like your input.
There's a 2001 XLT with 50,000 on the clock for $10k, and a 2002 with 90,000 for about the same price but comes with a 4yr-100,000mi extended warranty (don't know specs on warranty though). We're credit-impared so we don't have much leverage to get better pricing. We have to get a second car as she is going back to school in the fall and we can't share anymore.
Presuming they're both similarly equipped, what do you think? She's partial to the appearance of the 2002, but i don't know if i could pass up saving 40,000mi.
If it were you, which would you choose and why? I read a lot about the new body style for 2002 and it seems to be hit or miss. I know first hand about the problems with new body styles, owning a 2006 Impala SS, purchased in 2005. I don't know if i would do it again. However, after 90,000mi in the '02 Explorer, i would think most "quirks" would have been remedied by now.
She's (we've) driven neither, so i can't comment on which feels better, but just want a heads up on things to look for between the two.
(She's also looking at a couple 99-01 Durangos, Jeep GC's and a 1999 Landrover Discovery)
There's a 2001 XLT with 50,000 on the clock for $10k, and a 2002 with 90,000 for about the same price but comes with a 4yr-100,000mi extended warranty (don't know specs on warranty though). We're credit-impared so we don't have much leverage to get better pricing. We have to get a second car as she is going back to school in the fall and we can't share anymore.
Presuming they're both similarly equipped, what do you think? She's partial to the appearance of the 2002, but i don't know if i could pass up saving 40,000mi.
If it were you, which would you choose and why? I read a lot about the new body style for 2002 and it seems to be hit or miss. I know first hand about the problems with new body styles, owning a 2006 Impala SS, purchased in 2005. I don't know if i would do it again. However, after 90,000mi in the '02 Explorer, i would think most "quirks" would have been remedied by now.
She's (we've) driven neither, so i can't comment on which feels better, but just want a heads up on things to look for between the two.
(She's also looking at a couple 99-01 Durangos, Jeep GC's and a 1999 Landrover Discovery)
