[Arachnyd]

I'm helping my parents get a new car. My mom loves her Buick Rendezvous, but at 156k miles, I don't want to have to work on it.

Cost is NOT a concern, but my mother doesn't care much about cars or performance or anything else, so don't suggest a Mazerati. She will not drive a van, and does not want to feel like she's driving a truck/SUV but likes the car-based SUVs. a 3rd row is a huge plus since she likes to drive around the grand kids, but may be worth considering something without it if everything else is good.

I thought the Dodge Journey would be a great replacement, but I took her to look at them and she thought they looked to "kiddish". I agree with her. The interior doesn't look like the kind of car a 75 year old would drive. More like a 25 year old with kids who is denial that they should have a van.

I glanced at the Jeep Cherokee, but it even looks more "kiddish" than the Journey. She liked my old Patriot. I don't know what the heck Dodge is smoking to create those awful interiors on the new cars.

My dad would love for her to have AWD. He drives a 2013 Cadillac XTS AWD.

There doesn't seem to be much out there. Most of the SUVs are too big, and the car based SUVs are too small. I'm thinking I may be stuck working on that rendezvous for the next 10 years, but if anyone has any other ideas, let me know.