Suggest a New Car

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Misterpants

Didn't those have a problem with the wiring that caused smoke to pour out of the dash on occasion?

Only when you were sitting shotgun egging me on to abuse that poor car.

[ernie]

Purchased a Volvo S-60 R-design a few months ago....absolutely love it. Put about 4000 miles on it on a driving holiday the past couple of weeks. It is stupid comfortable to drive for long periods and the only car I've never experienced fatigue in while driving those distances. Easily the best car we've ever owned and we are honestly looking at getting a second when we decide to replace our accord in the next year or so.

[OilKiller]

That's a nice looking car. How much?

[Burninator]

Probably about double your budget.

[OilKiller]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Probably about double your budget.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by ernie

Purchased a Volvo S-60 R-design a few months ago....absolutely love it. Put about 4000 miles on it on a driving holiday the past couple of weeks. It is stupid comfortable to drive for long periods and the only car I've never experienced fatigue in while driving those distances. Easily the best car we've ever owned and we are honestly looking at getting a second when we decide to replace our accord in the next year or so.

Just looking at their website. Incredible lease rates for a car of this class. Definitely going to take a look. Thanks.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by ernie

It is stupid comfortable to drive for long periods and the only car I've never experienced fatigue in while driving those distances.

IMO, Volvo has the best seats out of any major car company. The ones in my wife's v50 are fantastic.

[OilKiller]

Originally Posted by ernie

Purchased a Volvo S-60 R-design a few months ago....absolutely love it. Put about 4000 miles on it on a driving holiday the past couple of weeks. It is stupid comfortable to drive for long periods and the only car I've never experienced fatigue in while driving those distances. Easily the best car we've ever owned and we are honestly looking at getting a second when we decide to replace our accord in the next year or so.

Thanks for posting a nice car that is completely out of my budget. Now I don't even want a new car.

[Stealth22]

Originally Posted by OilKiller

Thanks for posting a nice car that is completely out of my budget. Now I don't even want a new car.

Maybe he was working for Sliver.

[Sliver]

My people are everywhere.

[Table 5]

That car could totally be yours if you bought into our used-car philosophy.

[FLAMESRULE]

This is out of your budget as well, not to mention likely only available in Europe, but hot DAMN!! Jaguar XF-R Sportbrake. V6 3.0L diesel.

[OilKiller]

lol...jerks...

[ernie]

Originally Posted by Table 5

IMO, Volvo has the best seats out of any major car company. The ones in my wife's v50 are fantastic.

Yep. We traded in our 2005 XC90 (120k miles) for it and while that was comfortable it is nowhere near these seats. I've sat/drove the other new Volvos and the seats in the S60 are easily the best of the bunch. I've read several reviews that mention them as the most comfortable seat not just in it's class but ANY car. Just look at those seats (ours a fully black):



Hard to describe how comfortable that car is to drive other than I look forward to opening that door every morning and miss it when I get out.


Sorry to the OP I forgot about the budget. Though to be fair the S60 is a heck of a lot cheaper down here than in Canada. Also, due to some dealer desires to be the only Volvo dealership in the area we got a tremendous deal. Plus, they already had a buyer for the trade-in before we even walked into the dealership and they gave us a good deal on that as well. We looked for used but since the redesign a couple years ago it was extremely hard to find used and the ones we did find with 25k miles or so on them were only a few grand off the price we paid for the new one. Buying new was the better option for us in this case.

We are extremely happy with it so far as we were with the XC90.

Note: some may note it has hints of the new Ford Fusion (I think) in it. The S60 was the last design Ford did when they owned Volvo and if I understand correctly the same design team then went on to design the new Fusion. I have a friend who just bought a new Fusion and it seems a nice car for the class.

Also note that while we have the R-design whcih is torqued up and has the 3 litre 325hp engine, the S60 T5 model is also a nice drive and has the same comfort level. It lacks the AWD of the 3.0s and is 250 hp (compared to the base 3.0 which has 300hp and the R-design which is 325hp). It starts about 11k lower than the R-design and 5 or 6k lower than the base 3.0. T5 has a list price around $30k in the states. T5 starts at 38k in canada as I look at the website.

[Rerun]

Haven't read all the posts but just in case it hasn't been mentioned yet, have you considered a Jeep Wrangler Sport. Base price for this model in an automatic is $22,600.

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Originally Posted by Sliver

My people are everywhere.

Who's your up-line?

2012 Subaru Impreza would be the car I would buy. I have been threatening to buy an Impreza for years.

[Kswiss]

Originally Posted by Sliver

My mom has a Juke. Cute little thing for a high school girl or 60+ woman.

The Juke is a great choice...a very nice cross over for the price.....i guess it takes a real man to wear pink too

[Clarkey]

I think you should buy a 3-4 year old Mazda 5. They are like a little mini-minivan. It's a hatchback with sliding doors. You will save a lot of money over buying new and the 4 cylinder is peppy.

[Wormius]

Seconding the Impreza. My base model hatchback from `04 has almost 200k on it now and still drives great. They are very good value for the price. The base models pretty much come with everything you`d ever need. Plus I think they heated seats are now standard features. I have to say though, that I don`t really like the look of the new ones. Something too glittery looking about them.

[QuadCityImages]

I'm almost certainly pulling the trigger Saturday morning on a Focus sedan SEL. The dealer is hopefully bringing it in via dealer swap tomorrow. I'm pretty excited; never thought I'd buy a brand new car.