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If you have a small/mid sized SUV-come in
I've just begun my search for one. I currently have a car, and I'm afraid she's on her last legs. It's a shame too-I was really enjoying not having a car payment.
Anyhoo-I'm totally overwhelmed by the choices out there. And none of my friends have SUV's. They all drive cars or trucks.
So, tell me what you have, and what you do and don't like about it. Please, and thank you!
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Re: If you have a small/mid sized SUV-come in
I had a Honda CRV for about 3 years. I'll forever miss that car - she was my best, good, favorite car ever. Super peppy & fun to drive. I love the space in the back. I had a 2005 which had a table under the floor mat in the cargo space - a fully functional table like a card table - pretty fun.
I had zero issues, we bought it new and it was fully warranted the whole time we had it. We just decided to try for #3 and we chose to move up to the Odyssey. We'll probably buy a used one in the next year/2 for DH to have for a work vehicle.
I have a Nissan Rogue--- LOVE LOVE it. We actually had our eye on the Murano, but the Rogue was so much cheaper, almost the same in size and had much better gas mileage.
MH is in need of a new car now too, but I refuse to be dorks and drive the same car, otherwise we would get a 2nd Rogue. So, I am thinking we will end up with a Chevy Traverse, or one of the Hundai suv's. Or, a Ford Edge.
Yeah, well, you could have kept ole bessie, but you now need a BUS.
We love our Honda Pilot. Not sure if that is too large for you.
I love how reliable Honda's are. It is nice but not luxurious. If I were looking now, I'd look at the CRV, Pilot, MDX and the Highlander. I'm partial to Japanese cars myself because of the reliability.
Ford escape. Love love love love love it.
We have had two carseats back there, as well as an adult, and it wasn't too bad!
Thing I hate about it? My car sometimes has to be in neutral to get the trunk to open. I keep meaning to get this looked at...
We had a Mazda 5 as a rental one time and I fell in love with it. I'm really against driving a bigger car than I need and it's not much bigger than our Subaru (which we still need for the AWD capability). The Mazda 5 is big enough for 2 kids and 2 dogs (we need that cargo space in the back for dogs and most SUV's don't really have much). It also has an optional 3rd row that will be great as the kids get older and we could use the space for a friend or 2 (or any other passengers for that matter). It also has sliding side doors like a minivan which is awesome to prevent door dings in the parking lot.
I have an FJ Cruiser and I love it. I am not a big fan of "mom" cars, I wanted something tough and rugged that I didn't have to worry about getting ruined for now. I LOVE that it has a plastic interior that can be scrubbed and hosed down, the removable seat covers that can be thrown in the laundry, the tall ceilings so we can thrown in surfboards and snowboards above the car seats...it is just pretty bad ass.
I don't like that it is a bit of a squeeze to fit someone in between the 2 car seats, and having an infant carrier make you have to sit up pretty far. Thankfully, Grey grew out of his carrier after a few months, so we were good after that.