Audi and Mercedes and Volkswagen all have All Wheel drive vehicles in wagon form. However I'm not independantly weathly, and I can't afford those. Even Subies up here are overpriced. We go through cars like water here because the salt destroys everything. They all rot away. A car you can get for under a grand in the south or Midwest is gonna be at least $2,500. I was looking at the Ford Freestyle, but I can't afford that either. Especially now that I am unemployed, I'm glad I didn't go for the $500+ payments:) I looked at the Magnum and it made me claustrobic. Like I said earlier the Escape isn't condusive (Aren't big words great?
) to a growing Dane, a spaztic setter and a 80 pound+ sled dog. On the test drive we went to my house and picked up the boys (Dane and Chinook) and they had to lay on top of each other and even then Sanity was pushing into my back. Plus there are times where I go out on doggy events with friends. Mainly of the Dane variety. I posted pics.Â
My car gets about 20mpg, and I'm actually pretty happy with that. There were many other considerations for Cargo, such as my Honey is a drummer, and try fitting a 5 peice set, plus cymbals into a Jeep wrangler (Talk about a gas hog :|) Also, and this is totally vain on my part, but I'm a little person. I've always been attracted to things that make me feel safe, so I get a big dog, a big car, a big man, ect. We have to deal with Boston drivers, my man is from Chicago so I know that you're not much better off, and they all drive ENORMOUS cars that they don't need and because they're in these cars, that have huge blind spots in the first place, they don't even look before thy cut you off. I saw someone in an Excursion crack into a Jetta, and rip the back half of the car off, sending it into a tailspin and not even notice. Being able to be seen is a big load off of my mind.
I have no problems with little cars. I drove a 88 5 speed Volkwagen Golf pretty much from 17 on, till I got the dogs, and I NEVER got stuck in that thing. It always started, got great gas mileage, but I ran out of gas one day, called AAA and the tow truck company loaded my car with Diesel. Destroyed the fuel pumps, and it wasn't worth the money to fix. I cried for like a week I loved that car so much.Â
Ang
PS I'm a car geek tooÂ
 But more into the gas guzzling old school muscle cars. I know it's horrid for the environment, but I miss when cars were made out of metal. *Sigh*
Sanity chilling
Sanity's head, Hobo, and Tenchi
