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cc coby, car chat. Best used car for $15,000.

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Slap Shot wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:01 pm We had 3 Nissans when in MN - 2 Altimas and a Quest and couldn't have been happier with them. Here we have a Kia Sportage - not sure if they sell it under that name in the US but it's been premo!
Nissan has become relatively notorious for their CVT transmissions and how they seem to be made of tissue paper. I don't know if they have gotten better in the last 5 years or so, but 2005-2011ish, they were dog shit and pretty cheaply built.
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Mandatory wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:40 am

Also.. BTW.. I am no longer a Walser guy.. I'm now totally on the Luther Brookdale bandwagon. Walser always seemed indifferent to the idea that I was giving them a lot of money for a vehicle..
have you read CMD's sig line? :thinking:
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Cobey wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:55 am

I'd also avoid Nissan and VW.
My sister is a VW person, her last car was trouble from the start... she bought another one :|
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Slim Shady wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:01 pm
Cobey wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:47 am My last bit of advice is not to sleep on the Korean brands either, as long as they are less than 5 years old. Hyundai and Kia have been doing really good work lately
6-8 years ago a GF and I went shopping for a car for her daughter, she wanted to bi a Honda. A few used car people told her to forget about Honda and go for Hyundai

take that for whatever its worth, ive never owned either. My ex drives a Santa Fe and has driven the shit out of it w/ few issues
I've owned a Civic and the wife has had a few Hyundais. The better value is probably in Hyundai due to brand reputation, but that gap is closing pretty quick I think.

That being said, I'd probably buy a Honda over a Hyundai, but my priorities are a bit different than most. My wife's Hyundais have been fine, but the ride feels a bit disconnected from the road and just boring.
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Cobey wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:08 pm
That being said, I'd probably buy a Honda over a Hyundai, but my priorities are a bit different than most. My wife's Hyundais have been fine, but the ride feels a bit disconnected from the road and just boring.
I think I'm with you, the name Hyundai just bothers me, not sure why :shrug:
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Slim Shady wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:06 pm
Cobey wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 9:55 am

I'd also avoid Nissan and VW.
My sister is a VW person, her last car was trouble from the start... she bought another one :|
I had a Jetta for a while. It was fine, but when something goes wrong, it's gonna cost you. VW has designed it somehow so that there is absolutely no aftermarket parts at all. Every single replacement part, even fucking fuses, will need to come from a VW dealership.

That, plus their emissions issues that littered the news a handful of years ago, is what makes me say to avoid VW. And it's not even the fact that their emissions stats were off on their TDI diesel cars, I just figure that if they were willing to lie/mislead about that, why would I think that their other stats are above board?
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Slap Shot wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:01 pm We had 3 Nissans when in MN - 2 Altimas and a Quest and couldn't have been happier with them. Here we have a Kia Sportage - not sure if they sell it under that name in the US but it's been premo!
The Quest was pre-911 but might not have had the CVT. But we ran it to 160,000 miles and the only major thing we had to repair on it was the rear lift gate and it was fairly inexpensive. Both Altimas were newer although I didn't take either past 50k before trading/selling.
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Wait.. we are all missing the obvious.... The Polar Vortex must have froze Hell over. Sellingguy is asking for advice and not giving it? I personally never thought I'd see the day. Will it last or with the outside temperatures rising will hell unfreeze and back to him knowing it all?
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mankatobjr wrote: Thu Jan 31, 2019 12:36 pm Wait.. we are all missing the obvious.... The Polar Vortex must have froze Hell over. Sellingguy is asking for advice and not giving it? I personally never thought I'd see the day. Will it last or with the outside temperatures rising will hell unfreeze and back to him knowing it all?
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she likes a 2015 chevy equinox front wheel drive basic grandma version, 4 cl. but nice stereo in for her Greatful Dead jams.
45k miles, and she will offer 13,250. They are asking 14995.00
Seemed nice. Our little town mechanic is looking it over tomorrow. We have it on a 3 day test drive.
I showed her the upgrade version and the buick version and she is just fine with this one.
We will most likely still rent new cars for road trips.
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As mentioned above Mazdas are a quality choice. A CX-5 may fit your bill.
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