# Purchasing a used Equinox **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793 "2019-04-20T00:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/21 "2019-04-21T20:06:05Z")
> [@Docnick](#): > > a long distance trucker making a lot more money From what I’ve heard and read the past few years . . . the trucking industry is cut-throat and it’s getting increasingly hard for a trucker to earn a respectable living ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/22 "2019-04-21T20:12:39Z")
The trunk in my 1988 Caprice was large enough for a family of gypsies to set up housekeeping. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/23 "2019-04-21T20:14:39Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > From what I’ve heard and read the past few years . . . the trucking industry is cut-throat and it’s getting increasingly hard for a trucker to earn a respectable living You are right in what you have heard. Make’s me glad I am retired, used to be able to make a good living but with all the new rule’s & regulation’s getting worse every year no more. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/24 "2019-04-21T21:13:04Z")
> [@Docnick](#): > > The trunk in my 1988 Caprice was large enough for a family of gypsies to set up housekeeping. That is true, but the pathetic suspension on those cars meant that putting more than 4 suitcases in the trunk resulted in your car "bottoming’ on every large bump in the road. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/25 "2019-04-21T21:32:00Z")
Agree! But that is why we had HD suspension and heavy duty everything else… The trailer towing package was similar to the police package, and had a brutal alternator, large battery, HD transmission cooler, HD radiator, and HD suspension all around. The standard version was a bit of a water bed on wheels and unsuited for mountain driving. Great for driving the Interstates from East Coast to the Rockies. One reason I justified this stuff to the company was that much of my job was visiting large construction and maintenance contracts where I had to visit job sites. Many guys in standard company cars tore off their mufflers. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/26 "2019-04-21T23:08:17Z")
> [@Docnick](#): > > But that is why we had HD suspension and heavy duty everything else +1 The last GM car that I purchased (a 1981 Citation) was factory-ordered with the full "police package’. I shudder to think about how many **more** problems I would have had if I hadn’t ordered it with the full police package. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/27 "2019-04-22T12:19:19Z")
A full police package on a Citation?? I’ve never seen this very mediocre car used as a police vehicle! Our company bought a few as inspector’s cars to visit job sites. The steering racks went out and the bodies were very rust prone. Also transmission problems. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/28 "2019-04-22T12:41:46Z")
> [@Docnick](#): > > A full police package on a Citation?? They may not have labeled it as the “police package”, but the options package that I ordered included the HD suspension, high-capacity alternator, and full gauges. That was essentially the police package. Back in the '60s, when I first worked for my state’s Child Protective Agency, our cars were all very low-performance six-cylinder sedans, but they were all equipped with the “police package”. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/29 "2019-04-22T23:31:06Z")
Any town that used Chevy Citations as their police cruisers must have been truly impoverished . . . ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793/30 "2019-04-23T00:52:30Z")
There is a town not far from me that has a smart car as a police cruiser. they use it on a walking & bike trail that used to a r r track’ [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/purchasing-a-used-equinox/138793.md?page=1)