mountainsoft
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I love my 2000 VW Jetta but it is needing a few repairs. Suspension work, AC has never worked, headliner drooping, etc. I'm also finding it harder to climb in and out of a car that sits so low. So, I'm thinking about picking up an SUV. Something that sits a little higher, with decent gas mileage for traveling. And I think I'm finally ready to move away from a stick shift to an automatic.
One of our requirements is a good size cargo space. We frequently need to take our elderly mothers shopping or to doctor appointments, so we need to fit their walkers in the car easily (seats up, not folded down). My mom is fairly short, so her walker just fits in my trunk. My mother-in-law is a bit taller, so we have to take apart her handles every time we put her walker in our trunk. I haven't gone out looking at vehicles yet, but every SUV I've seen while out driving around looks like it has less cargo space than my Jetta behind the rear seat.
While not necessarily a requirement, it would be nice if there was enough cargo space to fit two folding electric bikes (seats folded down okay for that scenario).
I have only owned VW's my entire life, so the Tiguan and Toureg are the only two SUV's I know much about (and that's quite limited). We also rented a Jeep Cherokee several years ago on our trip to Alaska and liked it a lot. But from what I've been reading they don't sound very reliable, and cargo space is limited for the size of the vehicle. Again, I'm just going by what I've read, we haven't looked at anything in person yet.
Our budget is under $10K, so I'm probably looking around a 2011-2015 model or so.
I thought about a mini-van, but neither of us really want to go that route. So looking at SUV's or crossovers only.
One of our requirements is a good size cargo space. We frequently need to take our elderly mothers shopping or to doctor appointments, so we need to fit their walkers in the car easily (seats up, not folded down). My mom is fairly short, so her walker just fits in my trunk. My mother-in-law is a bit taller, so we have to take apart her handles every time we put her walker in our trunk. I haven't gone out looking at vehicles yet, but every SUV I've seen while out driving around looks like it has less cargo space than my Jetta behind the rear seat.
While not necessarily a requirement, it would be nice if there was enough cargo space to fit two folding electric bikes (seats folded down okay for that scenario).
I have only owned VW's my entire life, so the Tiguan and Toureg are the only two SUV's I know much about (and that's quite limited). We also rented a Jeep Cherokee several years ago on our trip to Alaska and liked it a lot. But from what I've been reading they don't sound very reliable, and cargo space is limited for the size of the vehicle. Again, I'm just going by what I've read, we haven't looked at anything in person yet.
Our budget is under $10K, so I'm probably looking around a 2011-2015 model or so.
I thought about a mini-van, but neither of us really want to go that route. So looking at SUV's or crossovers only.