How about a new old car

[bimmerboodle]

This car is going to be all about utility: Driving in the snow, storage space, gas mileage, somewhat cheap and then fun to drive. Hopefully I can find a good combination of all of them.

I think I'm going to look for a car similar to this:
1999 impreza outback sport

In fact I may try to go look at that car tomorrow.

That silver was only offered in 1999 and is the color I have. It is pretty nice. I looked at one of those Impreza's but with 2 kids, I needed more room. Just took a week at the beach and still had to but cargo on the roof of the bigger wagon. Watch out for the dreaded head gasket issue in that car...it is ripe considering the mileage. Look for tell-tale spooge on the inside of the radiator cap and in the coolant tank that may indicate combustion gas leaking into the coolant passages. they blow internally. when I got mine, you could drive it about 40 miles on the highway BEFORE enough pressure would build up to blow the coolant out the overflow....pretty strange symptom