More car fun

[dancerjodi]

So tonight B and I are going car shopping. My check engine light went on this morning and I stopped by the mechanic's (i.e. the good guy I normally bring my car to) to see if they could take a look at it today.

I told him what they fixed at the Ford Dealer last week and he said "that part has NOTHING to do with the antifreeze". They are swamped today so tomorrow I'll be leaving the car for them to shut off the check engine light (and make sure the car is still safe to drive).

I'd like a Subaru Forester though I don't know much about them and wasn't planning on spending that much $ (actually, I wasn't planning on spending any $ on a new car, grrrr). Dodge Stratus is another option and of course there is good ole reliable (and cheap) Saturn.

We shall see. I guess its good that B is selling his stock options this week (the little bit that he has). And now I'm off to check Edmunds.com (great, great car site).

Comments

Re: If you get a chance . . .

[dionysia.livejournal.com]

i think the honda civic is the official sp*es car. ;p

di

Hooray for Hondas!

[msdaisy.livejournal.com]

I own one and have never had any major problems with it after 7 years and 130k+ miles and still counting.

I'm with him. We had a green 1993 Civic coupe, were terrible about maintenance, and it gave us no problems at all. If you don't count the getting stolen and stripped part.

Now we have a 1994 black Civic Si hatchback with 100,000 miles on it and it's in impeccable condition and has needed no major repairs.

Hondas are safe, reliable and hold their value (you won't end up owing as much as the car is worth four years from now). They're not as big as the Forrester, but considering what B drives, do you really need another big car?