RayFinkle Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 With the price of gas, I am looking at purchasing a small SUV as opposed to a gas guzzler. What type of small SUV can I drive that won't require me to turn in my man card and have people ask "Why are you driving your wife's car to work?" My first thoughts: Dodge Nitro
eball Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I have a 2009 Murano and it averages around 20 mpg. Not great, but not horrible, and (I think) it looks pretty good while giving me the hatchback option for those trips to Home Depot, etc.
ajzepp Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 My manliness is not defined by the car I drive. Maybe not by you it isn't.
stuckincincy Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 With the price of gas, I am looking at purchasing a small SUV as opposed to a gas guzzler. What type of small SUV can I drive that won't require me to turn in my man card and have people ask "Why are you driving your wife's car to work?" My first thoughts: Dodge Nitro Are you a tradesman? Are you transporting several people around on a daily basis, or have the need to move cargo about?
Beerball Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Are you a tradesman? Are you transporting several people around on a daily basis, or have the need to move cargo about? He's a drug runner, so yes, he does move 'cargo'. He also moonlights in the white slave trade.
BuffaloBud Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I have a 2002 V6 AWD and have been very pleased with it. I've heard a number of good things about the new version and will be considering it in the future. Saturn VUE
RayFinkle Posted May 19, 2008 Author Posted May 19, 2008 Are you a tradesman? Are you transporting several people around on a daily basis, or have the need to move cargo about? No, and not on a daily basis on people or cargo.
stuckincincy Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) No, and not on a daily basis on people or cargo. Then buy a sedan (you can call it a saloon, to give it an European air, which will let you punch your man card with a back-patting "well done!"). The Ford 500 - renamed Taurus for MY 2007 - has a high roof line, very generous interior space and driver visibility, and has a trunk that will hold 5 golf bags or four dead RayFinkles. Decent gasoline mileage. There is an AWD option. http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com...rd-taurus-5.htm Edited May 19, 2008 by stuckincincy
bills_fan Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Jeep Wrangler. You get the 4WD in the winter, it kicks a$$ on the offroad, and you get a convertible in the summer.
bills_fan Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 My manliness is not defined by the car I drive. So you drive a Honda Fit and are trying to justify it?
EndZoneCrew Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I just bought a new Jeep Compass.....28 MPG.....from the 14 MPG that my F-150 got.....I am happy!
JoeFerguson Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 So you drive a Honda Fit and are trying to justify it? Yep.
Bmwolf21 Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 We'll probably trade my Dodge Dakota in for something smaller and better on gas mileage for my wife to use with the car seat for the baby, and when we do I'll be using her current '02 Honda CR-V...runs great, AWD for winter, pretty good gas mileage (23-25 combined) and decent cargo area.
stuckincincy Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 I just bought a new Jeep Compass.....28 MPG.....from the 14 MPG that my F-150 got.....I am happy! FWD or AWD? I would personally prefer its' sister construction, the Patriot, for its' better driver visibility. Unfortunately - as it the norm - you have to submit to rear privacy glass and the diminished night visibility in anything but the bare-bone versions. That's not unique to Jeep, of course.
EndZoneCrew Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 FWD or AWD? I would personally prefer its' sister construction, the Patriot, for its' better driver visibility. Unfortunately - as it the norm - you have to submit to rear privacy glass and the diminished night visibility in anything but the bare-bone versions. That's not unique to Jeep, of course. I almost bought the Patriot but believe it or not I (6'6) fit more comfortably in the Compass....Mine is a FWD.
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