So, I guess I am getting a new car!

[Shell Beau]

Since I totaled mine. Any suggestions? I really LOVED my Honda Accord and may get another one, but I'd like to hear some of your faves!

[miss_american_pie]

1. My hubby likes his WRX

My mom loved her Honda, but I can't remember what model she had. As long as my car runs, I'm happy.

Have fun shopping!

[Shell Beau]

2. What is a WRX?

That was my philosphy on my Honda! As long as it was running, I was keeping it! Oh well!!

[miss_american_pie]

3. A Subaru Impreza

Sorry about that. I usually refer to it as the early-life crisis. ;)

[Shell Beau]

4. Hehehe!

I am not familiar with that car. I also like the Nissan Maxima but I have to price these things! I know they are expensive now a days!!

[XNASA]

5. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a Subaru if I was lookin'.

Or maybe a Mazda MX-5 (Miata).

[Shell Beau]

6. No Miata for me!! I need a car that a least my dogs could fit it!

;) They are cute little things though!

[XNASA]

13. Get a little dog and carry it around.

It's so en vogue.

You could stow it in the glove box when you're not using it.

[Shell Beau]

20. Hahahaha!!

Very Paris Hilton-ish!! :P

[lukasahero]

14. Just bought a Subaru Forester myself (mostly for my dog)

Needed 4/AWD and lots of doggie room. Handles like a freakin' sports car compared to any other small SUV I drove. Voted best small SUV by car and driver magazine, excellent safety ratings and the Car Talk guys love 'em. :)

Good luck!

[ET Awful]

7. Honda Element w/ AWD

:bounce: It's FUN :P

And, very practical for your doggies since it is all dirt proof and waterproof inside, just mop it out :P

[CatholicEdHead]

52. Second this

Get the Element with side air bags, it is Consumer Reports recommended.

[ET Awful]

61. It's also a FUN car

:P

I love mine! :bounce:

[CottonBear]

64. My firm has an Element. We all love it! Very fun and practical! n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Did you have gap insurance?

[Shell Beau]

17. gap?

:shrug:

[Lochloosa]

21. The difference between what you owe on your car and what it's

worth. The "Gap"

You can get it here http://www.gap-insurance.com/
The dealer will offer it to you but it will be twice the cost of buying it online.

Gap Example:

Your Loan Payoff is: $20000
Your Vehicles Actual Value: $17000
Your insurance deductible: $500
Your Insurance Settlement: $16500
The GAP we pay: $3500

[Shell Beau]

22. Oh! Well my car is totally paid for thankfully!

[Hugin]

9. A blue car! Buy a BLUE car!

Which goes FAST... ZOOM!

A nice stereo! Big KNOBS! Lots of lights!

A SUN ROOF!

[Shell Beau]

24. Why blue?

I love white, silver or black for my cars, but blue might be nice!!

[Hugin]

41. Yellow! Yellow with Black Stripes!

or maybe, Blue with White stripes!

P.S. I was sorry to hear about your accident. I'm so glad nobody was hurt.

[Shell Beau]

44. Aw, thanks! Me too!

[Taverner]

10. 2006 Prius!!!!

I love mine!!! 50 MPG, a dashboard computer with GPS, some have backup cameras and they are roomy!

Also very safe!

Oh, and it's a hatchback so you're pup can stretch out in back :)

[Hugin]

12. .

:thumbsup: ;)

[lukasahero]

16. Guess that kind of depends on the size of the pup...?

I tried but short of getting a smaller dog, it just wasn't going to happen.

[Shell Beau]

18. Yeah and I have 3 dogs!

They range from 15 lbs. to 100 lbs.!

[Taverner]

28. Well we fit in a 75 lb Samoyed in the back of ours

He fits in fine, and occasionally leans over the seat to lick the crumbs off of Tavernertoddler's face....

3 dogs? You'll need a truck for that.

But one dog - a Prius will work.

[Shell Beau]

29. Well we do have a truck, but it is the hubby's and I want a nice car!

I'll definitely look into those.

[AlCzervik]

11. i have an 04 accord which i like but if i was going to buy another Honda

it would be the new Civic, very cute and great gas milage.

[Shell Beau]

19. I just think Honda's are great cars. I haven't had one

single problem from mine (except for ME totaling it)

[In_The_Wind]

15. Good luck on finding something you really like!

I love my Chevy Tracker.
:

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

23. Thanks! And that is a cute little car you have!!

[texas1928]

25. This one is a lot of fun.

[Shell Beau]

27. Yeah, but could I ever get my husband out of it?

:P

[texas1928]

30. Well get a one of the light colors and make it a chick Stang.

and he will not want to stay in it.

[Shell Beau]

31. Ooh! Do they have hot pink?

:o

[texas1928]

34. No hot pink but this blue is not very masculine.

[radwriter0555]

26. Scion Xa ROCKS. Fully loaded, really, really well rated out the door,

awesome performance, reliability and affordability, about 13K new. Holds the value, great gas mileage. Check it out on Edmunds.com

Just absolutely LOVED it.

This page also shows the tc which looks fantastic as well. Worth a test drive.

http://www.edmunds.com/new/scion/index.html

[trogdor]

36. I love my xA.

Fun as hell to drive. 35 MPG no matter how I drive it. Adults can sit in back. Nice stereo. Chicks think it's cute.

[radwriter0555]

46. I fit full sized appliances in mine. I traded down to it from an Explorer

and even when doing home construction and landscaping, never, ever lacked for room.

I have a nissan micra now, it's very cute as well... But I LOVED my Xa... It was the perfect new car.

I had a miata as well for those yee hah days when I needed the sun in my face and the wind in my hair.

Now that is truly the car that I miss. I should have had it shipped over here to europe. I truly regret not bringing it.

[LeftyMom]

32. You have dogs?

Get a wagon, so you can put the back seat down and have a ton of room. Even a small wagon has a ton of cargo space with the seat down. :)

[Shell Beau]

33. I will keep that in mind! Yeah, with 3 dogs, I could use the room!

And hopefully kids won't be too far off!!

[LeftyMom]

40. If you'lll be transporting dogs and kids at the same time,

either a larger wagon or a van may not be a bad idea. With a wagon, I'd look for one that has a 60/40 split in the rear seat, rather than 50/50, because it's much more versatile when you need to haul kids and cargo at the same time. Also check to make sure there's no reinforcement bar that divides up your cargo area when the seat back is down, my wagon has one and it's super-annoying.

If I was getting a new wagon I'd look at the Mazda 5, it seats 6 (all forward facing, which is important because you can't put a car seat in the rear facing wagon seats and thier low weight limits make them useless for adults, so they're really only good for people who need to transport a crapload of tweens.) it's pretty freakin' cute, the milage is decent and all 4 rear seats fold flat independently because it has 6 buckets rather than a bench in the rear.

[ET Awful]

62. Still can't beat the Element for dogs and kids though. No carpet

so no stains. HUGE space inside, seats are not only split fold down, but will fold up against the wall or can be removed completely.

The Mazda kicks some major butt too. It's also built like a rock. A guy I work with got hit by a huge truck and it mangled the passenger side doors, but no intrusion into the cabin, and the car is still driveable while he scrapes up the money to cover his deductible.

The Element has as much leg room for rear passengers as it does for front (if not more).

I think my only complaint is that the mileage isn't as great as I'd like (average about 21-23 MPG)

[LeftyMom]

63. I do like the Element

I'd look at one when my current wagon finally quits but I'd really like a third row of seating.

[kick-ass-bob]

35. GET THIS ONE!

:D

[BikeWriter]

38. Very nice. All it needs is a coat of paint.

[Shell Beau]

43. Ooh, an antique!!

Love it!!! :P

[kwassa]

37. here is one I used to own

or just like it

[BikeWriter]

39. A super car! I've owned several oldies.

[Metta]

42. Hondas rule. Wish they had all wheel drive, though.

My wife would buy one in a hot NY minute. The reason I didn't buy one was that the leg room was slightly not enough and I had been having problems with my hips and back as a result of owning a slightly too short in the leg Acura. The new Acura TSX's are wonderful, though pricey. We picked one up because the leg room was manageable. We love the global satellite. It's helped us out more than once. My wife is now comfortable driving into places she's not completely familiar with.

[EstimatedProphet]

45. Get a Hummer! Everybody's doing it!

Plus you get a sweet tax break!

[MsUSA]

47. Oh my gawd.......I bought a RED Honda accord, and I didn't

even think to buy blue!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Crazy Dave]

48. I hear Toyota is coming out with a hybrid Camry

That would be the next new car I buy. I have a '98 Camry with 97,000 miles on it and it's been the best car I've ever owned.

[sbj405]

49. Focus Wagon

Tons of cargo room. More than small SUVs. Good gas milage. It's built on the Volvo S40 frame. If you don't need 4wd or awd, it's a good option.

[Orsino]

50. Make your next Accord a hybrid!

When a couple of semis totaled my wife's hybrid Accord, and she walked away without a scratch, she knew she had to get another right away.

It really is a kick-@$$ car.

Or get a Prius. I love mine. Be a real liberal; drive a hybrid.

[Love Bug]

51. Please go test drive a

Mazda 3 or Mazda 6 hatchbacks. I drove a Mazda 3 5 door and loved it, plus with the back seat folded down more then enough room for the dogs.
I ended up being practical and buying a Dodge Grand Caravan Sport, I have 2 boys and have found it very useful.

Oops, my mom must have been on my computer again, this is Divameow77 not Love Bug. She always leaves herself logged in.

[Love Bug]

59. Hey, I don't leave myself logged in! I always log myself out but

for some reason DU doesn't "get" it!

[AwakeAtLast]

53. Love, love, love my 2005 Camry!

It will take a really great car to get me out of it. Best car I have
ever driven.

Good luck in your search, I hope you find what you want! :hi:

[GalleryGod]

54. And a trip to....

Wilshire Blvd. !

[XemaSab]

55. Honda Element

Just go drive one.... you'll love it.

[distantearlywarning]

56. We just bought a Scion XB last fall and pimped it out with their "extras"

Love it, love it, love it! I was a little leery at first, but my husband talked me into it, and I haven't regretted it at all. In fact, I wish we'd bought one sooner instead of driving our old beater car around for months and months.

I have owned both a Honda Accord and a Honda Civic, and I like the Scion better than either one of them. It's extremely comfortable, fun and easy to drive, gets great gas mileage, TONS of cargo space for its size, great stereo, and was a fabulous price for everything you get on it (it comes basically fully loaded for around $15K). It's like having an SUV without all the bad parts of an SUV. Plus, it's really unusual looking so it gets lots of attention and is really easy to find in a parking lot. Fabulous car. I can't say enough good things about it. I wish we could afford another one to replace my very old Honda Civic.

[LynneSin]

57. Toyota is making a Hybrid Camry

:bounce:

[jakefrep]

58. Pontiac G6

I have one and I like it a lot.

[LSK]

60. you might want to tell us your budget?

You can get the a hybrid Accord now.

[bleedingheart]

65. Mercedes Benz...

if you can afford it...I can't but I want to say that I know someone who owns one....

[Throd]

66. '73 Cutlass Supreme

Not glamorous, but very reliable

[LaraMN]

67. A pink Toyota SoLARA!

That's what I want, if it in fact exists.

Not that I'm getting one, mind you.