New Car
Its time to buy my mom a new car. She has been driving her current car for almost 20 years now, and it is really starting to fall apart on her. The monthly bills from the mechanic is almost as much as a payments for a new car would be. So, next week I will take her to shop for cars and buy her a new one.
Thus far I plan to test drive the volkswagen routan, suzuki xl7 and dodge caliber. All of these cars are pretty much in the same price range and reliable. My mom does a lot of city driving in stop and go traffic. She does the food shopping and drives my kids around in the summertime. So, the SUV / station wagon type vehicles are very convenient and as an added bonus offer better safety and are much roomier.
I will be taking the kids with us when we go car shopping because they love getting in and out of the cars. They have fun jumping around on the seats and testing out where they will be sitting. Things like getting in and out of the car, putting on the seat belt, rolling down the window, child safety features, the view of the road from their seat and their comfort in the chairs are usually strong indicators in my ultimate purchasing decision. They end up weighing heavily on my decision. The only drawback in taking the kids is that they are now getting to an age where they are starting to like the sports cars more than the “family” type cars. My youngest though has a thing for convertibles, and I know when we go into the VW dealer, the VW new beetle convertible will be the car he suggests we buy.