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Question: How do you choose a family car?
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Starting a family and need advice on how to pick my next car.
Safety? Airbags, weight, what else?
Ease to get in? Sliding doors, room for car seats, high vs low level?
Ease to clean surfaces?
Gas mileage? Do you drive mostly locally or long-distance?
Durability/price? How long do you keep the same car?
Thanks!

Q&A:

Answer by cbondhonda
All of the above….!

In reality, jot down the 10 most important things to YOU…and do what I ask my customers do all the time….

Write down a “Day in the Life” of your current vehicle….and this will work wonders in narrowing down your choices.

Dont forget to inlcude the following in your criteria:
1. Cost of Ownership
2. Resale Value (Same thing as residual value percentage….Just because you may keep it 10 years does not mean this is not important…its usually a good indication of how reliable the vehicle is)
3. Go to actual OWNER sites….plenty of them out there…and see what real owners have to say about the vehicles you have on your list.

Chris

Answer by musicalgreasemonkey
Everything you said is what you should be looking for, I would reccommend you buy a Subaru Legacy. They are great cars that have great gas mileage, reliability, crash tests, interiors, performance, accsess, and All Wheel Drive that is incredible. Mine gets 34MPG on the Highway… No thats not i typo, and i have not done any modifications to it either.

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