Originally Posted By: AZjeff
So SIL might take a job 50 miles away. They currently have 1 car, a 2015 CX-5. Daughter has to do some driving for her work as well so a 250K beater car is out. Mileage is nice but safety is more important, so thinking midsize something. The drive is about 50% 4 lane and 50% nice 2 lane with some chance of occasional bad roads in winter. Not sure of a budget but say under $10K. They're not brand loyal and he's no mechanic. Not sure they want to rack up the miles on the Mazda.
The go-to without thinking would be the nicest 4 cyl Camry for the money but what else should we be considering? Any sleeper commuter cars? Like a Crown Vic that gets 30 mpg or something?
Thanks for your thoughts.
You got it !
So SIL might take a job 50 miles away. They currently have 1 car, a 2015 CX-5. Daughter has to do some driving for her work as well so a 250K beater car is out. Mileage is nice but safety is more important, so thinking midsize something. The drive is about 50% 4 lane and 50% nice 2 lane with some chance of occasional bad roads in winter. Not sure of a budget but say under $10K. They're not brand loyal and he's no mechanic. Not sure they want to rack up the miles on the Mazda.
The go-to without thinking would be the nicest 4 cyl Camry for the money but what else should we be considering? Any sleeper commuter cars? Like a Crown Vic that gets 30 mpg or something?
Thanks for your thoughts.
You got it !