Top 10 cars for Smart People

TOP 10 best cars under $ 10,000 PART 1

Many new readers ask me for car advice recently, and there has also had useful discussions on the issue in the Forum Mustache money.
I am typing on the same list of recommendations over and over again, so I thought the best strategy would be to dig, research updates, and establish law about exactly which cars are most worth owning.
There are two things that matter primarily in the choice of car these days of fuel economy, and the passenger load area Depending on your personal taste, you can sort the winners based on things such as acceleration, ride height, color, smell, style, safety NHTSA test results, or other things, but the important thing to note is that all these features are available even in fuel-efficient cars, so that all gas hogs can be immediately excluded Note that I didn the mention of price, because fortunately the fuel based on the efficient cars are usually cheaper anyway, you win automatically prioritizing efficiency.
But what about reliability you ask my uncle was a Ford F-150, which lasted him 46 years, but my cousin had a Honda Civic that was always BREAKING I buy Ford Trucks now.
The key to finding a reliable car is to throw all the anecdotal personal stories you might have heard, and seek to a source that actually collects the data of thousands of people The two best places to get this information is Consumer Reports, and Lemon-Aid Phil Edmonston used self both Guide are useful publications, and for this article, I looked at the time and did my best to combine the results.

At my local library, I found a copy of the latest edition of Phil's book, I am pleased that it has become even more grumpy and demanding cars in the decade since I read his business, which is what exactly what you want a car appraiser.
Lemon Help Guide collects reliability data from its millions of readers and also government agencies since Phil Edmonston lives in Canada, much of his research is made where the country is an ideal testing ground for cars, demanding driving conditions really make any reliability issues the book then sorts the cars in five recommended categories, above average, average, below average and not recommended.
The vehicles are divided into classes such as small, medium, large, SUVs, sports cars, pickups Since these North American classifications, where even a small car is big enough for five me comfortably just over 6 0 180 books, the small category is the only one sane person could rationally consider, except in the case of very large families, physical disability or commercial use such as construction or delivery If you need more time of cargo space in time, just add temporarily.
To add a second perspective, I bought you a subscription to Consumer Reports website and read all there guiding articles of Consumer Reports used car is a great organization, but they are still too oriented to consumer my tastes in particular, they have reliability data on the last 10 years car models, while for many Mustachians, they would consider the new car is more than 10 years i mean come on, it's 2012 now, which means a car 10 years is a 2003 model years that I consider that to be almost brand new.
They also fail to emphasize the fact that all but cars and virtually all the smaller trucks are stupid choice for the average person A car is not a luxury lounge for you to lounge while you flaunt to the world He Sá practice machine that helps you reach very remote places on the rare occasions that you are too much of a bike wussypants there over time, these opportunities will become increasingly rare, meaning that you will use a car less you get your life so if you choose wisely, your next car might be the last gasoline vehicle you need in your life.

But boil everything down, the following list contains the fairly recent used cars that best combine the reliability, energy efficiency, cost and transportation and handling.
There are some real motherfuckers on this list, for example, I never would have guessed that the Hyundai Elantra mark over the Honda Civic in the statistical reliability, and many people do not realize that Volkswagens are some the most prone disorder cars around the model before 2006 years could be considered by the readers here read list and I'll try to calm down and dry your tears afterward.
2009 Honda Fit This is a hold-to-any car that combines fantasy style, the top cargo and passenger space, and 35mpg highway rating The latest model is fairly new, however, it is one of the options most expensive here about 12 000 for a 2009 with 36k miles.
2007-2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring The Elantra Touring is a good choice for those who need a car even more and offers the road at least 31mpg, is available with a manual transmission, and a 2009 model can be had on the market used with low mileage for About 11k.

Mazda3 2006-2009 Similar to the Honda Fit, but available few more years saving money A 2006 was worth about 7900 with 60,000 miles.
Suzuki SX4 2007-2009 helpful for those who drive mostly on steep snow-covered dirt roads because this car has a cool driver selectable all-wheel drive system with the city road 24mpg 30mpg, you certainly pay for the AWD, although it's still better than Subaru mileage ratings should be 7900 to 2007 with about 65k miles.
Toyota Echo 2000-2005 This car is a mechanical cousin dorkier looking both the Toyota Yaris and Scion xA hatchback that I own all the cars are strong, versatile, although the hatchback design available with Yaris and Scion is a useful 2005 with 75k miles is worth about 6400 for Scion, 5200 Echo.
Scion tC xB xD all Scions years are great cars designed to the last detail for ease of use great, they are built by Toyota, but with 95 less attitude high-Pants-size My grandmother 2005 posted 100 reliability for me on the last four years, but oops, that art another of these anecdotal stories you should ignore.
Honda Fit 2007-2008 as above, but there was an earlier model available over the years, which is not quite as advanced yet a great car, and the low price compensates for the lack of bling compared the 2009 models.
Toyota Prius since 2004 a spacious and hybrid practice that is good at almost everything to heavy displacement, some fuel economy 50mpg justify paying a little more for this car, but the premium on the models used is surprisingly small 2004 models with less 100k 7500 miles to go these days.

Ford Focus 2005-2009 This is an interesting hack on autobuying Ford Focus Wagon has not been a popular seller in the United States, but the development line as a whole was the most sold in the world the car for some time, including in Europe, no doubt says something the car is absolutely cavernous inside my mother has and I used to carry a bathtub oozing-six feet long, in its transport box and some wood assortment and home Depot home pipes and I has even been able to close the rear hatch Handling is agile and fuel economy is 35mpg on the highway manual transmission available if you search carefully to 2005 with 75k miles can be had for less than 5 km on the used market It also comes in a small form most common hatchback and therefore easier to find if you do not need the extra length of the wagon and format b Erline why bother, might as well get the tailgate if you ever carry bikes, boxes, etc.
2006-2009 Hyundai Accent I had one as a rental car once a solid, but not as useful as some of the others here, however, low resale value means that it may be available at a great price.
Toyota Matrix Pontiac Vibe 2003-2009 I love this car it's snappy and great practical car with a highway rating 37MPG over consumption says the high engine drones and bad runs, but I do not know what they smoke C is a quick and silent car is built like a Swiss watch Just avoid AWD models automatic transmission that are out slower and more thirsty than before with drivers manual.
everyone loves 1999-2009 Honda Civic However, without hatchback or wagon 5 doors available in recent years, it is as useful as other cars, unless you should never carry large things in the back and if you don t, you might as well use a scooter instead.
Mazda Protege 1999-2003 This is a nice car, now get really cheap on the used market due to its age Protege5 There was a car available which is quite useful.
2007 Nissan Versa sedan Another great ability with a good value all around a little bit bigger and quieter than some of the other choices.

Subaru Forester 2003-2009 A top car SUV style with capacity for serious offroad Thirsty however.
Mazda5 2006-2009 This is actually a minivan 6 passengers still qualifies as a small car by using lemon standards A 2006 is 6800 used, and you can even get it with a manual transmission that is great improvement over the standard American concept Minivan is 22 MPG 27, it is not as effective as a car, but much better than the beast vans that most people when they have children.
Subaru Legacy, Outback 1999-2009 MMM family owned a 2004 Impreza wagon for a few years, it was no problem and athletic with a good spacious cargo hatch, but he drank too much fuel for a 4 cylinder sedan economic EPA rating was 22 28mpg and 30mpg I rarely exceeded even with careful driving that's why I ended up selling for the current Scion, which usually exceeds 40.
Suzuki Aerio Here's an interesting choice 2003-2007 You can get a Aerio wagon 2003 to 2500 on the market used is efficient, roomy, reliable and inexpensive course, it just seems a little dorkier than the competition, but it ' is just one way to display your badassity world I d show for spring break driving this yellow Aerio one day, and the volleyball game would stop and people flocked as it would be clear that Mr. money Mustache arrived Yeah baby.
1997-2009 Toyota Corolla name of this car is almost synonymous with practical reliability, although surprisingly it is top of the list Another great buy if you can find one at a reasonable price, but it is not available hatchback actually there, but it is different in style and called the Toyota Matrix.

2008-2009 Mini Cooper, Dodge Neon 2004-2005, 2004-2005 Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, Spectra 2009 Nissan Cube 2009 Nissan Sentra 2001-2006 Nissan Versa 2007-2009 Subaru Forester 1999-2002 Subaru Impreza 1999- 2009 Suzuki Esteem 1999-2002 Suzuki Verona 2004-2006.
BMW Mini Cooper 2002-2007 Chrysler Neon 2001-2003, 2004-2009 GM Aveo, Hyundai Accent 2001-2003, Kia Rio and Spectra 2006-2008, Mercedes Smart Fortwo 2009 all Volkswagen models, including Diesels 1999-2006.
Dodge Caliber, GM Daewoo Lanos and Optra, Ford Focus 2000-2004, all GM models 1999-2007 Saturn, Kia Rio and Spectra 2000-2005, 2005-2008 Smart Fortwo Subaru WRX STI 2002-2009, Volkswagen Diesel 2007 model -2009.
Certainly many of us have experienced results that don t match what is stated above Don t take this as an insult to your car, and even the most misclassified cars can offer good results when he spoke correctly These are simply the results collected from thousands of drivers tell us that cars have had the most failures in real life very reliable sources, so if you are shopping for a replacement car one day in the future, you should be able to use the statistics in your favor.
There are many other intelligent options out there, especially in older cars like the Honda Accord Wagon 1992-1994 But people who shop in the car more often ranges are experienced enough not need a product like thereof first.
This list is a quick and dirty guide to help save people who otherwise might be buying a new car 20,000 on credit because they do not know which used cars are reliable .

Store well, and you can reach the Top 10 of us who make fun of the other 90 Americans who are impoverished daily with choices of tragic vehicles.
Forum discussion on MMM efficient used cars for families.
Another where people are wondering if 3 children in bulky car seats is on the back of various vehicles aka 3 of the seats.
Thank you for the great message that I bought a 2001 truck in 2008 and thought I was awesomely frugal I wised up last year and realized I could live without a truck, despite being in northern WI, so I sold that and bought a Subaru Outback car with 105k miles on it miles AWD is a must, I'm on call and can not wait until the roads are plowed so I can get to this emergency C-section the Subaru treated the snow sinks and the milage is enjoyed on the minibus My truck will be next to go, but he is 7 years and works well, so I'm in no hurry, but I will come back and look through your list when it is time to reduce the size of the vehicle.
Do you use snow tires in winter makes all the difference for us, even with AWD.
Once you own a car payment is made if funded I see no reason to get rid of any vehicle, even if a person is not driving much if it is parked and out of time, take out insurance must assume sole responsibility in any case on an old vehicle if necessary to let the labels then expire if you see a family holiday to come or a major project on the horizon and need the towing capacity of the roll outside, wash and get new legal and MPG doesn t always justifies an exchange of vehicle has listened to the people I know justify a new car purchase on an improvement of 6 fuel economy mpg Just drive less on week -end Or eat less.

James I'm not directing this at you just heard someone talking recently about an upgrade of the vehicle b c of fuel economy.
For a guy who did not own a car, I love to read about them and believe me informed.
That said, good writing and on-site with your recommendations, I'm a little surprised Forester my wife do list, it's a little thirsty you mention, we get around 24mpg and I measure every drop that goes into tank Every penny we spend on it too.
For us here in the wilds of NH with snowy and hilly roads, and its main safety ratings, fuel worth the trouble.

It is 2007, we purchased new and now has 75k miles Not a problem specification, with the exception of OE tires were good for only 20k miles We will possess as far as the eye can see, or until we give to our daughter and spend the country.
But, but oops, that art another of these anecdotal stories you should ignore.
The best advice is to learn to live with a car would have the proverbial nickel for every time someone told me it can t be done, we did it, even with a young driver takes a little planning, but the economy brand that highly paid planning.
Of course, in the end more time, I'm cheating by owning my beloved Triumph Scrambler More fun than the need and the best money I spend Actually, I'm not out of the out of hibernation around Drop Dead Gorgeous these parts these days.
In bed you will find a cool video link value of your time to the soundtrack, even if you don t care about bikes that I'm listening to as I type.
We made a car life for years but I agreed to buy a used car from a friend this weekend to use as a second car Its a 1800 Chevy Malibu Why we managed to work out our schedules work and the school run by a car, but occasionally one of us need to be taxi service and Kiddo the other spouse must be involved in something at work or answer a call help extended family 100 miles along our parents aren t getting any younger.

I always recommend the only way of life of the car at one point we drive very well worn and CR-V almost 285K miles reliable and nice to have a second car for breach ever CR-V that he didnt throughout this time for nine we will also have a young driver in a few years and it will be nice not to be stuck at home if our teenager on a date and something happens.
Ultimately, we could sell the Bu once I have one of our two cooling VWs with restored antique look our teenage may have, I can use them to transport emergency good thing is the great a VW Transporter; Yeah, horrible joke.
Surprised that Suzuki SX4 is recommended to We bought it in 2008 new ouch, then in 2010 moves to a new Honda Freed ouch another seven-seater minivan almost Thus, Honda, being quite far greater, we gave a better city mileage not sure of absolute numbers, just as our gas monthly bill decreased significantly.
PS proud to say we wised up since and we are now a family car less Enjoying our walks and economies.
Wow, that Honda Freed is a really well I had to look the vehicle.

A minivan 7-8 passengers with a 1 5-liter engine and a chassis based on the Honda Fit It's the kind of mentality we need for people-hauling here in the United States.
My van construction is a Honda Odyssey 1999 with a 3 V6 5L 210 horses is mastered RIDICULOUSLY the thing accelerates like a rocket, which is totally unnecessary in a massive cargo vehicle Once I overloaded with 2800 books landscaping stone and it flexes almost on the curb weight, I could barely even tell that I was carrying a lot of things that I drove well through the city, we are so spoiled with our expectations for power in this country, and we pay heavily to the gas pump.
Think that is under control, so you can imagine the new Toyota Sienna V6 gets 266hp.
Even with the weight of all metal and plastic, has a 0 to 60 about 7 5 seconds, about the same as the mid 70,911.
Don t see the point of 0-60 in under-10s, except in a sports car 1-2-3 My change in my grocery getter is a little slow bc it is oriented just occasionally, I people on my rear bumper bc they expect me down this red light to red light which is when the next light changes to red.
Oh, I see now that our Honda Freed was actually a Honda Fit with another body No wonder he gave a great gas mileage or should I say kilometrage.

I have a problem with the cars being 10 years and I used to be a firefighter and have been to many car accidents in my career A stuck something more typical road head on crash between 2 VW Golf a 11 years old, a 2 year old cars collide with 50 offset in before going about 60 pm.
The guy in 2 years Golf was walking around nothing but a very small shock syndrome, the guy in the gold of 11 years died.
The old car has never been in an accident, but simply the age caused rust inside the framework and all supporting parts as the hinges of the driver's door simply popped out just ripped the no post air bags, no extra stability so easy lowest safety standards.
Now this accident happened in Europe, North America, with large trucks on the road, an old vehicle is a deathtrap.
Of course, in your theory, you drive so less, so less likely to get into an accident, but still something to consider.

Also airbags are considered dangerous after 8 years, they will explode in your face, which causes severe burns to the skin of the face when deployed in an old vehicle.
As your blog, read all the time, with Chris grain of salt.
You are right I won t argue that certainly cars become safer every year with money being no object, it may be wise to drive new cars just for that reason.
But I still suggest the cheapest cars for those who are still not financially independent Otherwise, you probably lock in decades unnecessary travel, care-forth day, and other things of conduct that is the byproduct being forced to work a dual career for a source of income.
And really training courses for advanced drivers, not using the cell phone There are several ways to increase your safety even more than driving a luxury car might as well make them FIRST, as they allow you continue to solve your financial problems.

Do you have specific statistics for this airbag application I would be very interested, lead us in general are new cars that less than 5 years for most driving or very over 30 years vintage easy to maintain, but not many miles put on them, but in an effort to be more responsible, we currently have a truck that is 10 years old put squarely in the new technology, but widely used.
In Germany, where I come from cars that are more than 10 years and don t have replaced airbags, won t pass the safety inspection by law and therefore be banned from the road I could not find the technical inspection page on the fly, but my parents old model Golf 10 years 4 could go to the dump because of airbag laws and exhaust not worth replacing 8 airbags at a cost of 500 a piece more manpower and adding a particular filter 900 to a car that is not worth 2500 euros, I'll try to find tangible evidence in English if possible Chris.
Thank you, what really bugs about it is the exchange of security for disposability Airbags make us much safer course, but make all the disposable vehicle because of expired air bags, it is like the prius which honestly I think is a terrible car Mustachian United Nations when the batteries are 7 years after purchase of the car is basically scrap and where do the batteries and the rest of the car they are going to put discard this waste of resources.
Expiry Date Google airbag provides many links to the problem.
The Prius is a total car not mustachian in my opinion, it is only effective stop fuel and go traffic, the traffic you want anyway foot or long distance bike you use gas and batteries are the small car as heavy as a truck plus they have a potential to explode when in an accident why the Chevy Volt is not approved in Europe or wasn t until recently, either.
While driving Diesel I do not know why the VW diesel rates so terrible in statistical They evaluate large in Europe Chris.

Our time personal anecdote Priuses 05 and 10 get 45 and 48 mpg, respectively, in mixed driving; on long journeys, the 10 gets 50 MPG We only charge 05 t take on long trips because its mileage is slightly lower.
I have never found that my car is better in stop-and-go traffic on the road, with cruise control probably because I hypermile t effectively Maybe.
My impression of regenerative braking is that it makes your car less inefficient than a pure gas car Not that he does all the braking time good.
I do not know where some of you get your information about the Prius It's true that he gets better mileage in stop and go traffic mainly due to the impressive regenerative braking and slow that it doesn t, but it still gets over 45 MPGs on the highway in addition, it does not explode in an accident; This rumor of her that is completely unproven In addition, the hybrid battery is warranteed for at least 10 years 100k miles, or more if purchased in California If it happens to die so you can replace it for 2500 You do not have to scrap any vehicle.

No way Prius batteries last longer than the only guarantee of 10 years for California Prii and 8 years elsewhere and replacement costs vary depending on who you do 3000 is what I read from a dealer just to negotiate a sale price more low to accommodate what I believe the good prius enough to be a vehicle of 20 to 30 years instead of 7 years a.
I personally would only replace cells Ni-mh themselves rather than any battery or have one of the independent shops that remanufacture batteries do for me the real value of the cells is quite minimal, as it is only 1 4kWh battery capacity equal to about 35 cordless drill batteries.
As for the Prius is only effective in stop-and-go traffic is totally false Did you even tested a They are fantastic, and they go all day on the road more than 50mpg -as you aren t crazy over of 120 km h 75mph.
The car weighs only 2900 pounds, has a small engine cylinder Atkinson cycle, comes with low rolling resistance tires, and is one of the most aerodynamic cars in production mean that these things will kick ass almost anything on the road of a similar size course, diesel engines can beat the Prius, but if the Prius was equipped with a diesel engine, it would again start beating Volkswagens.
In the US, diesel is not quite as exciting as Canada Europe, because our price per gallon is about 20 higher than the gasoline it erases much of the savings of more MPG.

I have a friend who has just replaced 3 cells in his wife Prius battery 30 a room and 4 hours of work piece of cake and save on 3000 vs have a dealer do it.
And you're right about them being MMM super efficient on the highway too We took friends Prius New Mexico for one last race 80 mph winter with studded tires and still got 44mpg for travel They rock it gets 50mpg in summer with low rolling resistance tires and a more sensitive behavior.
Roomy as hell so I m 6 2 and it is one of the most spacious cars I fitted in.
Chris G seems to be a few of us with the same name.

Diesels are popular here in Europe the diesel cost is 10 less than gasoline, more mpg, and cost of service as mechanically simpler However, the prices of original cars are higher, say 5 7 Then, when you actually do the math, you need to drive about 10,000 miles a year just to break even in other words, they are probably more popular here in Europe than they should be.
Chris, no need to empty the Golf There is no law.
Mercedes began to equip cars with airbags to BMW in 1980 followed soon after with their 7 never Merc or Bimmer failed TÜV due to the age of airbags When the car failed technical inspections due airbags, while there was a fault or bad contacts or infunctional control box.
You could drive on the wrong track by these two facts one you need special training, certified to be allowed to work with right airbags explosive 2 When first airbags made in cars, manufacturers have recommended replace after ten years, no one knew how they age Meanwhile, a lot of tests to be done, with obvious results as long as no fault code are displayed, airbags work as expected No Mercedes need to worry recently bought a used 80 S-class W126 high mileage and crash tested all crumple zones, seat belt tensioners and airbags worked as Mercedes was officially abandoned alternative advice airbags.
What is true, however, is that all the airbag-related fault codes or warning lights make the car the failure of the German technical inspection but it will be an engine or codes related to the exhaust.

Keep everything in working order, carry out maintenance, rust-proof car the most common products in the classic car scene are Fluid Film or Film Mike Sanders liquid must be updated every two years, Mike Sanders lasts long, but it is more embarrassing then apply your parents should be able to drive that golf until eternity and back and yes, I highly recommend to ignore the market value completely, at least to assess whether making a costly repair or dumping the car and get something else All that matters is the cost per kilometer and then, keeping your old car in good shape almost always wins.
It's pretty sad, forcing people to trash thousands of cars perfectly for their own safety regulations of the government security is good in a sense because it can force changes to the design of the car and we all pay only a small premium for safety But when you eliminate more than 50 useful life of a car because of something as trivial as I would airbags that goes too far and some people say I do 'm not quite libertarian.
It really seems a better safety regulation would be to require the airbags themselves to be replaced, not the entire car.
As I said, the airbag should function properly, which is defined as no warning related to airbag lights or airbag fault codes age is irrelevant.

If your car German technical control, you receive a list of defects and get 4 weeks for repair then your car get inspected a second time at a discount, about 8 vs. app 75 normal rate and if the mentioned defects are repaired car is approved, I can not find anything wrong with that.
Here in Germany, you must not replace the airbags in a vehicle if it is over 10 years for the TÜV technical inspection and this inspection is much stricter than the British MOT or most US laws Only airbags deployed must be replaced, of course.
Some manufacturers recommend changing the airbags after 10 or 15 years, but it does not affect the inspection.
The list of cars is not practical for German readers of Asian cars are not as common and prices of spare parts are almost always higher than usual, even with high reliability the total cost of ownership will probably be high because you can choose models of the Volkswagen-range VW, Skoda, Seat, old Audis with the same reliability and much lower costs for spareparts here in Germany.
Chris can you direct me to the blogs in German or websites that you know on topics Mustachian Sorry for the off topic answer and thank you.
Work to replace the airbags should be very small, I had the airbags on my VW Cabrio Mk III and it amounted to two allen bolt head and a wire.

I do not worry about the big trucks all smaller than a Ford F-350 will succeed very badly in a wreck with a large truck saw a door 2500 Dodge four on the weather channel recently was rearended by a big truck Bent in the middle so that the truck was almost half the original length.
Your best bet is to stay away from large trucks An airbag you won t sure in this accident.
Funny how we have security laws which are comprehensive in the United States in some respects, but totally do not deal greater security in Europe big trucks trucks with low bumpers and bumpers under the trailer and to avoid small cars to drive on.
Great article, I consulted Consumer Reports in the past, but I had never heard of Lemon-Aid.
I'm talking to my wife in the business of our SUV to buy a Scion Xb The only gas savings would pay for a newer model, I also like the Hyundai Elantra Touring if you can not find older models yet Nice mpg and a spacious interior.

There is a much more important factor that the manufacturer and model maintenance.
A neglected Toyota or Mercedes brake down thereafter, but a Chevrolet Daewoo well maintained crappy can last forever.
Make, model, age and mileage are not relevant maintenance history and good mechanical shape aren t Unfortunately, it's not so obvious that the above make and model When you are buying a used car and you're not in old cars always bring along an expert nerd car is easy to find on the Internet, just open a thread in a forum dedicated to the manufacturer or model town car Nerd be ready to help in exchange for a case of beer or a pizza or local currency eqivalent This greatly reduces the risk of buying a lemon in addition, you can learn something.
I say this because I am very good service my vehicles Some of my family members and peers try to imitate this and buy the same brand and model at one point when some of them have problems they get really confused Why do I need good luck with these cars his bad luck if its on the treatment of the car well, using quality spare parts and fluids, and do not let the problems go so long that they begin to contribute to other problems.
An example would be to let the bad shocks are so long that the suspension bushes are prematurely worn or cracks turn shock start I bought this car when I was young when I started putting struts over my mechanic friend who teaches me something every time I hung with him told me not to worry about serious cracks and the value of the car being so low and so many other problems, it is best to cut my losses and start over with something else that the car had around 100K very hard, very neglected miles on the odometer Compare that to my other cars, which lasted roughly 300K miles and never had problems like bc they are not trained hard and fast and hard not neglected Note are different things hard means keep out of this means that the potholes slow down for speed bumps that means accelerate doucemen t and then gently brake Save the wear for the rare occasion that you need to drive hard to be safe and avoid an accident.

Back to my peers, they are almost universally door slammers These are people who simply ignore the vehicle and just come in, slam the door, turn the key and tap the pedal GO They could lead until he falls ignoring the strange hammering noise from the engine or the transmission that it won t change 3rd-4th occasionally until they rev of death than the rusty stain No matter until a piece of the body or chassis falls if they had addressed when he was a rusty chip in the paint, it could have been repaired for 59 cents is expensive to Slammer door often paying for costly repairs and sales when they give their old car at the dealership on trade bc they won t make a private sale.
And almost universally they do not want to learn anything about their car until it costs more than they can they afford to pay this month they either pony money, walk or go get a car loan most opt ​​for the latter option, I am amazed at how much information is available on the Internet, even in the early days and spent several evenings reading the forums rather than watching that Info TV is still there and it is multiplied a thousand times easy Image by image procedures which beat everything repair manuals ever offered buy a quality tool or two when your car needs a repair in time you will have all you need to do a repair for free only with your time invested It took a lot of time, but since I love working on cars love working on a machine I atelie r garage and restoring old cars, I can do everything now and my investment in tools was less a used car When I wear a cheap tool bc I used it so much, I usually replaced with a tool Think quality craftsman G ood enough for home garage and frequent use Yes there are Snap-on tools, but I don t use my tools all day every day.
In addition, there is a good backup plan should I find myself ever buying unemployed or underemployed, fix and return the used cars or antique cars when I am a simple guy 20 something which m ' kept out of trouble and helped me to drive something free buy that needed TLC, fix it, drive it for six months, sell it after buying something else I buy cars for nothing who needed a big cleaning and $ 15 repair time to time the last time I did that I am a free pick-up S-10 go to breakage because the mechanic told the boy the engine was ruined there was a door slammer and never, ever changed the oil apparently, I pull the seat, pulled a trash can argue all food packaging yuck out and literally sprayed the inside of the seat had scraped the air this great engine Gash had low oil pressure bc it was so dirty I changed the oil twice in 4 days and drove a few hundred miles sold to my friend in the first week and it kept changing an oil tanker put decent oil filters on it about four years later, he is still the driving smoothly and the truck looks good on the outside and a big inside even ac cold oil pressure problem left as the engine itself gradually flushed every oil change Avoid IMHO engine flushing solvent, he is happy and I am happy Fortunately spent money on the needs of unexpected bills from my family.
Another good example is my daily driver The power mirrors and door locks have failed in the driver's door A man detailed with pictures and part numbers to repair wiring that crosses the doorpost for about 10 Seems the manufacturer didn t quite get the right design and son break right at the nylon terminal This boy has found the right parts of Newark Digikey or electronics repair cheaply Take everything apart, cut a fraction of son inch shorter, put new terminals on the ends, and slide them back into the nylon block good for another.
175,000 miles I think highly of my old CR-V, but I doubt he'll still ride with 450,000 miles on it so that the jambs Door son should be good forever.
I'm curious what people with more children are in car seats We have a Ford Fusion which is quite large and could easily accommodate three adults in the back until you add the car seats, making it impossible to fit more then my 4 and 2 year there it seems that it would be impossible to have 3 children there until they are all out of car seats, which is up 'to at last 4 or 5 herein.

Hey Wes see link at bottom of this article 3 seats through it can easily be done in the worst case, you just child seats designed for this purpose.
Depends on the child and the carseat My neighbors found a very narrow booster seat that allows you to mount so-called 3 seats in the back of a car.
We will test this year with a baby seat in the middle and two boosters on the side we carpool to school or we only need 2 seats.
But my neighbors have an SUV and a minivan They have 3 children, all in carseats for at least two years older minivan is for travel, and has the advantage of taking 4 kids, including my own at the occasion.
When I started transporting daycare children, I found the Radian line carseats by Sunshine Kids They are expensive, but they are super strong steel chassis, heavy as hell and they claim to be able to hold three through in most any vehicle, I know I would not t be able to do three through my 2000 Sienna without them in research I saw that there is also an expensive baby carrier that is closer than most cadillac carseats out there making it easier to mount three through what it is doable without a doubt with a little research and planning on the type of carseat you will use My daughter 5 years old and still in a 5-point harness with how the radian 80 will hold until well 80 pounds because it has little to no hope of getting too big for her first 5 points are only more secure, the most recent CA carseat law depends on the height or until 8.

Look European car seats They have smaller cars, babies need and car seats.
Please help convince my wife that she no longer needs its 16 MPG Ford Explorer, even if we have a baby.
On a different note, I'm always intrigued by people who have only one car, makes me think of the possibilities.
Chris I've seen friends buy large vehicles once they have children It is almost like they have a nursery checklist of shopping, changing table, minivan SUV.
My wife and I have a 2 years almost, and I think we need to at least replace the Beetle now I thought in it now had enough of having only two doors and having to contort his way by placing our son in his seat, but did not Our big car is my Golf 4 door, and it was far big enough to get us through multi-day road trips, we were eyeing a wagon, but now think we can get by one of these tailgates with a roof rack for long trips.
Thank you Kevin I think having a baby is a little like getting married, there seems to be a list of buying things because I am convinced that we can easily install a baby seat and the baby in my prius, but my wife proves to be a worthy opponent.

Of course, you can put the kids in a Prius My friends have two small children, and they regularly use the Prius in 2005 for the whole family throughout the continent to visit relatives is a huge car good safety rating Freakin as well.
As soon as the baby came 2 we started to hear the family asking if we bought a larger vehicle Now the oldest is learning to drive that vehicle that brought him back from the hospital Its still our daily driver.
I Mazda 3 10 3 5 Son with the tailgate, so I like to call three and a half percent.
2 5L i4 provides enough power to get up to speed on the highway, and I am constantly amazed at how much space it has I have two small children that fit in the back without a problem Her Squished bit if you try to add another adult there, but I took quite feasible on long road trips, and he basically incorporates everything our family needs if I need the additional cargo space, the seats fold flat 70 30 split; something you will not get with modern hybrid I make an average of May 24 hwy MPG city said playback on my dashboard I could probably do a little better if I had not been a walk if p lead .
The sporty and fun, and incredibly convenient and comfortable.
I used to have a 95 Jetta so like golf they had the same owners repair manual, and I the same opinion of them Wonderfully comfortable, sporty and practical.

Why diesels Volkswagen Dissing I hear many good things about them.
I wonder the same thing and the Jetta TDI wagon seems spacious and gets great gas mileage from what I read.
I Sportwagen TDI 2010 I love the car no mechanical problems whatsoever the only drawback is the Bluetooth hands-free microphone is not so great.
As for mileage, I get about 38 handset if my foot is heavy If I am not aware about it, I can average low-40s no problem 42 for the sake of argument I averaged below 50 years of journey several times to work and just go 60-65 instead of 65-70.
As for the regular unleaded vs. cost, assuming that the price differential 20 were true, I should average at least 80 mileage TDI equilibrium This means that the gas vehicle should get at least 30 mpg and 34 with a heavy and conscious foot driving, respectively This is a challenge to fill for any vehicle that has the same performance level the exact same sportwagen with the smallest petrol engine has a combined 23 mpg with 30 road this leads me to believe that all things being equal, diesel offers better performance with better fuel economy.

As for the price differential 20, this is not always true Both prices vary Use buddy gas, I found a local Chevron offers both diesel and regular Regular rates 4 37 diesel prices the difference April 45 January 83 This is anecdotal, but in general, I met a difference of less than 20 in Southern California.
Finally, check the diesel and make your own conclusion.
This is our next vehicle newish Thanks for the encouragement We always like what we see out there.
And VW GTI is widely considered one of the best small hatches ever designed So what's the VeeDub hatred.
Do you have three Volkswageners actually read the entire article, I'm not dissing Volkwagens In fact, I love their implementation page, style and handling.
But the statistics say they are among the least reliable cars available in North America It doesn t matter what you've heard about them, what matters is the statistics reported by millions of homeowners.

So you can always buy one, as long as you acknowledge that you take an emotional decision rather than practice trying to bet against the odds Even I have considered a diesel Jetta wagon in the past If diesel weren t 20 more than gasoline in the United States, and once I get a good enough car mechanic to fix all the parts of a car, instead of a few, I might even have a date.
VW Nut here Most negative information Consumer Reports was caused by two problems.
1 VW was one of the first car companies to move exclusively to the coil pack ignition systems on all of their petrol cars while passing one of the OEM suppliers produced hundreds of thousands of bad packets the problem was not been realized until several model years later, the high mileage cars started getting suspicious cars failures would simply stop running in the middle of the road VW North America has treated the problem INCREDIBLY Because they had so little to replace the dealers would only replace a bad coil pack but there was a package for each cylinder Then they turned a car with three imminent failures back to the owner and refused to replace the three other Needless to say, the owners weren t happy with the tow back to us when it comes to the new approach.
Almost all of these bad parts have been sorted by now, and if you buy one, they are now quite cheap and easy to pop None of the TDI diesel cars were affected by this.
VW uses timing belts in all These engines require replacement and it is not cheap because the interval for most cars is 80,000 miles original owners were weighing on the cost to CR However the current eruption timing chain rupture of a much larger problem on Nissans 3 5l V6 seems to have been not noticed because it tends to occur in 115k to 150k If you're like me, you still expect years of life this milage.

Do not know what the VW dealer gets for repair but the Honda dealer price me a replacement for the timing belt.
375 and that is all 80K 80K 12K miles per year almost once every 7 years No business could pay less independent mechanic.
I made the timing belt on my Hondas and VWs and my waist is about 50 and the job is a lousy to do, but I get it done in a few hours in the driveway Replace some things around the timing belt every twice Honda which is the water pump and the V-belts Perhaps the idler this didn t be noisy until 160K miles.
Honda dealers online at the water pump prices to about 65 my Honda 215K It lasted the first time can t remember if my VW MKIII if the timing belt had come off to replace the water pump.

Figure out where the good online dealers are on the web You can buy OEM dealer parts for almost the same price as auto parts aftermarket discount if you are lucky and a looker attention and VW parts are cheap in other countries, the brand can be an expensive here, but parts of South America or Europe can be very cheap, you should know what you want to compare bca USA Passat references is not necessarily the same as the rest Passat world leading VWS sold elsewhere are generally nicer and more athletic than we get here IMHO.
My MKIII was supposed to be one of the worst offenders VW and had many failures, but none was expensive and left me on the side of the road An ignition switch was 12 NAPA, I ' I replaced several times a weak point bc they run too SAP through a small plastic switch that is warm, soft and deformed over time the thermostat housing is made of plastic rather than aluminum Under 20 No big seals Superseded clutch cable bushings much Shifter oxygen sensors, etc.
In fact, I did that and a quick search on the net said that the issue of unreliable VW is not so much a problem after just such.
Note the small graphic especially for a range of repairs, the Toyota Corolla seems to be in the same league as the VW and Toyota is believed to be particularly reliable It is outside of the recent scandal brake.
It's just an article, but there is much more personally, I would rather look at a range of sources before making an informed decision that is in emotional trouble you characterize.
Another happy driver VW TDI Here we have a 2006 Jetta, and we love it, but I can see how it would be downgraded by Consumer Reports, at least initially, TDIs are not cheap cars to start, we can not get the oil changed anywhere, but a VW dealer in fact, we can not even buy the oil, if we wanted to change ourselves, in every place, but the dealer VW a simple oil change for us costs 100 at the same time, we get our oil changed every 10k miles instead of 3k electrical problems are very expensive to repair, and some can not find we have a little problem with our car radio we think it is related to another wiring problem that sometimes causes an airbag defect when we have a laptop bag in the front seat, or something else heavy, but not quite heavy enough to engage the passenger air bag and go a bump, it causes an airbag fault it seems related to our stereo problem, but neither is important enough for us to spend the dollars to get it fixed the engine must last us forever What is the point of getting a diesel, but who knows if the rest of the car will delay We run the B99 biodiesel is nice because price fluctuations are much less than the petroleum products we had to pay 4 gallons a long time now, but since the regular diesel rose to more 4 gallon, we are saving money under bio-d will supposedly lower our MPGs about 5 we still get an average of over 40mpg combined we have a non-diesel VW Their average MPGs only gift t cut it for us, I also want to emphasize that for us, the choice of a diesel, and choosing to perform B99 because they are both very much the choice was more political person nelle it was a financial decision we also pay more for our electricity gaurantee it comes from renewable sources We love our car, but that doesn t make it perfect, or even the right choice for others.

And as a side note, the United States, there is no such thing as a 2007 model diesel VW 2007 was the first year that the United States had the most recent diesel regulations in place and VW n ' has not been able to meet these requirements with their 2007 model year We made the mistake of buying our TDI was 2007 when there was a shortage of TDIs to Because it doesn t surprise me that 2008 2009 diesel models are not on the recommended list because diesel technology was new, and perhaps hastily added incorrectly tested so as not to miss another year of model diesel in the United States.
There is a switch under the passenger seat that detects if someone is sitting there and deploy the airbag if a child is sitting there, I do not think it's supposed to deploy your laptop is bouncing on the seat and confusing the computer that the computer interprets as a defect therefore, turn your laptop into the ground or back seat floor would be better anyway because a person can enter your computer to a stoplight Smash and grab.
The oil can be ordered at most auto parts stores Find a NAPA Look also GermanAutoParts or BusDepot see VW Vortex Google is a forum where you can find people to coach you on your not so unusual VW Your dealer make choices making them the most profit.
Buy oil and a good Wix filter and learn to do it yourself for a fraction of 100 I believe me check what Rotella oil is compatible with your engine, I see all the time at all auto parts stores I n and Kmart and Wal-Mart shopping we don not have a target.
My significant other and I'm carpooling in a Jetta TDI 2006 for 6 years, 130K miles, and it has been very reliable and gets about 40mpg average on long journeys of a tank can of 45mpg average.

The questions he had the dual mass flywheel is replaced, it is a problem with this particular model My boyfriend is he did himself very convenient for only the cost of parts.
The timing belt must be changed every 80k miles, again boyfriend bought the fancy tools, he replaced himself for the cost of parts and specialized tools timing replacement belts can cost 3k at the dealer.
interior upholstery shows the rear wear near the rear window, the seam has come slightly loose from fake leather seats has cracks in the driver's seat.
As for oil changes every 10k miles, it is far cheaper to do it yourself and you can be sure it is done right first imagine that if a trainee at the dealership has placed engine oil to gasoline in your diesel car and let you drive off.
The brake pads will now have their first replacement.
Also, if you fold all the seats flat, you can fit 10ft boards in the car or bikes in the back The sportwagen wasn t available when the car was bought, but I image is very sportwagen useful for transport.

They're prone to large power hellaciously mechanical failures in particular, and more hellaciously expensive to fix design and great fun to drive, but low marks in the reliability category, and they age does well to everything I really would recommend that anyone who has money to burn when something goes wrong.
So you Amanda VW law are fun to drive but very expensive to repair this why I got rid of my A muffler and exhaust pipe on the cost vw 220 and my 90 Toyota.
Have you purchased this silent at the dealership I replaced my VW exhaust with parts from NAPA much cheaper than the price the dealer.
Good article There's nothing I hate more than when people use their own personal experiences to disprove statistics.
Excellent article that the prices listed here a little high for me I for one would love a title track best cars you can get for 5000 Since buying car is a very rare occasion I don t follow with complete information Another monitoring suggestion when paying for expensive repair and when to get another car, I fear that I am bumped into that one soon and I'm never really sure where the tipping point should be.
It's perfect timing just got my annual bonus and I'll pick up an expensive hatchback with being addicted to reading through all the articles on this site and sell my dear sedan that burns just miles watched Focus, and happy to get a direction away from the pre-05 years with the recommendations interesting note on the car, I'm really looking for a little self-supported compact can I park in front of my driveway and leave my children basketball hit several times and don t sweat taking a dirt road in the only thing I am not looking forward to the experience is the purchase sale on craigslist I do not know how I'm going to let a stranger test drive my 15k car.

I just roll with the strangers when they test drive a car, I'm selling it is not too big problem, and if you pre-screen buyers by making a very detailed announcement and only invite more non flakey people, you usually sell to the first person that drives anyway.
After all, they should already know they love this car model, and therefore they evaluate the defects rather than the intrinsic properties of the car model you sell potential buyers who aren not even that far in their car purchases should be returned to the local used car dealer for kicking tire.
Ahh, this is perfect Actually I should probably head to my share of local used car for my tire kicking All I'm seeing is around 100k mile mark, my emotional reaction was very afraid what I be reasonable I'm not afraid of the maintenance and repair But I have a job requiring about 16 miles in a friendly non-bike path that can be a problem if I can not do it with a breakdown side road is the answer just to be super on top of routine maintenance and car What is the max mileage I should be willing to accept.
This is exactly how you do during a service very seriously most things won t break suddenly, but you give notice, you can replace them before the catastrophic failure occurs.

If the repairs take longer, rent a car for a day or two, which is still much less than the depreciation of a new car Many mechanics lend you a car for the duration of the repairs, sometimes free, often less expensive than a rental company.
Join a motorist combination I can not speak for the United States, but here in Germany, ADAC, for example, will tow the cars of members mechanic closest, if you have more costly, the membership, they even tow your mechanic of choice, even if it's 600 km away and you get a rental car up to a week at no extra charge you can also buy similar services for your car insurance to my company ' insurance, I paid for 8 years for this, but it's big discount for staff of the civil service and the armed forces.
You see, even if your car breaks down it will not be the end of the world, perhaps it is a bit annoying, but it is quite manageable.
I service my car on the schedule in the owner's manual will serve this means a timing belt 60K instead of 80K This means that my oil changes occur 5km vs 7500 miles I use a filter that is the Wix Just as gold NAPA here cheaply and even as an OEM filter Honda last I checked.

If the oil becomes dark early I change it almost never happens, but S-10 truck I bought was so dirty that oil changes were flushing the engine time relievers stopped exploit slowed and the oil pressure gauge was not flirting with zero.
Buy a quality oil and stick with a brand that I use Mobil 1 synthetic and mineral oils previously HAVOLINE.
I just let the only lead and hopefully they'll steal the problem solved.
Most of my cars eventually leave my house attached to a tractor trailer, it is rarely a problem we tend to marry cars here.
Haha, that art like my parents, I remember learning to drive in the car that I can not remember buying them, it was so long and it's not like it was a great car Chrysler Horizon Hatchback But it rolled on the odometer, which must say something.

Looking to get into the habit myself, but it must expunge me from this sedan almost first luxury.
I do the same thing I figure, if someone wants to steal, I am sure, and it is not worth a life to protect a car.
My man and I share in 2000 ford focus, approaching 150,000 miles I swear this thing is immortal, we have taken on road trips cross country, and to and from pittsburgh and new york dozens of times, and just keeps on ticking help we have a great mechanic and stay on maintenance doesn t get the most impressive gas mileage but it is not bad, either if we don t take road trips, we have generally only gas once or twice a month.
When and if this car dies, however, I want scion my boyfriend one and I think it is perfect for a low visibility, but not too, and a good combination of cargo space and comfort, it feels a bit like driving tank or something a child, I love it.

The Scion xB gets better mileage than the original updated version and a small blind spot.
My sister almost got the update but a question of the blind spot was his not care.
I was really hoping to see the Bugatti Veyron on the list.
Well, I guess I finally have a reason not to buy one.
First, you say the key to finding a reliable car is to throw all the anecdotal personal stories you might have heard, and seek to a source that actually gathers thousands of people data so I like this car it's snappy and practical high wagon with a highway rating 37MPG consumer report calls loudly engine drones and bad runs, but I do not know what they smoke.

Which is it thousands of data or anecdotal story from you.
Haha good point you should ignore the two reports of consumption and Mr. Mustache money on this, because it speaks of a nitpicky detail.
The important part is that the car takes a lot of people and things, and is one of the most reliable on the market You can then read the car's specifications for the acceleration figures and the interior noise level in dBA and compare with other cars.
My point is that criticism that consumer reports is very Consumery and they lose time talking shit unimportant as the acceleration time and cupholders all cars available in the United States since the mid-90s were ridiculously fast and luxurious plenty for our needs when people care about borderline cases such as how fast the car goes when it is full of people, which mounts a high altitude steep hill, I feel like dishing out a few punches face what percentage of the time you do that exact activity you buy a car that excels what you do 95 time, not what you do 5 times.
Pay attention to the interior noise level is the most tiring aspect of our daily driver pretty quiet around town, but quite noisy at 70 mph bc it is oriented more low noise over time bc the suspension bushings and brackets powertrain are 16 cold is also growing old and leave in the wind noise.
These thousands of data includes door slammers data that know nothing of their cars, or how to care for themselves.

Search inquiries whose cars were the most reliable after ten years JD Powers was one that I saw boasted Buick: Century 3 1 liter V-6 in the last few years, I'm not a big fan of JD Powers bc I fear they are not an advertising mechanism than anything else.
I drive a Honda Civic, and absolutely love Fuel economy was great, they're cheap to buy used, and they are super reliable.
Anecdotal alert I was driving a 2003 Honda Accord since 2004 and he HASN t yield any significant problem just routine maintenance and a small electrical problem that was easy cabling solution cheap by the mechanic that I 'I put 125k miles on it and drove it two midway and all the way across the country several times it gets 20 city gas OK mid-high, depending on the situation, so of course I would have a Fit Yaris everything I ride t in it, it is not much of a problem for me.
My main consideration is whether I want to just drop off the car, the time that I use public transportation or bike to work, but I could make a career change next year, which could include a move anywhere in the country or in the world Should I keep my most, paid and well maintained car buffet against this uncertainty.

This is a happy story, Dude keep the car depends on how rich you are and how much your insurance if you have a debt, of course the car should go if the insurance is more than 400 years, think about the amount you drive and how much it costs you per mile per month Remember, it is very easy to pick up a used car wherever you need in the future, so there is no need to keep the money tied up in so you can get to put that money to work elsewhere.
I am 28 and my Stash is about 1 6 where it should be to cover annual insurance expenditure DC metropolitan area 800 years when the renter's insurance is included it is 700 years.
I want to be the FI some time between 35-40, but can never really stop working, so I might be willing to take a pay cut earlier and just be prepared to live less, except least give less.
I've never really been through the car buying process before it bought from my parents about the value of the market, it naturally scares me a bit Is it easy to find a cheap used car reliable.
Yes, I find it quite easy, which is why I write about it so often that I could get a car purchased in one day using only local Craigslist, although you certainly save you 1-2k are willing to watch ads for about a month and expect a good deal.

I think I am older than your readers so our needs are a bit different We travel cross country has much to do states and visiting family and we don t rats mail carpets We have a matrix, but find little small for driving distances and seeking to exchange for an AWD vehicle set higher with greater visibility Emotionally, I like the Honda CRV, but it will take a close look at the Subaru Forester you posted another note, after 4 years, we have never had more than 33 miles per gallon I think the ratings are ideal conditions.
The CRV is also near the top of the list in terms of reliability It is also about the safest vehicle on the crash test market regardless of size.
I like to think of the CRV as the ideal choice for people with money are infinite and that the shuttle only rarely, there is a good vehicle travel on the road, if you need to increase the value of a month of living supplies and travel on non-maintained roads, namely to remotely access and cottages backcountry campsites.
Just doesn t show here because, for some reason CR and gift Edmunds t put it in the small category even though they put the Forrester and the Mazda5 minivan there.
Regarding mileage yes, most people without the usual Mustachian fuel efficent driving techniques tend to get less than the EPA Second readings, most of us who use them tend to be more than I've ever had a tank that can also be read below the EPA figure of the road, even when using a car for city driving is an article about it.
You just made my day, I was regretting my purchase Mazda3 since I started reading your blog Nice to see is the top of the list Certainly mine is a 2008 so I spent a little more for get 12500, ouch, but I pay cash, so that s number obtained for something.

I like your opinion on the Focus Wagon I was eying one of these, but for slightly different reasons yes, yes, yes cost and high mileage, a large interior volume, but that the carriage brings to the party that a typical car doesn t is a perfect long roofline for plunking a 21 long 2 touring seat kayak with roof support bars spaced well apart for a stable beautiful, secure mail without sacrificing the economy of my GF think it would be a car dorky looking over the car VW TDI, but considering the reliability of figures, she'll come around the practical answer in due time.
Yes, the long roofline is indeed ideal to carry things that I also used my mother trolley focus to carry 4 batteries x8 plywood building materials, drywall, etc., and 12 2x4 feet and plumbing pipes, by simply attaching them to the gallery of stock roof.
Thus it replaces most of what you use of a pickup truck.
One option, not on the list because of it not being a small car a particularly intelligent friend of mine decided to drive is a Crown Victoria If you're comfortable doing your own maintenance and repairs, and driving like an old man will stop and start burning gas and brake pads, and excessive no road speed is not kinder everything on the wallet and a former fleet panther that my smart friend picked can be bought cheaply, and maintained almost indefinitely their longstanding popularity as a fleet vehicle, and minimal design changes over the decades-long term production means that there are quantities absolutely huge spare parts available at little scrap costs.
In my case, I just don t own a car, I find that my car all activities required can be covered by rents which, during a year, cost less than what I'd paid for the same responsibility only assurance that I just admire my friend badassity factoring for its optimizations that can fix his own car, and generally only used for important freight races.

Well, it's just going to have an area of ​​our lives that we will never be Mustachian What gets me is how people who advocate buying cheap touts swear they do not think a car said anything about who they are the first to judge how someone should live their lives based on the car they drive.
In fact, I think the conduct of effective car says something about who you are It says you're fancy.
If you think driving an expensive car is an important part of the picture depicting be a good person, you got your whole head screwed upside, courtesy of the machine Sukka Consumer Marketing.
Also note that this article doesn not to mention cheap touts It lists only very recent high-quality cars of model that should be considered as luxury purchases decadent only for people who really can afford a drummer would Chevrolet Caprice, 1979, or 1984 Nissan Pickup I drove for five years.
Oh, I think defintly this kind of car you drive says a lot about you and I think defintly as driving an expensive car is for suckers But I feel like we drive the cheapest car that suites our needs well, our needs, but I and my husband both dogs yes, inedible animals etc. would be miserably uncomfortable, even the largest of the small cars that you rave about Perhaps this is because we are great code people not unreasonably overweight but not Mustachian still be maybe we like the comfort to many, perhaps we love going to places out too beaten path perhaps we love doing carpooling with friends for trips and yes we do that more often miles are spent this way as switches work, I'm sure once we dropped the car seat can be reasoned ably thinking about downsizing, but my parents had a family car that sat eight and they took all our friends wherever he was great when we bought our last car the only thing that was sitting eight or whatever it was more than 5 minivans and huge SUVs.
For the record, I once took my stepdad overweight on a drive in my Yaris and he said he was more comfortable and had more leg room than in my mother very, very, very anti-mustachian BMW SUV.

Small car does not mean small space efficiency is the key, as in anything.
Sorry, but the interior space and exterior size are two different things Interior space depends more on design than anything, and many SUVs are cramped and horrible to drive in I rode in a Yaris very small and a huge VW Toureg and I'll be the first to tell you that I would take the Yaris in a hearbeat Hummers are enormous, but most of them have an interior living space crappy, while G6 or a car biggish Impala, but more efficient than SUVs have a ton of legroom in the Americans tend to do a lot of stupid excuses to buy big, and the thing of the interior space is certainly one of 'between them.
However, I noticed that small cars aren t as small Anymore My in-laws used to visit and be uncomfortable in our small cars they needed more legroom and more space and out of the cars at their age.
But that is not the case over the Civic I drive is the size of a same agreement with the matrix.
Now my parents are very overweight, and we almost couldn t include one of them in the back seat with the carseat in the middle it's darned near impossible to have 3 people in the back seat, if one or two carseats are, unless the third is a thin child or adult.

I get fuel efficient call boxes on wheels, I was driving a Ford Escort car for many years, but you seem to ignore something important laws of physics Almost all the cars that you would recommend weigh less than 3000 pounds you can have as many air bags as you like, but when you get T-boned by a F150 weighs double your econo-box not before adding the weight of the intoxicated state to the truck driver, boxes tools he lugs around, and 300 pounds of sand he keeps in the back of the bed to improve traction in winter, it is not going to be enough there ain t no such thing as free lunch all the world should be aware of the compromise and make their choices accordingly If you drive a lot t, fuel consumption can be largely irrelevant.
Love your blog and you even inspired my own feeble efforts.
If you drive smart, you would t be sitting there thinking the unlikely event that huge F-150 will hit you many accidents could be avoided if more people have paid attention when they leads and weren t taking dangerous moves to get to their destination 30 seconds faster and just to be clear, most of the SUVs and large cars aren t really much safer than smaller safety cars depends mostly on the way the inner area of ​​the car where people are sitting is reinforced and designed crumple zones and reinforced metal can make a small car just as safe as a car bigass the idea that you need to buy big to be safe is just a stupid American excuse to continue driving gas guzzlers I can see the argument for the recent purchase if you can afford the refreshed Security itive improve every year, but not the argument for buying wholesale And if you drive so little gas isn t an issue at all, so why not get rid of the car entirely.
As I said, everyone whould make their own choices based on their location, preferences, and as much data as possible.
If you want an example of data, take a look at the data payment requests here Notice how in almost all vehicle classes over the vehicle over the impact of the insurer having to pay to cover the occupants medical expenses after an accident an increase in security can be useful to the additional expens of more for some people not too serious vehicle; the United States is essentially free country outside the airport.

I don t drive a lot on a daily basis, like most of my trip is the train but I still use my car regularly and my wife she needs when I recently chose a new vehicle fuel consumption n has not been in my top 5 considerations because I do not put a lot of miles on security and other considerations, payload capacity, comfort, etc. were more important others make different choices as always, YMMV.
All comments with these cars and the average cost to make sure I know that some cars can be more expensive to insure, etc. I have to downgrade my car and I admit, but it's time to sell, plus it uses too much gas.
A quick call to an insurance agent will tell you most of what you need to know, but as a rule, practice less expensive cars are cheap to make SUVs tend to be more expensive, and the car ish sport or regular car with a turbo If you have a large family, a van is usually cheaper to insure an SUV'm not sure sure my truck insurance experience depends more on your driving record that the vehicle, so if you have a good clean record, then perhaps not a huge difference but that is just what I have seen and experienced to sell cars.
Nice recommendations, you hit a lot of my favorite cars there Of course, the needs vary, but I think most people could get by with what you offer The thing I like some older models of cars is that they've been around long enough for all reliability data to be able to Google If something goes wrong with my 12 year old daughter Civic I'm not just a few clicks to determine what it is and how to fix it of course, I would t mind a newer car with a hatchback, but it largely does the job for now, and if she does not work for a particular purpose, such as transportation chance of something I have know someone who owns a car that, or I can rent a truck for fairly cheap, I wish more people thought cars terms of what they need absolutely against what they Pourr have done without, instead of buying something huge, because they need it for towing purposes once a year I sold cars for a while and stupidity amazed me.
As the owner of a 2006 Scion xB I endorse this position.
Great article again a post office regarding the high aspect Mustachian a motorcycle or a scooter instead of a car when I was a single man and moved to California in the early nineties my only mode of transport was my bike It Sá 1975 BMW 900cc model which got about 45-50 MPG Not great for a bike, but much better than the cars you mentioned Vee could do very well on the mileage with a smaller engine better than I always thought of Motorcycle maintenance be much easier and cheaper than car maintenance My thought is that if someone is first function for motorized tranportation is to get one or two people around a bike can be a fantastic option, especially in hot, dry climates like the southwest and California Parking is easier, in California you can share path and avoid sitting in traffic, y ou can z even attach a trailer to transport larger loads if needed, I've never built a car side, but I've heard of people using them when the family grows.

How's this for a scooter post written by a reader that is rated MMM a university professor.
I rode all year in all weathers for some years, I gave up bikes when we started having children b c risk.
Note in the years of riding, I destroyed a streetbike never had a ticket that I can on a motorcycle at all times and have had up to 140 MPH.
That said, I had two occasions where people just didn t see me at the normal 45 mph traffic in any position I in danger bc I just slowed down and changed the way that I see they do not see me much time to react.
I did attend a motorcycle wreck in the Smokey Mtns on a great ride with my father, we both were on our motorcycles at the time, I was following a car that was hit the head by a motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve Rider panicked and left turn on the road bc sand made him think his bike slip not fall enough time to recover because of the speed at which they were traveling could have been 25-30 mph on a bike hard tower is a cycling sport and probably be able to tour with the right rider despite little sand on the road it was the runner first grand tour of the city, he had only his license on both or three days her boyfriend told me.

Rider nailed the car, shortened the bike frame 2 -3, flew over the handlebars and bounced off the hood of the car and on the ground, he was white as a ghost and in shock It was only when few people had cell phones my wife and I shared one and I arrived just a signal there in the mtns one of those situations where you hold the top of the phone and scream at it bc laying against your ear would end signal the ambulance took 45 minutes to get there from Maryville, TN.
The people who owned the car allowed him to lay on the back seat of the car, he did not know of anything all the time, he was awake, but never recovered his pallor as he could not communicate what I do not know what happened to him after the ambulance took him away.
I highly recommend the course of security of the rider and make the effort to learn to manage your machine is limited to an empty road does it feel to stop HARD What does it feel like to turn HARD What ressentez- you take off HARD Wear a good helmet too flip flops, shorts and a helmet of a garage sale won t cut it.
I have a 05 Honda Civic I used to have a pickup 86 Toyota, but sold for saving money, and because I can use the Civic as a truck by putting the back seats and disseminating tarpaulins on I Haul wood, furniture, horse manure, firewood, mulch, whatever actually, my goal is not to own anything I can not carry in the Civic in fact, I think I am already there since I was a wooden futon sofa that unlocks carefully and well.
I'm not in the market for a wooden futon Where did you buy your.

We adjust our wood Ikea futon re-disassembled in our Prius I also suitable for large 6 shelves packed flat there, and short 41 fully assembled libraries Ikea's got some problems, of course, but do you carries well.
It was a great article, we always look at Consumer Reports First, both cars are now the Honda Civic and the Toyota Matrix and the last was a Corolla Prizm Civic is less useful because it has not a hatchback, but we figure s good enough that we have a hatchback in the matrix.
When we bought the Civic, we test drove the Elantra also, it was very nice and I must say I am very surprised of its high rating only reason I bought the Civic instead of Elantra is because they retain their value better Normally I wouldn t care because we drive cars in the dirt, but since the Civic replaced the Prizm that was totaled in an accident, I decided to cover my paris .
You gave great advice We have a car door Thule with your recommendation, and we s served on camping trips Everyone says you need a minivan now that you're having a second child and I'm not saying our Thule.
I'm so happy with the fourth child I refused to go as suburbs It was a close call with 3 car seats and booster seats 5 points that requires us to be absolutely Horned shoes in our 2004 driver one of our family trips with 7 hours away, I almost bailed to 75 mph from the need to have a bit of space but we survived and actually made the trip five times last year in all disease family time.
Now I breathe a sigh of relief that I didn trade t for a Suburban when the driver was paid for 5 years and I fill the tank every 2 weeks, I think I have a paying for 9 years 1999 Honda Civic as other car we learned that we hate car payments before having our first child, we shared a car for 14 years, I am pleased my daughters to place vertically feet first through the back of the dinged, well used driver.

I would add to security, a large SUV with carseats improperly installed is not sure Neither is a 300 seats safe car unless you know how your child buckle correctly, I do not think I've seen it trouble with children or children carseats properly installed correctly in the carseat It makes me mad when we were rear ended the officer said I had the most perfectly installed carseats sad he had ever seen.
I think Honda Odyssey van has more room than the driver with a cost and fuel consumption and Vans are a better choice than the SUV if you live in an area with paved roads.
Out of curiosity, I spent a few minutes checking and city driving, it is the only city 1mpg Highway 2mpg At any commercial law for the same year with the same low miles would probably cost me more if I could sell my abused by many children driver for more money also, having been finished back up to 3000 would definitely put a mark against me.
Since my driver is just a baby compared to Honda 64,000 miles standards I think we'll stay shriveled and eventually the children will grow out of carseats and a buttprint diluent in the car, it worked perfectly in some bad snowstorms on our mountain pass and unplowed roads where we live, I do not know how the truck handles that stuff.

PS reduce spending bills not 60 this month thanks.
Its worth to live with what you have gone through the same thing, plus luggage and the family dog ​​We were cramped, but as the children outgrew all the extra safety equipment, the CR-V seemed to grow and develop additional space.
My favorite car is the Internet, I telecommute so my cost of capital is the iPad version 1 I was gifted, and my company pays for my internet, it gets some incredible mileage I drive approximately 2,000,000 miles per week at a cost of about 2500 watts Maintenance is minimal and most of the automatic time no insurance, no gas, no risk of accident, no pollution, no car expenses of my wife is a Hyundai Sonata 2009 bought on ebay during the financial crisis to 8k in timing the market, liquidity and patience are the biggest funders.
1998 Nissan Sentra baby paid 2000 there 6 years and still being great performance that I find myself wishing more and about 1 leg maid and I 6ft, but when the furthest you have to drive is 40 miles before hitting the ocean I can not complain, I am constantly impressed by the amount of things I can fit in the trunk with my 2 surfboards on top of the car for 30-39 Listed highway but in the conduct of HI I get generally island around 35.
But to save more and save me 45 minutes per day because of commuting and parking problems I bought a Honda 96 motorcycle Nighthawk for 1000 also super reliable Unfortunatly I like to drive too, so I do get a economy spec fuel 50mpg always trying to figure out how to better reach a surfboard in though.

Put a roofrack on the bike had one of those too Fun In Europe they have scooters with a rounded roof so people can ride in the rain and stay dry most of the time, you could do the equivalent of homemade .
What are your thoughts on the new 2012 Toyota Prius c is.
Mpg My situation now won t let me live near work recently graduated college, ready to travel far for work experience but in the future I will move closer to work is turning back ride 29 total miles away 58 miles I'll travel about 1412 miles per month due to two jobs and volunteer obligations is what this car is worth rent is 430.
For months, current car is an automatic toyota matrix.
27mpg Is it better to save money right now or invest in a car that will allow me to save gas this situation will last for 6 months.
Looks like you save per month for 100 passing car 54MPG But you lose WAY more of that because of the greater charge of the new car.

Prescription Sell Matrix automatic tranny and buy a Prius 2004-2005 as shown in this list for 8000 then you still get to save almost 100 around a month without losing 20,000 in new vehicle costs you can drive a little more time to increase your mileage, as I get better than 27mpg in my book 4200 1999 Honda Minivan average 28mpg highway.
Maybe it's just me, but I sense that the ownership of the car and driving is somehow baked into the DNA of Americans I was talking with my wife, I take public transportation to work, but I often think of driving, and the thought is certainly appeal to me in my rational mind, I am fully aware that the conduct is ineffective on so many levels, and cycling transit walk is so much better on my wallet and the environment but it is something to take the wheel triggers these romantic feelings for lack of better words.
And thinking of buying a new car not intend to, but the cars are fun to read, I exaggerate my needs you suggest many Americans I think back to that time I went to a festival outdoor camping music several days with couple friends there Based on experience, the years I began to think, Gee, I really need a big, capable off road SUV Or the time my wife and I visited Rocky National Park Mountain in a rental car leasing was the cheapest car we could get, and it is the engine was almost too wimpy to do some speed hill declined despite being knocked out once or twice, it's an isolated incident when we rented a car, but still my instinctive reaction is to think that I need a huge engine for my next car.
I am sure that my rational mind will triumph every time we buy our next car, but I'm not afraid to admit that I want to drive a large vehicle OVER-POWERED.
Note that the problem of Rocky Mountain National Park is a common Because you're driving generally about 12 000 feet, the oxygen level in the air is about half the level of the sea That takes about 50 engine power unless you have turbo, which can partially compensate for compression of the air more When you combine this with an automatic transmission where you can t RMP control or movement, you get a driving experience quite soggy but if you try to go out and make a run at 12,000 feet, you'll gain a new appreciation for what is the fulfillment of your car.
Based on this experience and probably based marketing is insidious.

I suspect that many of these romantic feelings of freedom associated with driving are a direct result of poor public transport in this country when we were kids, the only way to go somewhere had to bike or car now may be our parents discouraged public transport as a way to limit our freedom until we age, but even when we got our licenses, it opened a huge amount of places to go.
You just want that feeling of independence of owning your own vehicle leads to I get I own four cars now throw antiques a bad thing to have a set of vehicle for road-trips if it makes you happy might have an associated cost, but it might be cheaper than the council.
Sounds like a vehicle purchase would fall want rather than need as long as you are honest with yourself about it, do what feels good.
Ultimately, we will have something good for travel home grandmother who gets chased by little year bc makes us happy and we'll keep the good old daily driver to wear The other two will be for tinker weekend and weekend trips perhaps not the most frugal choice but absolutely we're frugal other things as reading library books only, chopping wood with an ax only, using, and walk everywhere homemade candles is absolutely the most frugal decision but we are not quite motivated.
We just visited RNMP and beach front, leasing a 2011 Toyota Yaris I was really impressed how he got these hills, even taking the Ridge Road trail deep into RNMP at 12K feet rubbed The real fun downshift downhill, and mocking the pickup drivers fry their brakes before us after romp a week of Denver to Longmont, Estes, foco, and Boulder, we paid 20 in total in the gas I thought that it was due to a lower resistance to altitude, but no matter, I had to laugh rental company suggestion to switch to a sedan for managing mountains CO scammers.

What about a Ford Model A 1929 It gets about 18 mpg and is somewhat suspect in the security department, but the selling price would probably equal the purchase price or more depending on the period of ownership what would it be a store of value requires only fuel, maintenance parts are dirt cheap and widely available, and insurance lead a savings account that I have done before with success and I seriously get the riding movement or ill conduct, I avoid like the plague anyway model looks cool sitting right storage value there.
This is a good idea I have often thought, but never tried not sure I want a model? D A if something 60s maybe, like the Ford Falcon 1960 I drove in trouble High School is that they've incorporate expensive.
I do not know if you're serious, but I'll give you the benefit of doubt this guy actually link below did just that, he drove every day a Ford Model A for 1 year where the name of his site.
Now granted he did as a remote challenge experience he lives in Northern Michigan staff, it happens to work for a large antique car insurance company, but he did lead most of the time successfully a model for a full year so, including through a Michigan winter.

If you like the era of cars in antique brass, you might find yourself reading each daily entry as I did.
Mostly bc no surprise, even though it started with a beautiful model A course before the start of his experience, he hadn t been been a day resulted in probably 70 years, so he had some long periods of time when the A was being repaired development.
We have a Mazda 5 Happy to see from the list, it is our only car and it is really useful because we need to occasionally haul four adults child is just the right size for us reliability score is not this great and I hope that we take for long.
Another option budding Mustachians with young children may want to consider is the Safe Rider Travel vest quick search pop up, for example Amazon is something a child who is at least 3 years, weight 30 to 60 lbs and the height of 34 inches to 52 small can wear and use a regular seat belt provided that includes a shoulder strap or can be fixed I forget the details to anchor it says it is good as the car seat when used appropriately; it makes your child not more than well, the size of the child versus carseat size and is very portable that I own one and have used it to my 3-4 years of travel I prefer our carseat 5 percentage points obviously the use -Town you should consult all security experts refer to such decisions; I'm just a parent and have no special qualifications to recommend this product, other than love.
Parents who do not possess cars or who need other safety car travel arrangements occasional child, e g for a taxi, find could also help.
As an avid snowboarder living in a snowy climate I often hear comments about someone who needs awd SUV April 4 I agree with all t.

I firmly believe that fwd RWD with snow tires and a good driver is better than an SUV with all-season tires and an average driver.
I'm not sure that something more than anecdotal evidence to support a car with snow tires is less likely to get stuck without a slide SUV dozens of vehicles, I spent that slipped on the road or have been detained, only one of them was a car, others were SUVs or trucks.
Snow tires are much more important than the number of driven wheels AWD Our Forester is only so snow and ice without our old agreement with them was better.
That's why, I think, when snowstorms vehicles in the ditch tend to be massive SUV.
Of course, all-wheel drive and snow tires is the nuts cat especially going up hills up the hill shifts weight to the rear wheels, not good in a front wheel drive car.

2 of 2WD cars with snow tires dedicated They're paid when you save a small bump or a bash sidewalk.
4Wdrive also did not improve as 4Wstop 4Wsteer or 4 snow tires, 4WD only attracts you faster trouble and more trouble often too fast for the conditions.
So just drive slower with wheel drive and snow tires If I lived in the North, I would have both As I can not justify snow tires snow for 1-2 year lasting 3 days.
AWD is good in snow and mud and climbing some steep gravel driveway stiff that I know well tried in the same vehicle with off driveshaft AWD and pulling on my little Brenderup 1205S utility trailer I almost did not climb the steep hills hills, heavy trunk and cargo trailers unload the front wheels slightly.

In addition with AWD representing a penalty of 1 mpg on my vehicle, why not have it.
If we are going to haggle 1 mpg then everyone must give up the automatic transmission and air conditioning to get that other 1-2 mpg.
I have a 2007 Honda Fit, a base, not the FIt sport that I bought new I bought it to go to a big city, and for some years, I put 80 miles a day on what I now drive two small children around all the time you do not need a big car for kids at all can say that if their friends wanted to drive with them well, these days most parents are so paranoid that they all lead their own children anyway, it is not a big problem.
It has about 80k miles on it now and I have not had a single problem to date.

We have a 2007 Honda Fit also too- and we drive our two children around it is actually quite spacious inside that you can completely fold the seats also means you can carry a lot of goods.
Once or twice a year when we need to carry the four of us and a few other children that we take our cars A friend suggested that we needed a minivan, but what is the point for even occasional use driving two cars with four cylinders at the same time 100 more fuel for the trip, even save us money on driving a van all the time.
Examining the archetypal car in New Zealand is at least Aus guide dog and lemon.
I continue to drive my second Honda Accord both cash deals past 200,000 miles with few problems, but I really do not like to travel long distances with it at that time unless my husband is with me who fixed cars as one of his hobbies this weekend, I rented a Ford Escort for a long trip alone and thought he snapped, was not really comfortable for shorter distances, it would probably be OK like an old car family that bikes everywhere former drummer we normally drive is not really a problem Heck, we could call a taxi when needed and still the millstone of a payment of payment of car insurance and around our neck I mentioned as an option that we often forget is to rent a larger and more reliable vehicle the few times we need the same deposition house rents trucks if you need to bring a bunch of my terials house The short-term price tag is much less than owning a vehicle year after year.

Honda Fit here, awesome car I like hatchbacks assortment, you can approach the versatility of a truck.
Great article Also, I am not in Europe, and it is interesting to see the differences from the auto market here.
Japanese cars are considered reliable as here, in automotive studies, but there seems to be a different perspective on the VW group cars and German cars in general, they are statistically reliable enough.
And they can be equipped with engines highly efficient gasoline if you choose the right For example, a compact sedan like a Golf, can have a 1 4 l petrol engine with 120 140 BHP, and very good fuel economy is real these engines are on relatively new cars from 2007.
In addition, there are car manufacturers here that simply aren t present on the US market Skoda also the VW group is still ranked in the high reliability, and they're cheaper than Seat VW as VW group, make a big berline Leon, based Golf Hey, I think we sold in Mexico, I could be wrong though anecdotal I Leon, and so far it is great aerodynamics, handles like a dream, looks very beautiful and you can find them on the cheap, very good engines and trim levels.

I second your 1999 honda civic choice Ive got one with 330,000 miles, original engine and gets 35mpg all day I run over a 99 civic and even after an endurance race of 25 hours, all I need is brakes, tires and oil change.
I am very surprised that the cars are on the lists that I bought a car recently and my priorities were reliability 1, 2 low pollution estimated by fuel consumption and double-checked if possible, affordable to 3 buy, maintain, InSure so I should have one of the cars in your not even recommended list.
Initially, I was looking at about 7 models I had read had great reliability that I wanted to be stupid about dissing small Hyundais and Fords just because of the way things were, but I learned that these cars were just by compared to the incredibly reliable way they used to be it's great, but I would consider cars that were extremely reliable yet it is the Elantra on your good list How And I know the Mazda3 Mazda 323 s used to be good, but I read that aren t Mazda3.
While the mileage I was spoiled by my 1984 Nissan Sentra unfortunately newer models with its 38 mpg city are not super reliable how I drove my city many roads All current cars suck compared this car and small reliable cars have the same mileage as small reliable cars Why should I get a Honda Fit when the Civic is bigger, but still easy to park and gets the same mileage even with the Toyota Matrix Corolla the Echo is quite polluting.
The best I could do was a Toyota Corolla 2003-2008 much better mileage than the 2009 proves to be 29 city the way I drive Yet this model is on your list below average How did I not notice as I shittiness watched Consumer Reports, Edmunds, and all I could find online Who is this type of lemonaid Perhaps in Canada the figures are completely different than in the southern United States where we didn rust.
I really do t get all that I was too stunned to even comment for all these days.

Luckily my car was perfect so far, which is good since I lent my boyfriend about six times different as he found his new questions about the new to the old car but it is great news, maybe that art about to end, I could not find a car ten years as I like every time I saw one, it was a little wrecked car ever made with misaligned parts sold by an instead of collision repair, or be proved dealer an apartment with someone who has never heard of the car or another oddity so I settled for a car three years old with 70K miles on it the city has the price down and is perfect for me since I drive almost never.
Good point Corolla Lemon aid it had below average, but consumer reports have a much better score so I moved up to the top to the middle section.
As for why should I get a fit when the Civic is the Fit has a larger and more useful INSIDE, just a little outside even for the Corolla Matrix has the same space of passengers, just a better cargo space.
Not everyone cares about the cargo space because they think a car as something to carry their own body around my tailgate evangelism is that I never use a car to carry just me So when the car is moving, it is because something major needs to realize this is the mentality towards cars that I'm spreading to this article.

All my other cars were hatchbacks and wagons I decided to go for the version of storage hidden this time The trunk is much larger than expected, I bet he could hold luggage for five people, but it is not so great with awkwardly long loads It is true that I n often wear things I just drive myself around I live in a small town with public transportation very poor and all my friends, but moved to the suburbs or worse and my boyfriend had a pickup truck, it works for me.
When I tried sitting in small cars, they felt more cramped inside me man, I would still have my old notes I swear inside is really little more about these car Maybe I got different answers because I really wanted decade -old car but I'm pretty sure I did the search again when I looked latest stuffy, hoping that some cheaper models with a poor reputation deserves more would be the car for me.
I still wonder why Lemon Aid Corolla below the average and really, if the Hyundai Elantra was as reliable as Toyota Corolla, much less reliable, I probably would have bought this car, since I ended up getting such a new thing anyway.
Very surprised to see the Kia Rio in the average list This is my car and one of the main reasons I bought it was my impression that he had both a greater fuel efficiency in diesel model at any price and high reliability Can you share some information why it scores so low.

How do you feel about the purchase of electric cars in an area like San Francisco where he's certain infrastructures.
They're an exception to the rule Note that I didn t mention the price because fortunately, fuel-efficient cars are usually cheaper anyway, you win automatically prioritizing efficiency.
They have much better gas mileage than all the cars that you behave here, but boy are they expensive.
Why Nissan Versa average and average above categories.
You might be interested in this car running costs compared with the Australian RACQ detailing the annual costs for things like depreciation that they consider the new cars, the financial interest, maintenance costs and fuel 15000K year.

Apart from the interest it could be to see which cars are cheap and the impact that expensive, it shows how massive is cheaper to buy a new car on credit against a car of 5 years on cash.
For example, a Ford WT Fiesta CL 1 6L, it costs something over AUD7000 per year to run, which is AUD2000 AUD1000 depreciation and financing is another 500 Australian dollars is a one time payment to get the car REGISTERED is every year for 5 years according to the study, for a total expenditure AUD15000 more than if you bought a Fiesta as reliable from 2007 km with 50K on the clock.
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