October 2012 Weddings
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Cars
DH and I are in the market for a used car. We have a CRV already and love it. Now we are in need of a second car and want something reliable and good on gas. What do you and DH drive? Is it good on gas? Would you buy it again?
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Re: Cars
Right now:
H has a 2012 Chevy Cruze. He loves it, great on gas (30-35MPG). There are a bunch of recalls he needs to get it fixed soon.
H also has a 1994 Jeep Cherokee. It's his 4WD beater that he get ridiculous tires on and a flood light. I don't ask, it was used from "his" money.
I have 2009 Jeep Compass. It's gets ok gas, 20ish. I LOVE IT!!! I've had it for 6 years, and it's been great. 97k miles, and the only thing it's needed is a thermostat.
BUT I'm also in the market - Looking at a 2015 GMC Acadia. We need something bigger for our trips to NC. I'm kinda sad to get rid of it, but with those miles on it, I need to before it drops in trade in value. I go tomorrow to see if this one Acadia is MINE!
DH has a 2009 Mitsubishi Gallant. The gas mileage is good (25ish I think). He likes it but he's been looking at other vehicles since he eventually wants either a truck or SUV but he's not actively looking especially since we just paid off both cars.
H drives a Mazda CX-5. It's a larger vehicle with 4-wheel drive, which is a plus when you're up to your ass in snow like we so often are. Plowed into his parking spot? No problem, he just backs right over the snow without issue. It's pretty comfortable to drive and gets great mileage for an SUV.
I drive a 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I hate it. This is my second one, first was a 2007. The 07 was fabulous in every way. It was my favorite car I've ever had. It was totaled and I only had some scratches, my passengers were just bruised. The 2010 has had so many little problems. It is definitely not the same quality as Jeep used to be. As soon as we have enough money, I am getting rid of it, although H says he'll take it.
H drives a 2007 Mercury Milan. He loves it, I don't. I don't find the seats to be very comfortable, especially when we drive to visit his family (about 45 minutes away) It gets decent gas mileage, but I'm a fan of 4WD or AWD and that has neither. He is also getting a new car when we can afford it, he just doesn't know/realize it yet.
We're going to keep it as a second vehicle, but it's definitely not big enough for a family of 5. We'll be getting an SUV after we close on the house and we've been looking at Tahoes and Explorers since they have 3rd row options with captain seats in the second row. The Explorer has better gas mileage of the two and it's less expensive so we're leaning towards that.
My complaint is the fact that it handles crappy in snow and occasionally decides that I need to slam on the gas to go uphill.
I drive a Honda Civic. You can't beat the gas milage (35mpg).
We're big Honda fans : )