Skywalker3
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Not sure where to put this thread, but it's about car prices/recommendations and the economics of car shopping, so trying this subforum.
DS was in a car accident this past week. He's fine, physically, but found out Friday, car is totaled. It was an Elantra. So, we're now looking for another vehicle.
DH has no interest in Hyundai again. We've been pretty put out with them, after buying, then finding out about all the theft issues. We even bought a steering wheel lock, until they finally just updated the software to fix the bug.
So, now we're looking again. DS mostly just uses it for going to school, friends' houses, and hopefully work soon. Probably won't take it to college his first semester. This accident has thrown us for a loop.
In the past, we've generally looked at Hondas/Toyotas, considering a used Corolla or Civic, due to their reliability, but what other models/brands might be good? Car prices, even used , around here are crazy and/or if not crazy, have like 80K miles on them. But we've not looked at American cars in a long time, and they are much cheaper. Any recommendation on them? or other brands?
I'm so glad DS is ok, physically, although I do think he's still shaken up about it mentally, thankful that the other person/car is ok, and insurance has really come through w/ no issues yet. Thanks for any recommendations.
DS was in a car accident this past week. He's fine, physically, but found out Friday, car is totaled. It was an Elantra. So, we're now looking for another vehicle.
DH has no interest in Hyundai again. We've been pretty put out with them, after buying, then finding out about all the theft issues. We even bought a steering wheel lock, until they finally just updated the software to fix the bug.
So, now we're looking again. DS mostly just uses it for going to school, friends' houses, and hopefully work soon. Probably won't take it to college his first semester. This accident has thrown us for a loop.
In the past, we've generally looked at Hondas/Toyotas, considering a used Corolla or Civic, due to their reliability, but what other models/brands might be good? Car prices, even used , around here are crazy and/or if not crazy, have like 80K miles on them. But we've not looked at American cars in a long time, and they are much cheaper. Any recommendation on them? or other brands?
I'm so glad DS is ok, physically, although I do think he's still shaken up about it mentally, thankful that the other person/car is ok, and insurance has really come through w/ no issues yet. Thanks for any recommendations.
