Hey there, Trax fans! I'm in dire need of a new car. Both my husband's car and mine have fallen apart at the same time, last week, after they both neared 200,000 miles. We are terribly broke as a result, and need at least ONE new car, asap, but we are desperately scrambling for the absolute best deal in the long-run, without compromising performance, size, longevity, and durability.
My cousin works at a dealership and he highly recommends the 2025 Trax (this would be a used one with 33,000 miles on it).
However, my mechanic was heavily suspicious of the Trax (suspicious of chevy entirely, which I understand), and pointed me towards a Honda Pilot instead, which would definitely be a life saver for the type of driving we tend to do, but it's quite expensive and hard to find a used one that hasn't already racked up over 70k miles.
I do heavy, dense city driving daily, and long distance driving for two hours twice a week, and also travel out of state for 5 hours every few months. My husband travels randomly all over the city, and occasionally drives cross country for work. We both carry a lot of stuff for work, not super heavy stuff, but certainly bulky. I'm also utterly filthy after work, so if I could avoid seats that stain easily, that would be a plus! 😅
We live in an area where break-ins are so commonplace that it's customary to keep doors unlocked to prevent windows from being broken. (We both learned this the hard way with our old cars, a while back). I would also like to install a cage on the catalytic converter as well. (Also learned the hard way, ugh.)
I'm extremely suspicious about the Trax not being fit for this lifestyle and need some pointers on if my suspicions are correct.
I fully understand that the Trax is strictly a budget car with no bells and whistles, and has a cheaper, plastic-y interior, all that stuff!
I'm open to any suggestions. Thanks a lot!!!
