i'm getting a car what kind should i buy

[PhillyB]

the '87 volvo station wagon still has some miles left in it, but in about six months i'll be driving back and forth to charlotte a couple times a week from greensboro and i'm not sure i trust it for any real length of time, so i'm going to suspend my cheapskate tendencies and rigid adherence to a budget that doesn't involve new things and go ahead and buy one. what should i get?

 

gas milage is important, i'd like something with good maintenance records, i've never driven an actual nice vehicle in my life so it'd be nice to get something halfway decent, preferably a manual transmission, under $10k if possible (i'd go over a few grand if it was really worth it.)

 

whatcha got

[PhillyB]

a friend of mine owns a mini cooper and i rode around in it and was pretty well hooked, so if i can find one that fits my qualifications i'm debating going that direction.

[Anybodyhome]

Honda anything.....

 

Wife had a Del Sol years ago when we met and it got almost 40mpg with a 5 spd and it was pretty quick as well.

 

I'm strongly considering trading my Tahoe in for a Pilot very soon.

[CarolinaCoolin]

Yeah honda or Acura and you are pretty good to go.

[TheAmericanDream]

Honda anything.....

Wife had a Del Sol years ago when we met and it got almost 40mpg with a 5 spd and it was pretty quick as well.

I'm strongly considering trading my Tahoe in for a Pilot very soon.

You will love the Pilot. We have one and it only has 105000 miles on it. Gets about 19 mpg.

[Doyle]

Grow some man boobs and buy this.

 

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

Grow some man boobs and buy this.

 

 

 

 

How'd you get an invite to Alice's house to photograph his ride?

 

[Panthro]

Hyundai or one of those little smart cars

[Crixtala]

honda fit

basically a clown car... i fit so much poo in my '07. back seats fold flat, which was a major selling point to me. since the wife and i go to several camping festivals a year, we had to be able to pack a ton of poo in the car.

i average about 38mpg's... on the road trips i can pull 42-45. just rolled 150k miles last weekend and have had zero necessary work done outside of regular maintenance. my brother bought an '09 and has had the exact same results with his

[Kevin Greene]

Blue

[Donald LaFell]

honda fit

basically a clown car... i fit so much poo in my '07. back seats fold flat, which was a major selling point to me. since the wife and i go to several camping festivals a year, we had to be able to pack a ton of poo in the car.

i average about 38mpg's... on the road trips i can pull 42-45. just rolled 150k miles last weekend and have had zero necessary work done outside of regular maintenance. my brother bought an '09 and has had the exact same results with his

 

headroom for tall folk?

[PhillyB]

Hyundai or one of those little smart cars

 

anything in particular?

[PhillyB]

that's another thing, i'm 6'1" so i can't be curled up in a fetal position to fit in the thing

[Crixtala]

headroom for tall folk?

i'm almost 6'1" and have room to spare