i miss my CJ5 :(

So Beest drove the Fit tonight (manual hatchback). Liked it.....except for the fact that the steering wheel pretty much blocked the view of the dash -particularly the speedo. :rolleyes:

What we need is for the car industry to be run like the real estate industry. just tell a buyer's agent what you want and let them get on with it......

Focuses are a great deal right now. Becuas they've gone crap. methinks. we could probably get one for a similar price to a fiesta, but unless its manual and hatchback, we are not interested. beest test drove an automatic in october and it sucked.

As long as we can make the finances work, we're going for new -there's nothing that meets our needs at a sensible price in the second-hand market. We're just not interested in getting a new old car every few years. we hate car shopping, and shopping for old cars requires love...

So, you reckon if you buy a good new car now you won't be car shopping again for years. :right: How old are your kids? :lol:

If you can hold out a bit, Mercedes is planning to bring some new small cars to the US:

Mercedes small cars coming to America

According to the honda web site, the standard Fit has an adjustable steering wheel.

That's what we figured, sales guy said adjusted to max. which is weird. beest's gonna look into it.

I'm kinda thinking that's not going to be in the price range we are looking at...... :lol:

Have you looked at a Kia Soul? I could not believe the room in those cars. 3 adults in the back seat and still cargo room in the back.

oh ...yeah.. and they are COOL

Expansion team. Meh.

'Ow about an GTi?

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If I had to buy a new car, I'd go crazy from all the choices.

well, crazier....

i was looking at the golfs, not sure they have anything special worth the few extra thousand.

beest found a manual fiesta avaialble, but it has all the bells and whistles, so costs more than we want to pay with features we don't want/need/won't use....

I'll look at the Soul ....but mostly all i'm hearing about Kias is cheap and nasty feel, poor longevity and not awesome safety.......

Ok why would we want a Soul again? That's the ugliest-ass car I've seen in a while and cost more than a Fiesta when you add the necessary "options" They only just stopped short of suggesting the steering wheel was an optional extra :lol:

Golf VW massive amount of $$$ for replacement parts. i.e. coil/vr for vw $200+ coil/vr regular car $40 I don't know about safety ratings and stuff for a soul it just looks cool and you don't hit your head getting in or out. ;)

Ford is my brand but I drive a Chrysler go figger :P