new car purchase....

**pnance** · 10-27-2005, 02:50 PM

I'm finally going to be getting a new car, and after I finished panicing about going back to a car payment...

I narrowed it down to these 4. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge, good or bad with any of them.

Honda CRV
Toyota RAV4
Kia Sportage
Hyndai Tucson

**Jessika** · 10-27-2005, 02:52 PM

My neighbor just wrecked her KIA... she walked away alive but her car was a mess.. I guess thats why they say KIA stands for "Killed In Action"

Anyway I've always been partial to Pontiac,s Chevrolets and Toyotas (my dream car is a Toyota Supra

) and of those three you have a Toyota listed so I say go for it

**anna_66** · 10-27-2005, 03:10 PM

Sorry I can't give you any advice on any of those models. But we have a Dodge Durango and really like it (except for the gas milage of course

) and we also have a Plymouth Grand Voyager (for the doggies!).

Good luck on car hunting, I know what a pain in the behind it can be. All I can say is test drive and do some research and see which one fits you best!

**Jessika** · 10-27-2005, 03:14 PM

Oh I LOVE Durangos! Not the newer ones, they are sooo ugly. But my parents have a 2001 and its AWESOME! Gas mileage isn't TOO bad, my uncles gets even worse though, like 14mpg! His has a problem though. On average my parents actually gets pretty high for an SUV, around 20 or so

SUVs though are very prone to flipping because they're top heavy. That's why I prefer cars because the wider wheelbase and not as tall!

**JenBKR** · 10-27-2005, 03:16 PM

I have heard bad things about Kias in general too. My friend had one when we were in college and she was in an accident (she was fine) bur her car was really bad.

**lv4dogs** · 10-27-2005, 03:22 PM

I'd read some reveiws on them somewhere on the net first.

I don't what your looking for or what not but the Rav4's are nice, they drive nice, handle nice but are not very roomy at all. I don't know how well they hold up in crashes.

I've had a few friends who had the CRV's (about 5-7 years ago when they first came out) they weren't happy with them, noone of them have that vehicle anymore. I think they didn't handle well in the snow and had some mechanical problems. I don;t know what they are like now-a-days.

I've also known someone who crashed a Kia Sportage, the people were injured (nothing real serious though) and the vehicle was totaled! The other car (a chevy something) had hardly any damage.