F4mandolin
Full time employment: Posting here.
In my near departure (at least in MY head at 15 months I hope) from working, I am driving myself nuts trying to decide on what kind of car to get (Little things like this are worse than the big decisions for me). The car thread on getting something safe and big has me double guessing myself. I kind of figured I would just buy the US version of the Honda Jazz (Fit)....it has a bigger engine than the UK version but still gets good gas mileage and once you drop those back seats...plenty of room for most things. And.... dependable as hell. So after a week or two of changing my mind (wife is fed up with me talking about it) it narrowed down to just a couple of vehicles. Honda Fit, Honda CR-V, RAV4 6cyl, and Subaru Outback/Forester. Only one of those vehicles gets decent gas mileage....all are good cars. But, the Fit can be had for around $15K and does 99% of the things that I need done. Part of being cheap is that you don't waste money on cars that are more expensive than you need...but.... I sure would like a car that is quieter than the Jazz, dang near need to yell at each other on the motorway if you want to talk. Guess I will be test driving all of them when I come back for a visit this summer. Anybody have anything nasty to say about any of them? I have seen some reviews that were not too happy with little things on the Subaru's. I haven't checked car insurance back in the Spokane area....so I don't know what kind of prices each would have. I would think the Fit would be the cheapest to run all-around by a good ways.