What vehicle do you drive?
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Axiel
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Current compact sedans are the size of midsize sedans from the 2000s. I remember 3 of us being jammed into a foxbody as a kid, a typical modern sedan is "fine." Assuming your kids aren't fat, or need to carry around much.
Unless you stretch the meaning of reliability or luxury, Lexus and Acura are all that's left. Most new luxury buyers / leasers treat cars as disposable and don't care about longevity.
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I gotta tell you guys, this sucks. I need to replace one of my vehicles. I have a 2009 Hyundai Sonata. It has been an amazing car. Manual transmission, 200,000 miles on it, and have never had to do anything more than regular maintenance. It has been an amazing car. It's old and tired. However, it has a huge trunk and fold down seats. Some times I need to get three or four hockey bags in the vehicle. My truck works just fine, but that Sonata has enough room, and with the seats down the hockey sticks fit just fine.
We've looked at various SUVs, and though they're not sexy, have been considering the Hyundai options. The Santa Fe seems to be the only one with sufficient cargo space for our general needs. Anyone tell me their own experience with this? I've driven a few, I like the ride, it seems like a pretty decent vehicle. I have a truck, we have other large vehicles, I need one more to make life possible with the number of kids, practices, games my family and I have. I like the Santa Fe, and I can get it in a manual transmission, and they're a good price, and I've been mighty happy with the Hyundai I've had.
Is there any reason to second guess this?
We've looked at various SUVs, and though they're not sexy, have been considering the Hyundai options. The Santa Fe seems to be the only one with sufficient cargo space for our general needs. Anyone tell me their own experience with this? I've driven a few, I like the ride, it seems like a pretty decent vehicle. I have a truck, we have other large vehicles, I need one more to make life possible with the number of kids, practices, games my family and I have. I like the Santa Fe, and I can get it in a manual transmission, and they're a good price, and I've been mighty happy with the Hyundai I've had.
Is there any reason to second guess this?
Sludig
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iT'S old but anything wrong? Have an extra car if it goes down you can then have a few weeks to look then rather than prematurely, I think market in US at least should only improve for buyers with time over next year or 2.
Burren
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Does it not work anymore? Is it a catastrophic failure somewhere? Even if a fix is more than the car’s value, it will be much less than a whole new car.
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It's still working, and I've done a lot to maintain it recently, but like I said, nothing major. It's starting to make noises it shouldn't. It's coming up on needing work on the clutch and breaks. The struts are very old. So I could dump $3k into it and have it be pretty good for a bit. I'm trying to figure out when it becomes a better financial decision to get something newer. We're going to hold on to the car, the trade in value is about $8. My son will drive it. So I'll keep it safe to drive, but only for very short distances.
Still figuring all this shit out.
Burren
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Makes sense. And you’re sure you want another larger car? An SUV or van or truck? Seems like a mid size sedan still fits the bill. That will be less costly.
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I know, smaller makes sense money wise. I have become very used to driving a full sized truck, and now my wife has as well. Getting into a sedan and driving makes me feel very vulnerable. Stupid, I know, but there it is. We also pack up hockey bags a few times a week, and the sedan's trunk isn't really sufficient, we have to fold down the back seat. And finally, my wife ends up transporting 3 or more students to/from school many days. The extra seats would be welcome. And the Hyundai SUVs get pretty good mileage.
I dunno. We may end up with another sedan. Though whatever we get I would like all wheel drive for the snowy months.
Burren
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Sounds like you know what you want/need. Only other options that are similar would be a mid-large Toyota or Mazda SUV.
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I've looked at both and I find them over priced. And they're more expensive to fix. Hyundais are manufactured domestically, as are their parts. It counts as a domestic car as much as anything is these days.
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I like my Camry. It very comfortably seats 4 adults, 5 a bit less comfortably. Plus there’s a lot more trunk room than you think. I went from a truck previously and imo I love it. I need to borrow a truck once a year or so from family, but that’s not a big deal.
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Bald Brah
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It's not stupid at all. I just bought a mustang 5.0 and I get freaked out whenever anyone comes close to my lane or parking or throwing up rocks from their tires. The horn is pretty useless at stopping some jackass from cutting you off.
My old vehicle which I kept is a lifted jeep truck on 35s with bull bar, steel bumpers, frame mounted steel rock rails and metal side steps. In that I dare people to get near me. Even had a moron t-bone me. It bent one of my side steps and left a tiny dent in my door sill and ripped the whole front of his car off. I've got a good 2" of tire poke and plastic fenders so if someone comes into my lane I have no problem putting rubber marks all down the side of their car.
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They’re not bad but just average on reliability. Sounds like small SUV or hatchback or wagon would be better aligned to your needs and the cost difference between that or a sedan isn’t huge. I’m used to small hatchbacks but got an Outback this round cause I got tired of folding seats and removing shit to haul other shit. It’s been very nice, hopefully it lasts another 10+ years. If you like smaller and cheaper, maybe the crosstrek.
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Burren
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Small cars feel so much better to drive though. Light, nimble, responsive.
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Bald Brah
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Kobayashi
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I assume you're talking used since you're mentioning getting it in a manual. I'd avoid the older vehicles with the 4 cylinder Theta engine, that thing is a notorious piece of shit. The small 6 cylinder in later models is ok.
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Burren
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And those are somehow ok but a 3,800 pound mustang isnt?
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Lanx
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lesbian forrester ftw!They’re not bad but just average on reliability. Sounds like small SUV or hatchback or wagon would be better aligned to your needs and the cost difference between that or a sedan isn’t huge. I’m used to small hatchbacks but got an Outback this round cause I got tired of folding seats and removing shit to haul other shit. It’s been very nice, hopefully it lasts another 10+ years. If you like smaller and cheaper, maybe the crosstrek.
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also crosstrek is just a a lifted impreza hatchback
could be worse, you could buy a ram w/ plastic control arms
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