1999 Ford Expedition. 18ft inclosed trailer, car, tools, wife, kids,
toys,etc. Haven't check prices lately. I'm sure under 10g. Great all
purpose vehicle.
My 2 cents
Todd
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On Jan 27, 2010, at 11:34 PM, Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com> wrote:
> So we had the discussion on using a GT-6 as a tow car (LOVE it).
> And I've been trying to resist morphing this into the full on annual
> tow vehicle discussion, but I can't help myself.
>
> I have a pretty heavy open trailer with a weight jacker hitch that I
> tow my TR-4 with. I use a Chevy Astro van loaded to the gills and
> am generally pretty happy with it. It would be nice to move up
> about one notch in power though. My current one is getting a bit
> long in the tooth (at least from a miles standpoint) - I just turned
> over 166,000 miles. Of course, I've replace MANY parts throughout
> my tenure with this, some expected, some not expected. The intake
> manifold gasket replacement sucked the big one but was cheap since I
> did it myself, and the brake booster blowout ended up being almost
> $2500 due to the incompetence of the initial repair (should have
> been $1200 and done).
>
> Anyway, GM quit making these things and I'm toying with what to get
> as a replacement. It doesn't have to happen right away, I can keep
> this one going probably past 200,000.
>
> What I'm looking for is a USED, CHEAP, GREAT tow vehicle. I really
> like the van idea because I can put a bunch of stuff in it out of
> the rain and such, it's semi-practical when I'm NOT towing, and I
> can carry PEOPLE with it too. I can have my big cooler within arms
> reach while on the road. I'm thinking about a lower mileage Astro
> from one of the last years of manufacture. I paid $2900 for my
> Astro a few years ago (had a bit over 100,000 on it then), so that
> gives you an idea of how I work. It was an incredible value in my
> book. (The money goes in the RACE car.) So, let's say $7,500 max
> purchase price.
>
> A pickup with a back seat and a topper may be OK, or a BIG SUV may
> work but seems like it has more to go wrong and is very space
> inefficient.
>
> I'm interested to hear what you think would work...
>
> Thanks, Tony Drews
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