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If you don't need a body on frame SUV, I am sure you can get cheaper SUV's and the Pilot and Highlander though boring will be reliable and they have cheap parts cost. I just saw a news story about a police department wanting to dump all their Durangos because they are so unreliable and break down all the time and replace them with Explorers that they wanted but couldn't get during covid. The cops seem to do well with the Explorer so they must be pretty reliable. I wouldn't buy any Stellantis product, they are all unreliable trash. There is a Stellantis dealer near me selling Compasses for $10k off, Hornets for $12k off, Grand Cherokees for as mush as $20k off, Ram trucks are $9k off, etc. And I work with one of their body shops and I was told they sold about 120 cars a month before the pandemic and sold 34 in July. Awful product, no discount is big enough to buy anything from them because maintenance and depreciation will eat you alive. And Kia/Hyundai with the 2.0 or 2.4 cylinder engines burn oil and grenade themselves, the 3.8 V6 vehicles are probably fine. But any Kia/Hyundai without the push button starter is a theft target, I see thefts or attempted thefts on them all the time. And Tellurides always have pars shortages if you are ever in an accident and need parts for it.

I think the Navigator and Expedition both look pretty clean for the model year. I don't know too much about the reliability of them, but Fords tend to pretty reasonable from a routine maintenance standpoint. And if you need a body on frame SUV those are a good price, because I searched for Yukon's, Sequoia/Land Cruiser and Escalade within a few hundred miles of IL and there are basically none newer than 2015 under $20k. And most of the Tahoes available are 2WD or look like a former police or fleet vehicle, and there are a few 2015-16 with 100k miles around $18-19k. The GM pushrod V8s seem to run a long time so that's a plus. I think the Navigator is a pretty good buy actually for the price. but the terrible fuel economy needs factored in too, the running costs will be higher on that than probably just about anything else.

Industry standard to turn over the table as otherwise you sit there having another cup of coffee and they generate no money. They want you to leave asap so they can get another seating of customers to order their food. All about the turnover rate of a table to make money. The days of yor when you would sit for another 30 minutes to an hour enjoying your coffee what not what modern places want.

All seasons until you burn the first set off then a set of Michelin CrossClimates

ahhh... Been gone from the interwebs and forum talking for sometime that Im rusty (in reading comprension). And it shouldnt happen for quite awhile either. What @Drew Dowdell is suggesting is a great idea to save money for a down payment and monthly payments: But since your current cars are in pretty good order and safe for the family to use without endangering them then Id hold off any car purchases for the near future (and in hoping for a as long as far future possible) unless the cars you have now need absolute replacement. You said it...DEPRECIATING assets. And in a high inflationary world we both are living in, there is NO need to indulge in wants. Just for in needs. Save your money for a rainy day. Anectdote: Just about a month ago give or take a week, Montreal experienced high rain fall. Torrential rains. All in 1 day. But it caused many many floods. Peoples houses were flooded and insurances were reluctant to pay out. They paid out $20 000 CDN to most claims. Folks that had more coverage did not get paid because insurances didnt want to pay them. They wanted to cap EVERYBODY at $20 000. Problem is, with high prices for everything such as building materials, replacement hardwares such as cabinets and TVs and tables and chairs and sofas and contractor labourers etc are sky high (inflation), the damages done to houses in 85% of cases EXCEEDED $80 000 CDN... Many horror stories on the news and the people I work with. Shyte out of luck... So...Im pretty sure that a not necessar expensive EV pick-up truck or Lincoln Navigator could wait. When its time to buy a vehicle because it would be necessary to change out any of the cars you use now, then you assess what it is you want and prefer vis-a-vis with what you are comfortable in parting with your money. Anecdote #2: Last year at this time, we bought my wife a 2024 brand new base Civic. Somebody rammed the rear passenger door of the Acura. So I was driving the Fusion. Until the elctric steering went out in it in January and I wasnt going to spend $5000 CDN reparing it. So we bought an Accord. The Accord was also new, but a 2023 model. The 2025s are out now. Go figure that I buy a car 4 months after my wife in Sept 2023 and she gets a 2024 model and in January of 2024 I get a 2023 model. Just to say that you,we, any of us, shouldnt be spending money on a whim. I just got rid of the 2009 Mazda 3 today actually. Sold it to the scrap yard for 300 bucks. Too rusted out for my daughter to continue driving it.