Saturday, July 30, 2011

Car Shopping

I drive a nice two door car.  The difficulty is that if I have anyone ride with me, getting into the back seat can be an adventure.  As I move toward foster kids and/or adoption, I think that the car is a bit impractical for that reason.

So, I have been looking online at various car dealerships and car reports to try and figure out how big of a vehicle I need.  Should I move toward an SUV?  Gas mileage takes a hit then.  Or should I look at a car?  In that case, I probably can't haul around many kids + friends.  Mini-van?  I'm really resisting this one.

I also have a smallish garage, so I need a vehicle that is svelte.  The other issue is that the size vehicle I'm looking at will cost a bit more, so I need to factor in the car payment in my calculations.

So, I'm finding my free time is consumed by browsing the car ads, hoping the perfect vehicle appears soon.

1 comments:

Ryan said...

The Mazda5 is a car nobody really knows about but it offers a combination of size, cost, gas mileage, and accessibility not many other cars can match. Its sort of a 5 door hatchback with sliding rear doors like a minivan.
http://www.mazdausa.com/MusaWeb/displayPage.action?pageParameter=modelsMain&vehicleCode=MZ5#/home