Claire
Master Chef
Hmmm... Until I saw one of the other lines this one didn't occur to me to ask here although I've gotten great advice on non-food oriented questions. In another year we're hoping to buy a new vehicle. We desperately need one, but in another year we'll be able to buy, cash.
SO ... here's the question. We live on a street that is very steep. The past two winters it has turned mostly to ice. So our beloved F-150 with rear wheel drive, that got us through thick and thin over the past decade plus, just does not cut it. We need a 4WD or all wheel drive.
Here are my requirements: I want a sedan that isn't huge, but still has a decent sized back seat. I'm 5'9 and not exactly thin and often as not wind up sitting there when we have company (husband says I can sit up front bla bla bla, but when we have older friends over, all ascribe to the boys in front and girls in back theory and short of being rude, guess which of the 5'9" people wind in the back seat).
The size of the car has to do with the fact that our little vertical town is a tourist mecca and I want to be able to park better than I can with my pickup.
I'd like 5 doors for the cargo space, but it is a "nice to have", not a necessity.
If I buy American, I'm inclined to Ford, but I'm not much inclined in any direction there.
I was interested in a Subaru Outback, but 1 out of 4 friends who've owned one hated it (the other three loved it, a pretty good record). We've heard great stuff about a Toyata Rave4.
Any advice from someone who has lived in mountainous, cold, icy, snowy regions, help please!
SO ... here's the question. We live on a street that is very steep. The past two winters it has turned mostly to ice. So our beloved F-150 with rear wheel drive, that got us through thick and thin over the past decade plus, just does not cut it. We need a 4WD or all wheel drive.
Here are my requirements: I want a sedan that isn't huge, but still has a decent sized back seat. I'm 5'9 and not exactly thin and often as not wind up sitting there when we have company (husband says I can sit up front bla bla bla, but when we have older friends over, all ascribe to the boys in front and girls in back theory and short of being rude, guess which of the 5'9" people wind in the back seat).
The size of the car has to do with the fact that our little vertical town is a tourist mecca and I want to be able to park better than I can with my pickup.
I'd like 5 doors for the cargo space, but it is a "nice to have", not a necessity.
If I buy American, I'm inclined to Ford, but I'm not much inclined in any direction there.
I was interested in a Subaru Outback, but 1 out of 4 friends who've owned one hated it (the other three loved it, a pretty good record). We've heard great stuff about a Toyata Rave4.
Any advice from someone who has lived in mountainous, cold, icy, snowy regions, help please!