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stovt001 · 12-29-2007, 03:54 AM

Right under $18K out the door (tax, fees, everything)

In traffic, 27 mpg. In normal highway, at least 32 mpg.

Yup, side airbags also cam bundled with ABS and TC. I researched beforehand and saw that it got nearly perfect crash test scores with the side airbag, but poor crash tests without. The entire package cost a few hundred bucks, cheap insurance if you ask me. It also made the fiance (at that time girlfriend) happy, and as you point out that's always a big concern when buying cars.

I just think it is absurd when I see my dad, my aunt's friend, so many people, buying SUVs and the only thing they ever do with them is use them to commute by themselves to work. Same situation with my aunt and uncle getting a minivan to drive one child around. Its like using an M1 tank to go quail hunting. My dad's Envoy did come in handy when I moved apartments, but I could have just as easily used my previously mentioned friends' Tahoe.

Well I guess this is just my upbringing. I was never pushed around in one of those urban assault strollers. My family never drank pallets of coke (my dad did, and his failing health is enough to vindicate that decision a million times over). When we had our numerous road trips (we rarely flew) my sister and I sat in the back of these tiny little cars, made a wall out of our luggage and books between us (later we just used sister #2 and her car seat) and read or enjoyed the scenery (also why I don't understand DVD players in cars). So really, I was just always raised on less "stuff" than the average kid, so I just never see the point in excess. I never felt slighted or that my family was cheap, just sensible. Actually, until I reflect on it now, I never realized there was anything exceptional about us. Sure tons of families at my school had Suburbans, but I just assumed they were the clans, the families big enough to form their own school district (we had tons of those at our school). I've just never been one to think in the "bigger is better" mentality that is so common in America, so I think we just come from different viewpoints.

12-29-2007, 03:54 AM	#20
stovt001 Drives: 2006 Cobalt, 2004 Taurus wagon Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,810	Right under $18K out the door (tax, fees, everything) In traffic, 27 mpg. In normal highway, at least 32 mpg. Yup, side airbags also cam bundled with ABS and TC. I researched beforehand and saw that it got nearly perfect crash test scores with the side airbag, but poor crash tests without. The entire package cost a few hundred bucks, cheap insurance if you ask me. It also made the fiance (at that time girlfriend) happy, and as you point out that's always a big concern when buying cars. I just think it is absurd when I see my dad, my aunt's friend, so many people, buying SUVs and the only thing they ever do with them is use them to commute by themselves to work. Same situation with my aunt and uncle getting a minivan to drive one child around. Its like using an M1 tank to go quail hunting. My dad's Envoy did come in handy when I moved apartments, but I could have just as easily used my previously mentioned friends' Tahoe. Well I guess this is just my upbringing. I was never pushed around in one of those urban assault strollers. My family never drank pallets of coke (my dad did, and his failing health is enough to vindicate that decision a million times over). When we had our numerous road trips (we rarely flew) my sister and I sat in the back of these tiny little cars, made a wall out of our luggage and books between us (later we just used sister #2 and her car seat) and read or enjoyed the scenery (also why I don't understand DVD players in cars). So really, I was just always raised on less "stuff" than the average kid, so I just never see the point in excess. I never felt slighted or that my family was cheap, just sensible. Actually, until I reflect on it now, I never realized there was anything exceptional about us. Sure tons of families at my school had Suburbans, but I just assumed they were the clans, the families big enough to form their own school district (we had tons of those at our school). I've just never been one to think in the "bigger is better" mentality that is so common in America, so I think we just come from different viewpoints.