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| Thanks guys!!! I think i have to come up to the city for work on Sunday, I may go sit in a few models.
I made some more adjustments to my desk at work this morning and that's made a huge difference, I think most issues where stemming from there as well as the vehicle... |
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| I drive a Toyota corolla and I'm 5'8. My husband has a Toyota rav4 that is much more comfy. They have the all wheel drive models as well. Ita gets avg 28 miles/ gallon but that's not all hwy. It gets around 30-32 on highways. There is a lot of room in it. 4 grown people can ride comfortably. |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | My husband is 6' 5 . We drive a GMC Terrain and love it... |
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Location: Texas | I drive a 2013 Lincoln MKZ and LOVE IT! It's the best car I've ever owned. Gets an average of 30mpg highway and 25 city. It's very comfortable (I'm 5'8"). It isn't a SUV but it won't cost you as much as the MKX. |
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Location: Willows, CA | I always buy new trucks, but never new cars. I look for a lease return that is still under warranty, 20K miles or so, rather than buy new. Right now I am driving an Audi Q7 SUV. I am 6'7" and fit great. Pretty good fuel economy and I have put over 120K miles on the current one with almost no issue but oil changes, tires and brakes. |
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| Yeah won't be looking new for sure.
If we have to go buy in the next few weeks to month our budget is about $5k. If I can tough it out until next summer/fall it'll increase some. The payment on that would equal about what it would cost me extra to drive our 3/4ton everyday, before considering the additional money we'd have to spend on oil changes etc. |
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| Racer4eva - 2016-11-09 2:53 PM
My mom has a subaru forester that when i dont feel like taking the dually places I borrow. Im 5'11 and its not bad. Ive driven it 5+ hours and have been ok. Its pretty solid. The only thing i dont like and from what i can tell we got a defective one, is that the passenger side seat is lower then driver. But its not horrible
This... We recently got a Subaru Outback and even my husband who is 6'3" is comfortable in it. I LOVE this car and even though I am not that tall I am all legs. (5'6" with a 37" inseam.) we commute 60 miles a day, and with the AWD I am okay in the winter conditions in the local mountains where we live. Not as gas friendly as a Civic, but also doesn't feel like I'm driving a tin can if we get hit. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. 33-35MPG highway. Plus a 10year 100k mile warranty. Love it. Can't beat it. $22,000 with rebates! ETA: my payment is under 200 and it takes 30 to fill up. Plus the first year is oil/air filters for free. 
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| IRunOnFaith - 2016-11-10 4:23 PM
2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. 33-35MPG highway. Plus a 10year 100k mile warranty. Love it. Can't beat it. $22,000 with rebates! ETA: my payment is under 200 and it takes 30 to fill up. Plus the first year is oil/air filters for free.
How long is your loan and what down payment though? I'm not managing to make those numbers work.
We like used cars and short loans, with as many miles as I drive I'm afraid we'd be upside down on a new car after the first month.
ETA: we own the Civic free and clear but it's 13 years old with almost 170k and wear and tear. If someone gave me $2k on trade I'd be impressed.
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| Subaru Forester - 5 Star Rated for safety, no blind spots! all wheel drive and about 25 mpg, lots of leg room, huge sunroof, and back area for dogs with lots of windows. Love mine! |
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| SilverCanChaser - 2016-11-10 10:06 PM
Subaru Forester - 5 Star Rated for safety, no blind spots! all wheel drive and about 25 mpg, lots of leg room, huge sunroof, and back area for dogs with lots of windows. Love mine!
In laws have one. I've driven it and don't care for it. |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | Try the Subaru WRX. All wheel drive, great safety ratings, reasonable mileage. My 6' hubby loves his and he commutes in it. And it really is fun to drive. |
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Location: Windoming | OhMax - 2016-11-10 3:50 PM
IRunOnFaith - 2016-11-10 4:23 PM
2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. 33-35MPG highway. Plus a 10year 100k mile warranty. Love it. Can't beat it. $22,000 with rebates! ETA: my payment is under 200 and it takes 30 to fill up. Plus the first year is oil/air filters for free.
How long is your loan and what down payment though? I'm not managing to make those numbers work.
We like used cars and short loans, with as many miles as I drive I'm afraid we'd be upside down on a new car after the first month.
ETA: we own the Civic free and clear but it's 13 years old with almost 170k and wear and tear. If someone gave me $2k on trade I'd be impressed.
My husband hit a jack rabbit that did $1500 worth of damage to the bumper on our 1993 Civic (about 5 years ago) that showed over 250,000 miles on it (but really has closer to 500,000 speedometer quit years ago). I thought the insurance company would total it. Nope, they gave us a check for $1500 to repair it, said Hondas last forever. They are right. That car has had one new clutch put in. We have three Hondas with over 200,000 miles on them with very little maintenance. Bet you would get $2000 easily. That's low mileage for a Honda! We gave $5000 for an Accord with 170,000, I believe it is a 2000 model. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | OhMax - 2016-11-10 4:50 PM IRunOnFaith - 2016-11-10 4:23 PM 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. 33-35MPG highway. Plus a 10year 100k mile warranty. Love it. Can't beat it. $22,000 with rebates! ETA: my payment is under 200 and it takes 30 to fill up. Plus the first year is oil/air filters for free.
How long is your loan and what down payment though? I'm not managing to make those numbers work. We like used cars and short loans, with as many miles as I drive I'm afraid we'd be upside down on a new car after the first month. ETA: we own the Civic free and clear but it's 13 years old with almost 170k and wear and tear. If someone gave me $2k on trade I'd be impressed.
I made a $3500 down payment. I am not upside down in the car by even a penny.
Loan is for 7 years but I choose to pay about $600/Month to get it paid off sooner. I will owe less than what the car is worth very soon.
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| Yeah, we're talking about advertising the civic for $2500-$3000 and letting someone talk us down a little.
Biggest issue is not wanting to take on another monthly payment on top of a truck payment and trailer payment. The car and 2nd truck are owned free and clear.
Always something the America dream isn't it, you see yourself being able to claw out of a little debt and then you're right back in it adding more. |
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Location: Armuchee, GA, NW section of Ga | Lexus RX 400h. Love it. Good on gas, comfortable to drive & ride. However, my DH has a Kia Sorento that is his 3rd one. It is very comfortable has good gas mileage too. In fact, when we have a long drive, we take his car. |
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| Thanks guys, I talked to the chiropractor about what I needed to look for in a better vehicle. We're going to list the Honda today for a down payment and I'll drive the truck until we can figure out what we can afford for a payment and take some time to go sit in vehicles.
Hopefully we have something before our 8 hour trip to Indiana for Christmas! |
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| I love my Chevy Tahoe, I'm tall and it's super comfortable, you feel like you'e driving a truck! |
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| IowaCanChaser - 2016-11-12 9:11 AM
I love my Chevy Tahoe, I'm tall and it's super comfortable, you feel like you'e driving a truck!
What kind of mileage do you get?
I'm leaning towards a CRV or RAV4 just becuase we've always had hondas as daily drivers and know they are running sons of guns, but we need to go sit in some |
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| Great post. I drive an 08 Impala and we have 140k+ miles on it. It's been a great car for the most part and I drive alot. We have had a few issues ... sensors going out quite a bit, kinda stalling at intersections, that the dealer hasn't been able to pin down. They either can't reproduce or it doesn't save in the codes. We take it in, get something fixed and off I go for a few months/miles. Then one day, the hesitation will start. Now, after about 50k later they think it's the transmission. It will cost more to fix than the car is worth ... but we don't have a payment. So we are debating the whole, pay for a new transmission and risk all the other little things that are starting to need repair (I've spent roughly 3k already in the past 2 months) or bite the bullet and get something else. If we get something else, what else? My son is tall and so back seat is important. I'm average height, so back seat leg room is important when I sit in the back seat. So we are starting to look. My son, of course thinks a camero is perfect. (he's 13) Thanks for your insights. |
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