[Dani]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Dani, I'm fairly new here and not familiar with your case so excuse me if I'm off base here.

Let me tell you, the foreign SUV's are not without their problems as well. I have heard horror stories about the X5 and my neighbor is about to run his MB50 into the Gulf and leave it. My Touareg was in the shop a lot, but fortunately all covered under warranty. The Tire Pressure Monitoring System module went out 10K miles out of warranty, but VW still covered it and saved me $700. Now that I'm way out of warranty I'm holding my breath.

What I've found is that the foreign SUV's are SO sophisticated and complex....its not bad when they are under warranty, but I'd not recommend having one that wasn't covered unless you have very deep pockets. Did you know that in a V-8 Touareg you have to pull the engine to change the alternator? All I'm saying is, BEWARE of what you are getting into!

BTW the worst, IMO, is Jeep/Chrysler, 3yr/36K warranty? Give me a break!!!

Even though I'm sure GM has left a bad taste in your mouth, I still don't see another SUV that compares overall with the H3, and that isn't as complex as the space shuttle.

I'm probably not gonna get another SUV. If I do- I'll probably go for the G500. HUGE price difference between the H3 and the G500 but a friend of mine has the G500 and she loves it.
Otherwise I'm looking for something small like say the BMW Z4. Then again maybe I'll go back to Honda. I had a pretty decent experience with Honda in the past- had a transmission issue with my Pilot when it was about 2 mos old and Honda gave me a brand new Pilot exactly like the one I had....and I didn't even have to fight for it.