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05-06-05, 10:40 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1998 SLS - 160,000 mi  | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Petoskey, MI Age: 28 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by powerglide Sebring?? really? I just have a feeling they have a poor reliability record....no? | I have 1st generation sebring convertible, and i have never had a problem with it. All maintenance has always been routine maintenance. It's definately a fun car.
The 2.7L engine, for one or two of the first years of the 2nd Generations has a sludging problem, BUT a lot of the members on my club who have those engines just keep up on oil changes, and use synthetic oil.
If you have any sebring questions come visit my club: http://www.sebringclub.net/ (that's not shameless self promotion if i've ever seen it! :coolgleam )
We have a TON of great resourses on that site for common glitches, and how the Do It Yourselfer Can fix them.  |
05-06-05, 11:28 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yucca Valley,California | |  Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by powerglide So I'm starting to think about what car I should by for my wife.
She prefers four door cars, mid sized or smaller.
She like's SAABs.
I just want it to be safe and reliable.
Budget around 5000$
Considered
Infitity G20
Saab 900 expensive to maintain, "rare" so hard to find a good one
VW Jetta reliability issues (is the golf any better?)
Integra (two door but very reliable, too "fast and fursious")
Mitsubishi Galant (ho hum)
Mazda 626 (ford built, spotty reliabilty)
Honda, Nissan Toyota too expensive for a 8 year old car
Open to suggestions! | If I had a wonderful husband such as you seem to be  I would get her the Caddy SRX. It's beautiful and not too large and intimidating. Unfortunately it's a little more than $5000.00  In real life though I would go for one of those used Audi's or Jetta's or maybe you could luck up on an Acura.
Peace |
05-06-05, 02:32 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): '83 SDV, '91 SDV | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Age: 31 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
We just bought a car for my wife, a month ago. I was in the same price bracket 4-6K and just couldn't find anything decent on budget like that. So the one we got was one owner '97 Honda Acoord LX 4dr auto with 150K on the odometer. Paid $4300 which was OK, even though the mileage is kinda high, but it's clean and very well taken care of. |
05-06-05, 03:33 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hermosa Beach, CA | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
Ok, so I was just talkin to my wife about some of the cars I came up with........get this. She thinks they are all boooring! She wants something more "funky" (her words) like a BMW/SAAB/JAG/AUDI 
She's turnin high maintenance on me.....
Long short our budget just got bumped up to 10 grand...
So with the new budget and criteria what are some of your thoughts ? 
PS No nasty comments about my wife please... :-)
I still think a 99 or 00 G20 is a good compromise
but its now in the 98-99 Lexus es300 range too. (I prefer the ES, but its a bigger car too.....she needs to drive it in LA)
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05-06-05, 07:01 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1996 Fleetwood | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Florida Age: 26 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
Late 90's Malibu/Cutlass. They're sturdy little cars, and surprisingly reliable. The 3.1L V6 is pretty punchy, but runs for a long time. It's a pretty comfy and usable midsized sedan, doesn't do anything amazing, just does a lot of things rather well. Plus, if it's her first car, as in never driven before, the car is a good car to learn on. It's one that is difficult to get yourself in trouble with, even when driving aggressively, and it works hard to get you back out of trouble too. |
05-06-05, 07:35 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 37 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
The jetta. I like jettas a lot. We have had 4 so far in the family, none of them has given any trouble. |
05-06-05, 07:37 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hermosa Beach, CA | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by D148L0 The jetta. I like jettas a lot. We have had 4 so far in the family, none of them has given any trouble. | Yeah I like em alot....then I went to www.carsurvey.org and saw a slew of complaints about the reliabilty of em. Surprising, I thought they were the german equivalent of an Accord.
I am pushing for the Lexus ES 300. Very nice speciems available, even a 10 year old one of these look amazing good. Not dated at all. |
05-06-05, 08:17 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yucca Valley,California | |  Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by powerglide Ok, so I was just talkin to my wife about some of the cars I came up with........get this. She thinks they are all boooring! She wants something more "funky" (her words) like a BMW/SAAB/JAG/AUDI
She's turnin high maintenance on me.....
Long short our budget just got bumped up to 10 grand...
So with the new budget and criteria what are some of your thoughts ?
PS No nasty comments about my wife please... :-)
I still think a 99 or 00 G20 is a good compromise
but its now in the 98-99 Lexus es300 range too. (I prefer the ES, but its a bigger car too.....she needs to drive it in LA) | How about the bus
Peace |
05-06-05, 08:28 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 1989 Sedan DeVille | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Left Coast (Central) Age: 49 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by powerglide PS No nasty comments about my wife please... :-) | Party pooper! Quote: |
Originally Posted by powerglide Ok, so I was just talkin to my wife about some of the cars I came up with........get this. She thinks they are all boooring! She wants something more "funky" (her words) like a BMW/SAAB/JAG/AUDI
She's turnin high maintenance on me.....
Long short our budget just got bumped up to 10 grand... | Sounds like a frightful change of events! :disappoin
I have some friends who swear by (as opposed to 'at') Lexus. |
05-06-05, 08:36 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Fanatic | | | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
10 grand? show her an avalon. but you could get a good 90s beamer for 10 grand. hell bump it up to 15k and get a m3. http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?&m...odel=M3#vdptop
luxury package! its automatic, i dont know what your wife prefers. |
05-06-05, 08:39 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Master Cadillac(s): 1989 Sedan DeVille | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Left Coast (Central) Age: 49 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by adam_mcd ....hell bump it up to 15k and get a m3..... |  Ah, c'mon man! Give the guy a break! |
05-06-05, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by powerglide Long short our budget just got bumped up to 10 grand...
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05-06-05, 10:32 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hermosa Beach, CA | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
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Originally Posted by Kev Ah, c'mon man! Give the guy a break! | Thanks Kev,
LOL! .....I'm drivin a 98 deville for pete's sake.
Thats a pretty good price for a M3 no?
Considering a 3-series, but wife's pretty set on a red SAAB 93 (hmmm I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that I was driving a red Sabb 900 turbo when we met...)
She's not going for the Lexus (I think its great though)
Its lookin more like 99 Saab auto (4 door if possible).....sigh.....
keep the ideas comin though! |
05-07-05, 04:06 AM
|  | Banned Cadillac(s): 1995 ETC, 75 Deville, Cad500 powered 73 Apollo, 94 Mark VIII | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 22 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
95+ Lincoln Continental? |
05-07-05, 08:41 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cobourg Ontario Age: 52 | | | Re: What car to buy for my wifes first car?
This is what the wife is driving now after trading in the STS
She has a bigg smile on her face when she drives .This car could be it's twin http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...ist=918#vdptop | | Cadillac Discussion Tools | | | 
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