Help Me Choose a New non-SUV Family Car
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Help Me Choose a New non-SUV Family Car
So I'm fairly sold on a 2011 Outback but I thought I'd pick everyone's brain a bit before making any decisions. Here's the scoop. '04 Forester XT was totaled back in August and we've been getting by with other cars in the immediate family since then. I think it's finally time to pull the trigger on a new vehicle and I'm frustratingly stumped.
My ideal car would be a Legacy GT wagon as the new Outback/Legacy is finally large enough to be a real family vehicle. Unfortunately, SOA has determined that we're all a bunch of pussies and only deserve to drive tall, horribly plasticly clad Outbacks. This is something I can get over, but I'd feel like there may be a vehicle that I'm not considering. If you've read this far, here are our requirements for a new, or lightly used, vehicle:
-Able to fit four 6 footers
-At or under $35K
-NOT AN SUV (ie, nothing taller/higher off the ground than an Outback)
-AWD
Can anyone else come up with a vehicle other than an Outback because I haven't been able to? TIA!
-Brian
My ideal car would be a Legacy GT wagon as the new Outback/Legacy is finally large enough to be a real family vehicle. Unfortunately, SOA has determined that we're all a bunch of pussies and only deserve to drive tall, horribly plasticly clad Outbacks. This is something I can get over, but I'd feel like there may be a vehicle that I'm not considering. If you've read this far, here are our requirements for a new, or lightly used, vehicle:
-Able to fit four 6 footers
-At or under $35K
-NOT AN SUV (ie, nothing taller/higher off the ground than an Outback)
-AWD
Can anyone else come up with a vehicle other than an Outback because I haven't been able to? TIA!
-Brian
Last edited by eastbaysubaru; May 19, 2011 at 02:18 PM.
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A couple more to look at are Audi A3 wagon and Saab 9-3 wagon. Those are both getting towards your limit. I have always been a fan of Audis and I can only suspect that the A3's should be nice, though I have never been in one of them.
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We got an 05 Volvo XC-70 for Sonya and we're loving it all around. Great pickup, very comfortable, and actually handles pretty well for the type of car.
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Are you looking at an xt outback? From what I read, those volvo's require premium gas. Which if you are looking at an outback xt the point is moot. But that's usually one of my requirements in new cars. Power output compared to octane of gas.
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