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Date Posted: Sunday, February 16, 06:45:08pm
Author: AS
Author Host/IP: d154-20-56-169.bchsia.telus.net / 154.20.56.169
Subject: whoah!
In reply to: Lij 's message, "I had to look up both of those vehicles" on Saturday, February 15, 09:31:31pm

We've only had one accident in the past 25 years-I got t-boned a block away from work by a woman who blew through a stop sign. That was the 4-runner, which had to have the passenger's side door replaced.

We bought the Titan off of Don's brother, the one who had the series of strokes a while back. He'd bought the truck locally to replace their 4-Runner, which they were towing their Airstream with between the lower mainland and California/several western states. Oddly enough, it's actually an American truck, traded in for something smaller with 4WD when the owner moved from Texas to northern BC. So you have to watch driving to keep it around 60MPH since driving a 100 would be asking for a speeding ticket!! The Titan came pretty much loaded with a full cab and of course Doug set it up for towing. Our old Dakota was towing at the near top end of it's range (6500 pounds) while the Titan can tow up to 9,000 pounds-we took the trailer out for a quick spin a while ago and Don felt it to be quite effortless. That's going to make trips over the Malahat or to Tofino easier, not to mention we're heading down to the Washington/Oregon coast for two weeks this June, so that should be pretty good too.
Doug and his wife are simplifying their lives, sold the trailer a while back and the Titan wasn't getting much use anymore for them. They mostly travel overseas now, their kids live in Australia and Korean respectively so they tend to take longer trips to see them...though Doug bought a 20ft motor home last month so they can do some short getaways. Now that he's feeling back to normal and can enjoy his retirement, it's great to see them relaxing and having fun.

The Matrix is a good choice for Ali, who has both university and work up in Nanaimo. Gets pretty good mileage and tons of space with the back seat down, enough space with the seat up that the dogs can ride in the back and her friends don't have to worry about muddy paws coming back from walks out in the woods anymore. The Civic is up at around 300,000+ kms, Andy is going to put a lot fewer kms on it with working from home and enjoys being able to come up-island to visit or drop off his cats to be looked after when he's away on business...

I only have two small quibbles with the Titan, it has really heavy front doors compared to the Dodge and a somewhat stiffer ride. I am the primary user since Don has a work vehicle or rides his bike during the summer and I have to remember to watch myself when I close the door since I nearly kneecapped myself the first night when we took it out for a drive. But Doug treated it well and it's been a great couple of months so far!

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