ok, heres the deal...
My father, who has ALWAYS driven a toyota corolla (he buys a new one about every 10 years or 150,000 miles) is looking for a new car, and due to my mother's constant complaints about the lack of comfort in the toyotas hes looking to possibly buy something different, a little more upscale. Mom and dad take frequent road trips in his car. They asked for my advice, and now im passing the buck along...

Dad wants:
best possible gas mileage
best possible reliability
manual trans.

Mom wants:
comfort, comfort, comfort
safety

I was thinking that its a shame that VW doesnt sell a TDI Passat in the US.
Dad would be open to the new 9-3, but will be pissed as hell if its not that reliable. (I want him to get one so that I can drive it!) 9-5 is another possibility, but at the very high end of what they are willing to spend.
Dad hates Volvo's (yay!!)
short list: Camry, Passat, Accord, maxima, 9-3, 9-5
I dont drive many new cars... Any advice on some kind of good compromise, pros and cons etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Josh
1991 900 base, 142K miles


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• New car advice?(long), Josh91900, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:50:56 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Camry or Accord 4-cylinder..., keeton, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:44:09
  • Toyota Camry XLS or LE, JBinMD, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:57:23
  • Re: New car advice?(long), TJ, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:26:01
  • Get the Maxima................ inside please, Phil, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 02:26:39
    • Requires premium gas and poor fuel economy (-), Vlad, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:24:23
      • Maxima SE reliability issues..., Camm , Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:15:11
    • Re: Get the Maxima................ inside please, warkow, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:16:13
    • Maxima SE has stiff suspension, JBinMD, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:41:52
    • maxima (long), dwin, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 02:57:58
  • Re: New car advice?(long), CWilson, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:30:03
  • Re: New car advice?(long), CWilson, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:12:31
  • Re: New car advice?(long), chris74, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:05:23
    • What happened to all the Diesels?, Josh91900, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:27:33
      • Re: Ask the EPA + US oil, its their fault, Shazbat, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 07:16:04
        • Re: Ask the EPA + US oil, its their fault, No.9, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 09:07:38
          • Re: Ask the EPA + US oil, its their fault, AdamB , Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:12:59
            • Re: Ask the EPA + US oil, its their fault, No.9, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:18:55
  • Re: New car advice?(long), Noel, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:57:47
  • 9-5 may be cheaper than you think, Sieglo, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:15:27
    • Re: 9-5 may be cheaper than you think (Looooong), Aero9k, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:03:08
    • Even cheaper than that......nm, Mike Lynch , Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:17:38
  • VW Does sell the tdi in USA I looked at one the other, Dan , Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:22:17
    • No TDI Passat, only Golf, beetle and Jetta..., bRAD, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:02:34
  • New Corolla (+), Vlad, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:29:02
    • Re: New Corolla (+), Randy Thatcher , Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:32:07
      • I get lots of that heat too!!!, Rollmo, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:01:07
  • Re: Once Mom sits in the seats in the 9-5....., paul de k, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:11:12
    • The New Corolla..., Brian, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:42:40
      • New Corolla is not a good choice, No.9, Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:59:44
      • Re: The New Corolla... right choice for Josh's dad, Jason 0W-40, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:47:59
  • Re: New car advice?(long), compaqted, Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:16:52

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