I need a new tow pig. Help.

[Jake]

I would eagerly own another Range Rover, my eleventh BMW, or a Mercedes-Benz.

A V10 TDI Touareg sounds absolutely horrific to own. They were very cool when new but aged like milk left out on a DC summer day.

Talked to a friend about Merc GLs last night, he owned a 2009 for 80k miles and knows a ton about them. Said I should strongly consider one and try to get a "test tow" in. He pulled some big things with his. The 2013-2013 GL450 is a biturbo V8, like the GL550, but costs $10k less than a GL550 and can be tuned to make 550 levels of power for less than 10 G's.

It is, still, a thought. We're on day 12 of offer acceptance and Ford has up to 45 days, legally, to respond. I plan on nagging the BBB every Thursday until I hear back. Would really love to go car shopping and NOT drive an AC-less 2001 X5 around but that's my option for the moment.