Comfortable SUV or sedan recommendations

Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
No I think you are trolling.
For someone that says that not a car person, you seem to know a lot about cars.
Also it seems you a woman(mother and child). I have never heard of a woman even mentioning ground clearance never mind actually giving it in mm and know its too low.
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Oh I see. I travel a lot as I said, on bad roads, so ground clearance is something I check first in a car. I also work in a technical field (not car related), so even though I don't have a lot of interest in cars I do pay attention to such details. Also I've read through a lot of car threads here as I mentioned as part of my 'research'.
 
Jefferson D'Arcy said:
Skip the NX and pick up a Lexus saloon. ES would do the job.

Failing that a larger Vulva or an E-Class.

Most of the other junk being suggested here will have that god-awful nuggety ride quality and the engine will struggle to pull the skin off a rice pudding.
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The ES was the first car I looked at in terms of Lexus, and even price wise a used one with good mileage will fit my budget. But the length seems a bit much. To be fair I've only seen what seems to be older Lexus sedans in real life and they seem fine. I'm judging the newer ES model based on pictures. Don't know if their lengths are different. The bit that worried me about the Lexus is I saw it's on the 'hit list' for hijacked cars.
 
L-Dog said:
VW Tiguan with low milage otherwise a Ford Territory might also be a good option.
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I'm one of those people who unreasonably follow the most hijacked 'hit list'. So I scratched VW and Toyota from my mind a long time ago. I'm not even sure how to respond to VW suggestions because I'm struggling to rewire my brain 🤦‍♀️.
 
Mondy said:
I'm one of those people who unreasonably follow the most hijacked 'hit list'. So I scratched VW and Toyota from my mind a long time ago. I'm not even sure how to respond to VW suggestions because I'm struggling to rewire my brain 🤦‍♀️.
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VW you just don't buy a Polo. and maybe a Golf. The rest is fine. I have owned many VW's and currently both cars are VW and no VW ever the insurance said I must get a tracker for it.
 
Mondy said:
Please recommend a VERY comfortable SUV or sedan. A very small family of mother and child. Every school holidays we do long distance road travel and the roads get bad on some routes. I've seen that CX5 is suggested a lot here, but I've driven it before for some time and the seat was just too painful for me and the headrest for some reason was pushing my head forward and killing my neck, basically not a good fit for me (I'm small in frame so that might be why). And I find SUV's in general to feel jarring on humps and bumps than sedans, which I really don't like.

I'm currently driving a low budget sedan, and I'm finding myself more inclined to a sedan for a comfortable drive, especially because I have some back problems. BUT, the traveling we do would require more of an SUV because of the bad road. A car that I will keep for a very long time, I'm not a fan of changing cars. Good on fuel will be great.

Budget ~600k new or used(low mileage).

So far in mind I have pre-owned Lexus NX , Kia Sportage, I hear boot can be comfortable ride. Haven't done test driving. I hear BMW SUVs are also very comfy.

I'm not much of a car person so I need a nudge in the right direction where to start. This is also something nice I've done for myself in a long time so I'm looking for a car I'll really enjoy, which for me means a very comfortable ride (and being able to overtake decently)

Looking to do some test driving during school holidays
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Too bad Saab is dead.

Never been in anything more comfortable short of top end luxury saloons.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Why? Honda has done this forever and a day.
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Probably the same as VW DSG. Great auto gearbox, but if you drive it for a long time and something goes wrong, you talking big money to repair that DSG.
At least VW now only put the DSG in their sport and more expensive models. The normal auto cars they switched to more conventional 8 Speed tiptronic.
 
Mondy said:
Oh I see. I travel a lot as I said, on bad roads, so ground clearance is something I check first in a car. I also work in a technical field (not car related), so even though I don't have a lot of interest in cars I do pay attention to such details. Also I've read through a lot of car threads here as I mentioned as part of my 'research'.
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Well then all sedans are pretty much out if that’s a real concern, but ground clearance doesn’t mean you can just smash bad roads at top speed either.

A Subaru Crosstrek might be worth a look if there is a dealer nearby.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Probably the same as VW DSG. Great auto gearbox, but if you drive it for a long time and something goes wrong, you talking big money to repair that DSG.
At least VW now only put the DSG in their sport and more expensive models. The normal auto cars they switched to more conventional 8 Speed tiptronic.
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That's not an issue, you just extend the factory warranty to the max that you can go to. Warranty is cheap to extend.

It covers all the big ticket mechanical and electrical items. Most people assume that you need an expensive maintenance plan for this - you don't, you just need a factory warranty, which is included in the maintenance plan. A maintenance plan is basically (service plan + factory warranty + wear and tear). You only need the factory warranty portion.

Dealerships don't advertise this, they advertise service plans and maintenance plans. Because they can sell those for a lot more.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Probably the same as VW DSG. Great auto gearbox, but if you drive it for a long time and something goes wrong, you talking big money to repair that DSG.
At least VW now only put the DSG in their sport and more expensive models. The normal auto cars they switched to more conventional 8 Speed tiptronic.
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Nah nothing at all like the DSG and if there are repairs it’s not a big deal, but they don’t really fail as long as oil is changed as per schedule etc.

Also, DSG is only a **** show if you take it to the dealers who don’t repair it but replace it instead.

“Big money” on a 600k car is somewhat relative of a concept as well. Things on expensive cars do cost money, which is why they cost 600k to start with.

And I owned a DSG to 200,000km and 10-ish years old.

That being said DCT’s don’t belong in anything that isn’t a proper sports car so VW woke up to not putting it into everything as they are all pretty terrible on normal A-B daily driver type cars.
 
Mondy said:
I'm one of those people who unreasonably follow the most hijacked 'hit list'. So I scratched VW and Toyota from my mind a long time ago. I'm not even sure how to respond to VW suggestions because I'm struggling to rewire my brain 🤦‍♀️.
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Yeah I would never buy a Fortunner or Hilux even though they are great cars. Besides the Polo not sure many VW are stolen often ?

According the this even Haval is becoming popular now.

 
SauRoNZA said:
Why? Honda has done this forever and a day.
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No for sure, they have, and their CVTs should be really refined at this point. Still, a lot more complicated than a normal torque converter, and I think the OP wants something that, should it break, would be a little easier to take care of. We have a 2005 Honda Jazz, a workhorse, 270k kms on the clock, serviced annually, and it's still reassuringly sturdy to drive.
 
DHimself said:
No for sure, they have, and their CVTs should be really refined at this point. Still, a lot more complicated than a normal torque converter, and I think the OP wants something that, should it break, would be a little easier to take care of. We have a 2005 Honda Jazz, a workhorse, 270k kms on the clock, serviced annually, and it's still reassuringly sturdy to drive.
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Problem is torque converters make smaller engines feel even smaller than they already are.

In many ways CVT's have made smaller lower powered automatics more possible.

Similarly my mother had a Honda Jazz V-Tec CVT from 2006 I think and it was a rock star for 20 years. There was at some point an out of schedule maintenance to the CVT which was ultimately just a drain and oil change and wasn't outrageously expensive.
 
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