Lookin for a car

[Birdman002]

Hey my grandpa if looking for a new car.
he is 60 years old and normally hauls around alot of stuff. If u can give me some cars taht would work for him taht woudl be great.

Price range under 15 thousand

hes thinkin bout the Scion XA well thanks

[drakkie]

VW van

[NSXType-R]

If he likes Japanese cars- Nissan Versa, Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris
If he likes American cars- Dodge Caliber/ Jeep Compass
German cars are a bit too expensive

Or, if he wants, get a secondhand minivan- Honda Oddysey, Toyota Sienna, and Nissan Quest. I think Kia might have something for under 15 grand but it would have nothing (no A/C, anything).

[jcp123]

Or, look at used full-size vans. I just got one and the amount of stuff it could carry is incredible - much more than a pickup, and still has something on the order of ~7000lbs tow capacity. Plus, you can usually pick them up for a song, are cheap (though not necessarily easy) to maintain, and are very simply but sturdily constructed. Gas mileage sucks, but if hauling is a big priority, not much can beat 'em.

I'd also tell him to consider the Dodge Caliber for a new car. Apparently, at 55mph they get some pretty phenomenal gas mileage, and should be able to fit a decent, though not a huge, amount of stuff around. I don't know about there, but here there was an 8-week backlog waiting list for the cars, and so your negotiating room is...well, what negotiating room??

[coolieman1220]

old ppl tend to love Mercury Grand Marquis's and toyota avalons for some reason.

[Birdman002]

well it does need to fit in his garage which is small
thanks for all the suggestions keep em coming

[wallew]

Being an 'old guy' myself, consider a used Ford Crown Vic. The LAST American car that is RWD. HE will like that. Plus a V8. OK, a SMALL V8, but a V8 none the less.

If he can find one that is a couple of years old, you are talking about $10k or less. MPG should be about 16 around town and 22 highway. And it has what I classify as a 'two body' trunk. He will know what that means.

[Quiggs]

Being an 'old guy' myself, consider a used Ford Crown Vic. The LAST American car that is RWD. HE will like that. Plus a V8. OK, a SMALL V8, but a V8 none the less.

If he can find one that is a couple of years old, you are talking about $10k or less. MPG should be about 16 around town and 22 highway. And it has what I classify as a 'two body' trunk. He will know what that means.

It's at least a 4 body...


And that's about half the space of an empty one.

[NSXType-R]

Being an 'old guy' myself, consider a used Ford Crown Vic. The LAST American car that is RWD. HE will like that. Plus a V8. OK, a SMALL V8, but a V8 none the less.

If he can find one that is a couple of years old, you are talking about $10k or less. MPG should be about 16 around town and 22 highway. And it has what I classify as a 'two body' trunk. He will know what that means.

Whatever happened to the Chrysler 300C, Dodge Charger and Dodge Magnum?
Okay, technically, they're on the Benz E-Class platform but their badges make it American...

[wallew]

Whatever happened to the Chrysler 300C, Dodge Charger and Dodge Magnum? Okay, technically, they're on the Benz E-Class platform but their badges make it American...

NSXType-R,

In my mind, ONLY the Chrysler 300C or perhaps the Magnum. The Charger would seem to me that it would not qualify for the 'hauls around a lot of stuff' category. But I could be incorrect. And I am unsure of whether or not the 300C or Magnum are front or rwd vehicles. Can someone else enlighten us?

What are their used/new price range? I'm pretty sure that a Crown Vic with four doors does fall into this category and a used one would fall into the price range. I just can't say about the other two, only because I just don't know.

Can anyone else let us know what these two vehicles carry and how much they go for used?

[NSXType-R]

They're all RWD and all of them are 4 doors, the Magnum is a 4 door hatch. All of the cars have an SRT-8 package, pushing out at least 400 HP.
I'm sure it would make a muscle guy like you happy.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...ead.php?t=6733

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...+Charger+SRT-8

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...e+Magnum+SRT-8

[wallew]

Those are nice looking vehicles. Dodge has taken the 'square look' to a whole new level.

And it must have been the new Challenger I've been thinking about instead of the Charger. Dang man, I owned a Charger back in 73/74 and it definately had NO ROOM in the rear. Fast as a scalded dog, until it hit 95 and that was it. Really high gearing...

So, how much scratch we talking about for those vehicles? And that SRT-8 package is REALLY NICE with the added HP.

[NSXType-R]

I'm not so sure, but I'm guessing mid 30 grand to mid 40 grand maybe?

[092326001]

I think the mecury grand marquis or marauder is nice but no idea how much it costs or how much space in the back
the 300 and magnum are nice but the charger looks like crap