07-07-2008, 04:14 PM
white97dsm Wrote:Ive always loved audi/bmw wagons and those can be had for a descent price.....
I've had both a BMW and an Audi and love them both... but I sold them after the warranty was up. I'd lean towards and older BMW before an Audi but both may end up with some maintenance issues down the line. I tend to think the cost of maintenance is over-hyped and it's nothing that bad if you do the work yourself... but the question is more about reliability. Since it's your DD, you want it to start the first time, every time and you may not get that with an Audi or BMW in your price range.
A CPO A3 might work, but I haven't seen their interior to know what it can haul. I'd probably echo the WRX wagon sentiment from John. If my wife didn't have a hatch, that's probably what I would have ended up with.
Contrary to the general public's opinion, sport hatches are infinity cooler than any SUV and are (almost) as useful.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth