Official help me decide my future car
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Then get out and drive the current Toyota RAV4 V6 and Mitsubishi Outlander XLS. Since you keep coming back to small and mid-size SUVs, both of these are reasonably fun to drive and more reliable than the models you've mentioned so far.
The older Muranos had issues with the CVT transmission. While they were mostly fixed by 2006, I still have my doubts about the transmission's long-term reliability.
The 99-05 A6 is a beautiful machine, but the cost to maintain either the 2.7T, 3.2 or 4.2 will make that old Jaguar seem like a bargain.
The Escape isn't a bad choice, it's just an older design. Coming from an Integra, the Escape's soft suspension is probably going to annoy you.
The older Muranos had issues with the CVT transmission. While they were mostly fixed by 2006, I still have my doubts about the transmission's long-term reliability.
The 99-05 A6 is a beautiful machine, but the cost to maintain either the 2.7T, 3.2 or 4.2 will make that old Jaguar seem like a bargain.
The Escape isn't a bad choice, it's just an older design. Coming from an Integra, the Escape's soft suspension is probably going to annoy you.
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From: Montréal, Canada
Then get out and drive the current Toyota RAV4 V6 and Mitsubishi Outlander XLS. Since you keep coming back to small and mid-size SUVs, both of these are reasonably fun to drive and more reliable than the models you've mentioned so far.
The older Muranos had issues with the CVT transmission. While they were mostly fixed by 2006, I still have my doubts about the transmission's long-term reliability.
The 99-05 A6 is a beautiful machine, but the cost to maintain either the 2.7T, 3.2 or 4.2 will make that old Jaguar seem like a bargain.
The Escape isn't a bad choice, it's just an older design. Coming from an Integra, the Escape's soft suspension is probably going to annoy you.
The older Muranos had issues with the CVT transmission. While they were mostly fixed by 2006, I still have my doubts about the transmission's long-term reliability.
The 99-05 A6 is a beautiful machine, but the cost to maintain either the 2.7T, 3.2 or 4.2 will make that old Jaguar seem like a bargain.
The Escape isn't a bad choice, it's just an older design. Coming from an Integra, the Escape's soft suspension is probably going to annoy you.
Ok so A6 out of the question... i can't even afford half of the cost of maintenance of the jag. I dont want to be stuck with a money pit.
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tark you need to go out and drive these cars not just look at reviews man. too easy to sit and say i want that one then once you get it realize its not what you want
Last edited by shirley; Dec 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM.
