@#$ %$^$%# Cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJDIGGLER]

Re: @#$ %$^$%# Cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Forgive me gearheads (car lovers I mean) - I hate cars. I just want something that looks nice and works. I want to buy it and forget about it. If anyone has suggestions on a new car fitting this description let me know.

So my wife is driving home and suddnely the transmission . . . dies, I guess. SO she and the baby are stuck on the side of the road for two hours until a cop rolls up and tells her to try driving in 4-wheel high - which miraculously got the car moving some how. So that is nice, but our car is F#$^& now, and we can't afford to buy a new transmission. Its a Chevy Trailblazer with like 26k miles on it - we just got it from the dealer this summer for God's sake! I HOPE its covered by warranty or I'm going to take an arsenal to the nearest Chevy plant!

I hear ya bro! The new american cars all have nothing but problems!

I'd buy a foreign car if you want reliability. If you want an SUV look into maybe a used Volvo XC turbo. They are pretty hot looking, fast, reliable, and best of all safest on the road (which is of utmost importance with your two most prized posessions in their!). You could pick up a used one in the upper teens to low twentys.

Keep in mind just because a truck is big doesn't mean it's safe. You need to look at the safety, rollover resistance, how low the center of gravity is (the lower the less it is to roll on side impact or quick highway speed maneuvering), and of course if it has front and side airbags.

Hope this helps! if the price range is to high let me know and I'll shoot you some more affordable good buys.

[BIGGER THAN YOU]

Re: @#$ %$^$%# Cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yup i have to agree, we got a 1998 grand cherokee 5.9 and we love it.