What type of cars to look at?
Budget: $16,000
Needs: reliable, automatic transmission, 20+ city mpg
Really want: luxurious, fast, leather seats, bluetooth, USB input, year 2007 or newer
Needs to be a Sedan, SUV, Truck, Wagon, or Hatchback. Also, I will be using it in the snow and for driving to college and back. I can't have a small vehicle like a Nissan Versa or a Ford Focus.
Mercedes C Class
BMW 3 Series
Audi A4
Honestly, I would start looking on Carmax. You can put in all of your criteria and see what kinds of cars pop up.
If you don't want a used car, Carmax is still a good place to start looking to narrow down your choices based on your wants and needs. Once you have a few types/models you're interested in, you could check out dealerships.
You should buy the Renault Duster which is awesome SUV car.
- Why would people buy older foreign cars instead of brand new American cars? I see it all the time, people driving 7-8 year old Mercedes or BMWs that they paid probably paid around $20,000. They could of easily gone out and bought a brand new Ford or Dodge, but they didn't. They bought a Mercedes with over 100k miles. All worn and torn on the inside. But aslong as they're shining on the outside I guess.
- What would vintage cars look like tested in a wind tunnel? Vintage cars as in: those early 1920's-1940's boxy-shaped cars like the Ford V8 Flathead engines, and also the cars of the 1950's when aerodynamics and curved designs first came out. My question is asking about how the fog in a wind tunnel would appear, how much drag there's, or if earliest metal-roofed cars just scattered the wind (back when the tires had spokes that was assembled kind of like on bicycle wheels. ).
- Why don't American cars last as long as Japanese cars? My family has owned a Ford Taurus and a Nissan Altima of similar model years. Both cars are still running, but the Taurus has very low mileage (it's a 1999 with only 85,000 miles) and the interior is in horrible condition and the plastics Ford put in have been known for breaking. None of this has happened with the Altima, even though it has more miles. Why?
- Why are some Ford cars (like the Taurus and Focus) such unreliable cars? I'm looking at cars in the $3000 - $4500 range and I'm noticing a decent amount of Ford Taurus's and Focus's and out of all the cars that I see, these are two cars that just seem so unreliable. I test drove a Focus last year and it sounded like something was wrong with the engine.