Good Morning and Happy New Year's All!
The really good deal on a car was sold Saturday, sooooo I'm on the hunt again. The night was nice last night though. Unfortunately I still woke up at 6am after drinking until 12. That's cool body. I don't need rest.
Turking until a breakfast I'm due to look at. And browsing cars. Not sure if I should settle on something small and reliable but I will hate (like a corolla) or overextend myself on something reliable and useful (rav4). I've never driven a small car - the smallest was a subaru crosstrek. My dog and I take up a lot of space, especially when camping.
This may seem a bit odd ... but you might consider one of these. A SAAB 96 with the V-4 engine built in the early '60s and late '70. A Swedish-buily car you can get for around 5-8 grand (and more, of course, if you want a "concourse" example). Front-wheel drive. And the V-4 {industrial) engine from Taurus (Ford) in Europe has good to great gas mileage, is
very reliable, and I believe that parts are still easy to get. The V-4 engine is easy to work on.
Heck of a fun car to drive. And the rear seat folds down to give you
plenty of storage space for your camping gear. The price of this SAAB will never go down; just up. (The SAAB 96 was built when SAAB was SAAB and not owned by somebody else.)