gf wants a newer SUV.

[krunchykrome]

Honda CR-V, 2007 or 2008

It very comfortable, reliable, great gas mileage, and nice looking inside and out.

 

[rh71]

Your used accord/camry idea is a sound one, but if it's her money and money is not an issue, let her buy the car she likes. It really sounds like she wants to get rid of her current one anyway and this is a good 'excuse'.

BTW, since when do mid-sized SUVs include CR-Vs and RAV4s? Those are the mini-utes. A Murano is close to mid-sized but to me it will always just be a tall bubble car. Mid-sized SUVs are Grand Cherokees, Trailblazers, Highlanders, etc.

One other thing, I think people make too big a deal out of gas money. Do the math... unless you're a poor college student or someone doing 100 miles a day... you don't feel it much over the course of a year. Some people spend it on beer, some people spend it on the car they like.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: rh71
Your used accord/camry idea is a sound one, but if it's her money and money is not an issue, let her buy the car she likes. It really sounds like she wants to get rid of her current one anyway and this is a good 'excuse'.

BTW, since when do mid-sized SUVs include CR-Vs and RAV4s? Those are the mini-utes. A Murano is close to mid-sized but to me it will always just be a tall bubble car. Mid-sized SUVs are Grand Cherokees, Trailblazers, Highlanders, etc.

One other thing, I think people make too big a deal out of gas money. Do the math... unless you're a poor college student or someone doing 100 miles a day... you don't feel it much over the course of a year. Some people spend it on beer, some people spend it on the car they like.

Thats fairly true on gas mileage...but a lot of people put a good number of miles on their cars. And gas hasn't exactly dropped in price the past few years. If you're buying a car you might end up keeping for 10 years, during which you may go from a short commute to a long one or gas goes up a lot during that time frame...that small difference in fuel economy might start to look a lot larger!

 

[TimeKeeper]

Originally posted by: rh71

One other thing, I think people make too big a deal out of gas money. Do the math... unless you're a poor college student or someone doing 100 miles a day... you don't feel it much over the course of a year. Some people spend it on beer, some people spend it on the car they like.

That's what Big 3 used to think in late 90s when price of gasoline was less than $1.50/gallon, they laugh at Toyota/ Honda's Hybrid project.

hmm...... Can they do the math? I am sure there are many top financial analyst / accountant graduated from top school working for them.

This is chain reaction.. no?
We don't decrease the demand on gasoline, and the price continue to rise.
Transportation business add its cost on to their service.
Farmer Joe pay for the increase service , and increase the price on its potato.
We then pay more for the potato and we go to Congress. Government demand rise on minimum pay. Operating cost for company rise, then cut down the insurnace benefit.
Oops..now you get less benefit and paying higher price. And your "increase" salary doesn't justified the cost rise on your life style, so you have less saving. Oh..now you going to have kids and you left him NOTHING for his college life...so we got more "poor" college kids.....

I dont know about you, but it seems that cost per gallon at your local pump X 10,000 is what one should made just to stay alive?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: TimeKeeper

Originally posted by: rh71

One other thing, I think people make too big a deal out of gas money. Do the math... unless you're a poor college student or someone doing 100 miles a day... you don't feel it much over the course of a year. Some people spend it on beer, some people spend it on the car they like.

That's what Big 3 used to think in late 90s when price of gasoline was less than $1.50/gallon, they laugh at Toyota/ Honda's Hybrid project.

Are you just like every other American? For me, it will cost only about $150 more a year to own a premium fuel vehicle than an 87 octane vehicle... that's the built in premium right there, let alone any MPG figures. It's chump change.

Again, people make too big a deal about gas prices... as individuals. You, as an individual, looking at it from a company's perspective trying to sell cars is not the same point. For some people, it could be a lot as I said. But I'm betting the majority of us make a big deal out of 20 cents per gallon at the pump when after the year is over - it means nothing. Hell, let's do 50cents more a gallon... that's less than 4 days of typical salary over an entire year. People cry about it like it's life-altering.

You can compare people's kneejerk buying tendencies all you want. They get the idea that one car saves a lot of fuel and they'll buy it... without crunching numbers to see how much they'd actually save.

 

[imported_Shivetya]

find an off lease XC90

 

[rh71]

compact SUVs
mid-sized SUVs

Sorted by MSRP but use the tabs there and you can get better results. $20k will get you guys a nice compact SUV but don't forget the taxes, etc.

 

[amdhunter]

I TOTALLY love the new Acura RDX, great looking and it feels like a car. But only in white.

Either that or a Used BMW X5...

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: rh71
compact SUVs
mid-sized SUVs

Sorted by MSRP but use the tabs there and you can get better results. $20k will get you guys a nice compact SUV but don't forget the taxes, etc.

Are those actual rankings? Is so, that website is retarded. Not to mention, I've never heard of autos.com.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: rh71
compact SUVs
mid-sized SUVs

Sorted by MSRP but use the tabs there and you can get better results. $20k will get you guys a nice compact SUV but don't forget the taxes, etc.

Are those actual rankings? Is so, that website is retarded. Not to mention, I've never heard of autos.com.

I was searching for 0-60 times and MSRP comparisons for my own purposes and that was a link that came up... thought it would be a nice list for him.

My fault on the sort thing.. it's actually just alphabetical for a lot (but not all) of the tabs. I swear it was working for MSRP sort earlier. That's why I thought it was helpful in the first place.

Autos.com is just an umbrella site... notice it refers to a lot of car-review site comments.

 

[Rereg]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Honda CR-V, 2007 or 2008

It very comfortable, reliable, great gas mileage, and nice looking inside and out.

Yeah, my sis just got a new 2008 Honda CR-V and paid under $20g for it and she's really happy with it.

 

[CtK]

I kno it might be out of her price range but, the new Infiniti EX35 is very nice!!

you can get it in White with Black Leather interior

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: T2urtle
her dad sadly is unemployed and is near retirement age. Recently widowed as well. So in the absent of her mother, my gf has stepped up and taken care of the house hold.

Me personally I've said repeatedly either to buy him a decent $5k car and be done with it. Like a accord/camry 4cylinder no features. But this is the path SHE wants to go down.


I classify a Cx-7 as a truck for the most part.

Is a '03 Lancer worth much more than $5K?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Proof that SUVs aren't trucks:
They don't need to be registered as commercial vehicles in California

*grumbles at the extra $100 in taxes each year because of it*

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Proof that SUVs aren't trucks:
They don't need to be registered as commercial vehicles in California

*grumbles at the extra $100 in taxes each year because of it*

what are you trying to say? you do drive a commercial vehicle?