Buying A New Car!!!

bgsugirlie · #1 01-29-2005, 11:51 PM

I'm buying a brand new car!!! I have no idea what kind I want to get. Maybe an SUV. I don't want anything too huge, and it has to be semi-safe because I don't want to die in it if I crash. So...if you guys could buy any car, what kind would you get?

docetboy · #2 01-29-2005, 11:53 PM

Scion tC.

CUGreekgirl · #3 01-30-2005, 12:37 AM

I'm the kind of chick who has to have an SUV. I haul around my dogs all the time, plus the kids I babysit for, and I like to have something that I can use to move back and forth btwn apts and home and not have to rent a U-Haul.

I haven't ever had the finances to buy a brand new car. My first car was a 1997 Jeep Cherokee which I loved! It was pretty safe. I hydroplaned and wrecked, but had I been in any other car i would have died.

I now have a 1995 Ford Bronco (the big body style). its not the safest car and its a total gas hog but I love it!

Unless you absolutely need a large SUV I would recommend getting a car.

norcalchick · #4 01-30-2005, 01:12 AM

if you don't want a huge suv like an expedition, there's like nissan pathfinders and infinti qx4's. the qx4 is really nice.

i'm also a fan of the nissan murano and the infiniti something that looks like the murano.

AGDee · #5 01-30-2005, 01:20 AM

I love the Pontiac Vibe. Roomy like an SUV, rates pretty well in safety tests, better gas mileage than an SUV and handles like a car (I hated my ex husband's SUV because, well, it handled like a truck and I prefer tighter turning, smoother ride)

Dee

#6 01-30-2005, 12:29 PM

To me the expidition and the explorer are same in size maybe a tad bit bigger. I feel the same way i want to feel safe and if i was ever in a reallllly bad car accident i want something that big to protect me.

If you have all that hauling around to do i would suggest maybe the explorer.

KillarneyRose · #7 01-30-2005, 03:31 PM

I think those Cooper Mini Convertibles are just the cutest things! Not sure how safe something so tiny would be, though.

James · #8 01-30-2005, 03:51 PM

Keep in mind what your payment and insurance or going to be . . ..

Once you hav a substantial payment you will be working just to drive.

Why not buy a car a few years old so that you don't have to suffer the hit of depreciation yourself?

Unless money is no object to you.

33girl · #9 01-30-2005, 11:05 PM

Has anyone heard anything about the Chevy Cobalt?

Much to my dismay, my head gasket has gone to poo and I need to get a new car rather than keep putting $$ in my 1996 Corsica.

Can someone recommend a good sedan (i.e. it's gotta be 4 door) or tell me about crappy ones?