The Thinking of Purchasing A Used Car Thread

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I'd have a real hard time paying $14,000 for something with almost 100K miles on it, no matter what it is. A couple of years ago, I bought a '09 Forester with 14,500 miles on it for about that much.

I'd totally be down for a Forester.
the wife.....not so much.

I'm going to do a hard sell on the Rav 4 I think.
They have stellar reviews from what I've read.


at least I've finally convinced her not to get a Compass. Good god; we test drove one about 4 years ago and it was a complete dog on power. inside was cheap etc.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I'd totally be down for a Forester.
the wife.....not so much.

Have her drive a Forester XT (turbo model) and she may change her mind.

She would still have to put up with lesbian jokes, though.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I'd totally be down for a Forester.
the wife.....not so much.

I'm going to do a hard sell on the Rav 4 I think.
They have stellar reviews from what I've read.


at least I've finally convinced her not to get a Compass. Good god; we test drove one about 4 years ago and it was a complete dog on power. inside was cheap etc.

We recently did a lot of research on compact SUVs and came to the conclusion that the RAV4 was the best compact SUV available, especially the 2013 model that was redesigned. We will be purchasing one towards the end of the year in hopes of getting a slightly better deal. I know that the CRV is a huge hit but it doesn't quite have the styling nor is the interior load capacity as large.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I know that the CRV is a huge hit but it doesn't quite have the styling nor is the interior load capacity as large.

My wife's car is a '06 CR-V that we bought new. It's been a good rig for us, is comfortable and has better load capacity than my Forester.

However, it is so loud that I hate driving it any distance. If you want to hear music, you have to crank it so loud that you can't talk plus it sort of drills into your skull over time. I hope the newer CR-V's are better about this but Honda kind of has a rep for skimping on the sound deadening.

[mdstu]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

We recently did a lot of research on compact SUVs and came to the conclusion that the RAV4 was the best compact SUV available, especially the 2013 model that was redesigned. We will be purchasing one towards the end of the year in hopes of getting a slightly better deal. I know that the CRV is a huge hit but it doesn't quite have the styling nor is the interior load capacity as large.

I put about 7000 miles on a RAV4 rental about 6 months ago. I couldn't get over how cheap it felt and that the gas mileage was much lower than I thought it would be.

I looked up the MSRP out of curiosity and I thought they must be crazy to charge that much for that car. The 2013 must be ALOT better.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I'd totally be down for a Forester.
the wife.....not so much.

I'm going to do a hard sell on the Rav 4 I think.
They have stellar reviews from what I've read.


at least I've finally convinced her not to get a Compass. Good god; we test drove one about 4 years ago and it was a complete dog on power. inside was cheap etc.

If you're looking for a decent chick car, look into a Mustang.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

If you're looking for a decent chick car, look into a Mustang.

**** you.

[Dayze]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

If you're looking for a decent chick car, look into a Mustang.