ASKING THE FAMILY- Which Car for Wife?

[freeride53]

Get a nice, sold, safe, and peppy Volvo with a Turbo.
I fucking love Volvos. Volvo till I die.

[cbouchez]

e34 touring

[gasisontheright]

Keep honda, put extra $$ into a play car for you. If she's happy fvck it.

[EDirtyZ]

E34 touringgggg

[u3b3rg33k]

Keep the honda.

if needing more cargo capacity - get one of those near 300hp dodge minivans. stupid amount of power for a minivan... More power, and better power:weight than a regular V8 E-350 van.

[DaButt]

I have to say stick with the Honda option - you know them well enough from ownership experiences. Maybe trade up to a slightly newer model or at least find one with a manual gearbox. They still offer them in the late model Accord, right?

Jon

They do! And I hear it puts down like 265hp...

I have no problems with its speed. I used to set the cruise control between 100-110 MPH in Germany. No lie.

[Jon325i]

I have to say stick with the Honda option - you know them well enough from ownership experiences. Maybe trade up to a slightly newer model or at least find one with a manual gearbox. They still offer them in the late model Accord, right?

Jon

[dnguyen1963]

How long have you been married? You should know by now that the wife always "gets" what she wants. Keep the peace!

[DaButt]

I FOUND THEM!

The population of R3V that has a fucking brain! Thank god.

I'll be keeping the honder. Thanks for the advice.


Oh, and to the doucher who said get rid of my dog-

Could you?



I thought not. .. . even if she peed in the honda

[Jonny Cash]

unless you have a large pile of monthly discretionary income and nothing better to spend it on, getting rid of that accord for a 15+ year old bmw for your wife is absolutely insane.

seriously, read your first post as though you didn't write it and think about it for a minute ha, you made a pretty strong case to keep the economical and reliable car.

what he said.

I was in your shoes, and sold her infiniti for an e39 525 manual to get rid of a car payment. And its a great car, but not for a woman.,....
Id compare these two cars in question to rubbermaid and fine china...
You can easily guess which car falls into which category...

Ill be buying her a japanese SUV of some sort in the near future.
Keep your car. Or if you want, we can trade cars. ;)

[adjmcloon]

I wouldn't buy any BMW so my dog could tear up/piss/shit in it, but that's me. Sounds like that's perfect for the Honda, keep it.

[mbonanni]

Remove all interior in current car, toss carpet, spray bedliner, customize rear seats to pull out easy. Then slam it, rust it, turbo it.

[dannyyisntt]

Be a man, get her a Bugatti Veyron.

[kdkool]

Save the money. Why get rid of a reliable the car that works?

But if you must have a reliable car for the dog, I'd vote for a e91 BMW's. They're pretty reliable and are available in 6MT. For the dog, get the rubber cargo mat, and a net to prevent the dog from jumping forward.

I'd totally rock a e91 when the time comes for kids.

[Cliche Guevara]

Honda Element has THE worse blind spots imaginable on a motor driven vehicle.

The new FJ Cruiser has pretty terrible visibility as well. We are pretty spoiled by our E30s, though.

OP you really should just let her get the car she wants. Sticking with the Accord is probably your best bet, and if you (and by you I mean her) are set on replacing it then go with the Element. Aside from the apparent blind spot issues it would be an amazing car for her and her needs and I personally don't find them off-putting like you do.