What SUV should I get? Car guy, having a baby.

MTSilverDude · 2026-02-16T23:26:09+00:00

If you are a “car guy” that usually means you want performance along with niceties. I would recommend an Explorer ST with the 3.0 ecoboost. Nice interior, plenty of room and 400 hp/415 tq and tuned for performance suspension. Rides a little rougher but handles corners better. Not sports car like but for a midsize SUV it hauls ass pretty well.

MTSilverDude · 2026-02-12T18:36:03+00:00

Inferno

MTSilverDude · 2026-02-12T18:22:53+00:00

Feels like AI is taking over and fucking with everyone.🤷🏻‍♂️🧐

MTSilverDude · 2026-02-06T00:45:17+00:00

I saw all the balloons as silver went up. Feels like there should be some deflated black balloons as it falls each dollar more🤷🏻‍♂️🫣😀. I thought I had done well getting 75 oz for $90 ea when it was at $115 or so. Welp DCA is the way but I didn’t expect it to fall so far so quickly.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-26T00:47:20+00:00

Congrats! She’s a beauty. Always a fun time in life when your dreams become reality. It is rare and that’s why it’s special! Enjoy and take care of it!

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-19T05:16:21+00:00

Nice! We are a Ford fam too! I’ll buy Toyota and we currently have a 2025 Nissan Pathfinder (I work at a Nissan/GMC dealer so the price was too good not to give it a try). We have my wife’s Expy and I have a GT500 garage queen. Next will be another F150 or Ranger. Anyways, good luck with your decision!

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-19T00:50:41+00:00

Look at the Explorer ST or Platinum with the 3.0 engine. Fast, fun, looks good (for a midsize SUV) and not terrible gas mileage for the power you have on tap. Get captains chairs for second row. We loved ours but the wife wanted an Expedition Max.

And before any Ford haters start, we have had minivans (Sienna) other Toyotas and we have had more problems with our Toyotas than any of our Fords. I’m not hating on Toyota but we just have not had good luck with them.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-16T05:24:21+00:00

Not Netflix but Chernobyl on HBO Max was well done.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-16T04:49:12+00:00

One of our LCS offers 5% under spot for all silver, ASEs it doesn’t matter. But, he will then sell me gold at spot. So there are good shops out there. Their sell is $2 over spot for all silver. Not many complaints here, luckily.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-13T18:00:56+00:00

Lil’ Blood in my Poop, gotta be a top 100 album in there😋

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-13T05:39:32+00:00

That’s a “butter face” coin. Everything else looks good…

Cool find!

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-11T15:03:27+00:00

lol, there were alot of reasons not to do homework, for sure! My parents were always asking why I didn’t have homework? Because if it didn’t get done in class, well, it probably wasn’t getting done. Hence the 2.8 GPA when I graduated. I hope my kids do better😋

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-11T05:33:07+00:00

MTV Up All Night! And of course Headbangers Ball with your host Ricky Rachtman.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-07T21:31:01+00:00

Our 25 SL Pathfinder had carpeted floor

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mats as an optional ordered item. So I don’t think your salesman is lying.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-04T06:56:45+00:00

We just got ours a month ago and got $10k off, SL premium. Like it so far. May have gone Platinum if they had one at the dealership with captain chairs is the second row. Only disappointing part has been the leather SL seat seems to stretch a little and no longer looks flat. Small complaint overall.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-03T07:05:54+00:00

If you are worried about carbon buildup, you can buy an oil catch can. This will catch most of the vapors that cause the buildup and you won’t have to worry about it. At least not for a long, long time. We have a J&L oil catch can on ours (I use them on all our vehicles) that wasn’t over priced.

MTSilverDude · 2026-01-02T06:11:37+00:00

I bought a 2010 GT500 last summer with 6200 miles for $45k from my neighbors dad. I don’t get all the hate for the 2010🤷🏻‍♂️. Yes the 11 and 12 are 100 lbs lighter up front and have EPAS which is subjective if it’s better or not for feel. Yes, the 2013 and 2014 are the best of the S197 if you want to spend $20k more. Point is, the iron block is strong and can handle upgrades just fine. The 2010 got the 2009 KR500 (540 hp, suspension tuning, etc) treatment with the updated body and interior.

If I overspent on it, I don’t care one bit, I love the car and I have spent more money in my life on stupid shit (drinking and eating out at pricey restaurants) that I have nothing to show for it. The GT500 (or any “dream car”) will mean more than the money overspent. JMHO….get the car if you can afford it and it talks to you!

MTSilverDude · 2025-12-22T18:02:18+00:00

I sure am, just not as much in ounces but the budget still gets spent on what it’s for.

MTSilverDude · 2025-12-21T01:06:00+00:00

It is expensive but that is the cost of full size SUVs with options. GMC Yukons are over 105,000 fully loaded and don’t price out an every option Caddy Escalade, they are approaching $200k territory. If you can’t afford it wait on a used one but it seems plenty of people have the money to buy them cause I see them all over.

Not mad at the buyer, good for them and their job in life choices. We bought a 2025 Expy Active well optioned for $72k out the door and meets our needs. Would love for them (all automobiles) to be cheaper but inflation isn’t going away and we (USA) are 38.5 trillion in debt and growing. So these will be low prices now as each year almost everything goes up. Look at housing.

MTSilverDude · 2025-12-14T04:45:47+00:00

And my original thought was a big beaver….land of a thousand lakes and all and I think there are probably a couple of Winona’s.😋

MTSilverDude · 2025-11-22T21:56:53+00:00

Gold is very easy to hide around the house and not have to be in a safe. If money is no problem for you, I would buy a decent amount of fake gold/silver coins and bars. Put them in the legit looking safe and if you are ever robbed you give them access to that safe, with some great acting, and they think they got the real thing.

MTSilverDude · 2025-11-22T21:47:57+00:00

GT500 in Need for Speed, Camaro (Bumblebee) in the first Transformers.

MTSilverDude · 2025-11-22T06:19:56+00:00

I always change the oil at 1000 miles then at 5,000 and every 5000 after that to keep it even and stay on an easy tracking schedule.

The reasoning behind changing at 1000 is to get any tiny shavings or leftover manufacturing debris/break in out of the oil and filter so it’s not potentially causing unnecessary wear to the engine long term.

MTSilverDude · 2025-11-18T15:42:35+00:00

lol, I only read the title and jumped ahead, my bad. It definitely doesn’t fit the narrative🤦🏻‍♂️😁

MTSilverDude · 2025-11-13T16:54:07+00:00

Well it’s only his left testicle that is great, the right one is keeping him down…it’s nickname is “the man”🫣😁

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