Calm wrote:
My Aunt had a CTS I drove for a few days. NOT impressed in the least. That car was, in my opinion, an overpriced caddy symbol on wheels.

When shopping for my wifes car in '09 I called the local Hyundai dealer to check pricing on a loaded sonata.....same cost as the loaded Fusion except the fusion came with MUCH more. (V6, AWD, leather, sunroof, nav, wheels, etc.) Wasn't going to pay the same for less options on a 'probably good car'.

In '08 I bought a 60th. Anniversary F150. Wife liked it so was 'pre-disposed' to Ford (plus they didn't take bail-out bucks). I tried to suggest a mustang gt but the salesman beat me to it by saying the stang is awful in snow, which it is, of course. The prick. (We get like 2" of snow about once most winters....and if/when we get this 'snow' she makes me drive her everywhere anyways!) Then I suggested a loaded taurus but wife didn't like the size (only about 8" longer than the fusion). Then she saw this overpriced fusion and was stuck on it. 38k. Groan.

I've always liked Buick. In my opinion well optioned buicks are basically cadillac quality for chevy prices. But because her dad always drove buicks, wife thinks buick is 'an old mans car' and refuses to have one. Too bad.

I'm still thinking Beemer.

My nephew has a BMW repair shop locally, which is handy for down the road when it's off warranty. He used to work for Lou Gigliotti. In fact, before I found CF (and therefore C4Guru) Lou was my long distance guru! That's back when I honestly thought my '95 LT1 was a basic SBC with tons of smog stuff. (Took me 3 weeks to find the distributor!)

I like to believe my insane calls to Lou compelled him to get into politics. Now he'll have an unlisted # and secret service detail.

-Rod