Help me choose a car

Espressocycle
Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Torn between buying a Miata and an SUV. Miata: Good on gas, fun as all hell, room for 5 bags of groceries, unsafe, can't drive in snow. SUV: Bad on gas, not much fun, room for a living room set. Safe, good in the snow. There is no middle ground here. I want some sort of advantage over our other car, which is a sedan. I don't drive to work, I just need to be able to tool around when my fiance has the car, which is every night (stupid second shift).

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  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I'd go for efficiency over capacity. . . but then, I'm an eco-nazi.
  • Momkat65
    Momkat65 Posts: 317 Member
    you will never regret the fun car
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    Nissan 350Z roadster.
  • twiztedgrl69
    twiztedgrl69 Posts: 191 Member
    Torn between buying a Miata and an SUV. Miata: Good on gas, fun as all hell, room for 5 bags of groceries, unsafe, can't drive in snow. SUV: Bad on gas, not much fun, room for a living room set. Safe, good in the snow. There is no middle ground here. I want some sort of advantage over our other car, which is a sedan. I don't drive to work, I just need to be able to tool around when my fiance has the car, which is every night (stupid second shift).

    I say go with the Miata! Reward yourself for those 20 lbs lost and more to come:)
  • Mybabie
    Mybabie Posts: 239
    You can get a SUV that is good on gas. I have one. I just love my SUV. If you get alot of snow like we do you would regret getting the car. My sister in law regretted getting her car she traded it in 1 yr later for an SUV.
  • jhardenbergh
    jhardenbergh Posts: 1,035 Member
    Go for the SUV, if you're not really driving a bunch, plus a guy in a miata is not a good look, in my opinion
  • catwrangler
    catwrangler Posts: 918 Member
    get a small pick-up
  • fkdanons3nse
    fkdanons3nse Posts: 44
    You can always go with a smaller suv, and if you need some help buying let me know Im a salesman
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    We test drove an equinox, loved it! Decent mileage, handles well, all wheel drive, lots of space, low and good in the snow. If you have to worry about a lot of snow, the miata would be an accident waiting to happen, and you'd have to be on friendly terms with a snowplow driver unless your street gets cleared regularly. Cars are a waste of parking space where I live. Lol
  • dalgirly
    dalgirly Posts: 280 Member
    I`d got for the Miata as well. But I can`t stand SUV`s. I`ve always been opposed to things that are `cool`. lol. Plus, I`m all about gas savings (I drive 1hour to and from work, so I go for what works for me).
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    Just to be clear, my price range is $3,000, so I'm pretty much restricted to older than 1999.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    Just to be clear, my price range is $3,000, so I'm pretty much restricted to older than 1999.
    In that case, do not under any circumstances get a Ford Escort. We had a 97. Sucked.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    Miata is more of a girls car. i'd get an SUV.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Get both, one for utility and practicality and one for fun. That's what I did. Actually I got two fun cars. Because I'm sick in the head.
  • La_Amazona
    La_Amazona Posts: 4,855 Member
    get a 1964 Impala!! :smokin:
  • bikermike5094
    bikermike5094 Posts: 1,752 Member
    My sister had a Miata until about 6 months ago. I rode in it a couple of times and I'll tell you the truth. I ride a Harley almost daily and I felt a LOT more exposed and unprotected in that Miata than i ever do on a bike. its short, small, hard to see and no cruple zone. Any kind of accident in it and your goint to have injuries to deal with the rest of your life. Heaven forbid you get t-boned in a miata. You'll eat the other cars bumper in your ear.
  • AddA2UDE
    AddA2UDE Posts: 382
    http://www.stanceiseverything.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/miata1bz.jpg
  • fitnatic67
    fitnatic67 Posts: 154
    why purchase a grocery getter if you don't need one! go for the fun car! (maybe not the mazda but a real fun car)
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    Just to be clear, my price range is $3,000, so I'm pretty much restricted to older than 1999.

    Put the money in savings, save for a couple more years, and then get a sports car that you can spend at least $15K on. Or buy a crotch rocket.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    Miata is fine in snow if equipped with dedicated snow tires.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    i would get a car good with snow...i drive a pickup and love it!
  • rafor
    rafor Posts: 78 Member

    AddA2UDE:

    miata1bz.jpg

    Hysterical!!!!
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