Wife's car went...small suv recs?

[BigSlizz]

It's really not that bad. Seriously traded in a 1998 Saturn and that took a lot off the sticker price.

Plus we bought our house that year, so Obama helped with the down payment!

[slag]

Day ... I gotta walk up that fucking hill.

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Hahaha! All the freshman are up there.

The Goon Squad will help you out. Can you imagine what goes on as soon as the last parent drives out of town?

[Two Gap Penetrator]

Economic stimulus!

Lock it!

[AthensEagle]

A lot wiggle room there.

A Chevy Suburban in the city is pretty tough to park and fuel. A Ford Escape 4-Banger is perfectly reasonable and shorter than a Volvo station wagon.

Now an uparmored Chevy Suburban with optional anti-IED package and turret mount for a 7.62 minigun is perfectly reasonable in the city, if that city happens to be in Somalia.

[The Ref]

.....really the station wagon of our times. Straight up.

Yep. I had one in the 90s. Once gas hit 3 bucks a gallon it made no kind of sense whatever to continue driving one around LA. Now that it is permanently over 4 dollars per gallon one can spend an entire yearly vacation budget just feeding the hungry beast to putter around town.

I have a Prius now. It will be my last gasoline car ever. All electric on the next purchase in a few years.

Hopefully in a few years, autonomous cars will finally start being viable. That's where we're headed whether the car is powered by gas or electricity. Autonomous features are already appearing in cars and they work! We'll just need some political will to sort out new rules and legal issues. (Which might mean it will never happen... At least not in this country)

[Ellsworth]

dodge grand caravan

3 words: stow N go

[AthensEagle]

minivan? puhleeeze

dodge grand caravan

3 words: stow N go

unless of course Diggle ends up being a breeder, but I'm not seeing Ms. Diggle in a minivan either way.

[Drama Queen]

Prius is a nice car, especially since you are city driving.

I remember misguided people giving me hell 5 years ago while complaining about the battery life of hybrids. I traded in a 2003 Honda hybrid in 2011 with 280.000 miles (a work car) and never had a problem with the battery... or major mechanical issues.

I may stick with a Prius in the future, but I will at least give a good close look at the hybrid Honda.

[3rd & Inches]

That Prius goes good with your Zima, socks pulled up to your knees, and weak ass jump shot.

[Drama Queen]

Pimpin' your momma in a drop top though.

[Pete]

I thought you were referencing SU residence halls

A Chevy Suburban in the city is pretty tough to park and fuel. A Ford Escape 4-Banger is perfectly reasonable and shorter than a Volvo station wagon.

Now an uparmored Chevy Suburban with optional anti-IED package and turret mount for a 7.62 minigun is perfectly reasonable in the city, if that city happens to be in Somalia.

There is some wiggle rooom for sure in those.

[Clemson Foreaker]

subaru

Can't go wrong with subaru outback or forester (with rainbow sticker model only).

[PackWest]

We drove an Outback for our rental on our Wyoming vacation and I came away very impressed

Tons of room for a family and plenty of power in the mountains. Nice ride

[Riccardo]

Second the RAV4 reco

ours is still running fine - wifey drives it