Wife wants a newer car because I bought a truck to big for her to drive. So...

[greatwhite]

So yeah wife doesn't want to drive her car anymore which I bought her new in 2008 (the care not the wife, wife is much older ). She complains it's noisy, the original alternator and battery went and now she doesn't feel "safe"and it has 420,000 K on it. Wants a AWD crossover. Like I'm made of money.

So I'm looking at a low millage but still older say from 2010 + under 150K. She "likes" the look of the CRV and Santa Fe. She doesn't seem to like the Escape or Outlander or Subaru's. But I might be able to convince her

Guess I will have to park my 2003 Sunfire and drive the Accent to the belt let's go. I think it has 150K on it now. Than I will go back to driving my car. Bet I take take that Accent to 500,000.

What I want to know is if they have timing belts or chains. I do not want a timing belt just sick and tired of changing them.

[Snowwalker]

Some how I know how you feel...

[Fisherman]

Had to laugh at this one, what the wife wants and what she needs are 2 different things. One is a job to contribute to the AWD part.

[trimmer21]

So yeah wife doesn't want to drive her car anymore which I bought her new in 2008 (the care not the wife, wife is much older ). She complains it's noisy, the original alternator and battery went and now she doesn't feel "safe"and it has 420,000 K on it. Wants a AWD crossover. Like I'm made of money.

So I'm looking at a low millage but still older say from 2010 + under 150K. She "likes" the look of the CRV and Santa Fe. She doesn't seem to like the Escape or Outlander or Subaru's. But I might be able to convince her

Guess I will have to park my 2003 Sunfire and drive the Accent to the belt let's go. I think it has 150K on it now. Than I will go back to driving my car. Bet I take take that Accent to 500,000.

What I want to know is if they have timing belts or chains. I do not want a timing belt just sick and tired of changing them.

Tell her that she can buy whatever she wants as long as she's paying for it.

[MikePal]

So I'm looking at a low millage but still older say from 2010 + under 150K. She "likes" the look of the CRV and Santa Fe. She doesn't seem to like the Escape or Outlander or Subaru's.

My wife gave me her criteria...nothing older than 10 yrs and nothing over $10k....found a Rav4 (170K) at a dealership that fit the bill. She's happy and we got a great AWD SUV.

Toyota/Honda's you don't have to worry about millage as much....lots of life left even after 200K...

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

We both lease I get a new truck & she gets a new CRV every 3 years. I even buy the maintenance package.

Trouble free driving because I have better things to do than fix car's and worry about them leaving me stranded... lol

[Snowwalker]

15 year old Toyota 4Runner. Runs like new.....just saying..

[Fox]

15 year old Toyota 4Runner. Runs like new.....just saying..

And still worth $20K

Ha ha, I exaggerate but 4Runners hold their value like crazy, had a 98 and miss it most of the time, I got rid of it after the rad went and put coolant in the transmission, lost my trust in it going into the bush with no cell coverage.

94 Camry - scrapped at 347K, still on the original clutch, was an east coast car and a lot of rot underneath
98 4Runner - sold at 286K with a cracked windshield, leaking steering box, bald tires, rust popping out around the back window and bumper, transmission issue I stated above yet saw it driving around town 3 years later still
2010 Matrix - 230K on it now, puffs a little smoke on start up but does not burn enough to do valve guides.

[sawbill]

My wife drives the Nissan Rogue and we've had little issues with it. There's a pile of them around so picking one up with AWD dirt cheap should be fairly easy. We've driven it to the States a number of times and it keeps up with Texas highway speeds no problem. Surprisingly easy on gas so its another option to the limited AWD systems out there.

[greatwhite]

I can't afford divorce, it cost a good friend of mine 500,000. Some how she seems to think since I make more (she has a degree and I don't) I should pay more (Isn't that socialism???). Seems my income is "Our income" and her income is well hers. I still don't get that but I guess that's why she has a degree and I don't?

Tell her that she can buy whatever she wants as long as she's paying for it.

That's all she is getting from me, still not sure why I have to pay for it. She went and got a degree in University costing me 40K so she should be making more money than me.

My wife gave me her criteria...nothing older than 10 yrs and nothing over $10k....found a Rav4 (170K) at a dealership that fit the bill. She's happy and we got a great AWD SUV.

Toyota/Honda's you don't have to worry about millage as much....lots of life left even after 200K...

Yeah but they cost a bit more in gas and I would end up paying for it.

15 year old Toyota 4Runner. Runs like new.....just saying..

Got 420,000 km's on the Accent so far once I find her a new suv I will drive the car until the timing belt let's go I bet I can get 500,000 thousand km's

And still worth $20K

Ha ha, I exaggerate but 4Runners hold their value like crazy, had a 98 and miss it most of the time, I got rid of it after the rad went and put coolant in the transmission, lost my trust in it going into the bush with no cell coverage.

94 Camry - scrapped at 347K, still on the original clutch, was an east coast car and a lot of rot underneath
98 4Runner - sold at 286K with a cracked windshield, leaking steering box, bald tires, rust popping out around the back window and bumper, transmission issue I stated above yet saw it driving around town 3 years later still
2010 Matrix - 230K on it now, puffs a little smoke on start up but does not burn enough to do valve guides.