new car time

[mr_will]

early next year I am buying a new daily driver and work car.
I put around 1k miles a week so I need something that will last. Requirements are reliable reputation, I would like 25+ mpg hwy, and it needs to be 4WD or AWD I have to drive all over Co, WY, NE, and SD for work so I need it.
I am not looking at brand new cars really, but a nice low milage used one. My budget is going to be around 15k or less it depends, I will have to play that by ear until the time comes.

Here are the ones I have been looking at, there are a few Subarus that I like and fit my needs well.
Subaru Baja (kinda underpowered but fits my needs perfect)
Subaru Forester (these ride the best that I have looked at so far)
Subaru Outback
Subaru 2.5 RS (these are hard to find low milage and in good shape)
Honda CRV (used to own one and liked it a lot)
Toyota Rav4
Suzuki SX4 (I like these but haven't drove one yet)

Any one have some suggestions or opinions?

[HunterCO]

If you buy a suzuki I will be forced to shoot you at the next shoot. :P They are the biggest POS cars made and they cost three times as much as any other car to repair. [poke]

Out of all your given choices and the fact I work on this stuff all day I would buy a subaru. [wink]

[PsychoI3oy]

You'd probably spend a little more up front, but look into an AWD VW or Audi. Germans do two things well: cars and guns.

The diesel versions (aka TDi) tend to get crazy good mileage (40mpg+) and will last 200k mi or better if you take care of them.

[mr_will]

I have worked on my friends audi's to much. A4 audis are around 8k but they are not as reliable as i need

[BadShot]

If you're not in need of a ton of cargo space get the Subi.. they really are damn fine cars, even if the rainbow coalition in Boulder have the corner on the metro area market

[JohnTRourke]

If you buy a Subaru I will be forced to shoot you at the next shoot. :P They are the biggest POS cars made and they cost three times as much as any other car to repair. [poke]

Fixed it for ya.
I hate Subaru's and all bikers should. The only thing slower is the VW mini-bus
Any given time, driving down the road, you get stuck in a long line of traffic going 10 under the speed limit.
You finally get to the front and what's there? 90% of the time it's a Subaru
Evil cars, evil.

Get a truck, be a man. :mrgreen:

[Great-Kazoo]

subaru well worth the money.
whatever you settle on, your biggest buying point will be the warranty.
averaging 48K yr you need a 100K bumper-bumper out of the gate.

[7idl]

BMW

[JasonFRC]

+1 on the Subaru.

I own a Volvo repair shop, and with many people disillusioned with newer Volvos (high cost of repair, reliability) , we see a bunch of our customers replacing then with Subarus. So we service those too. We do way more maintenence than repairs on Subarus.

I personally don't like them that much, but for your purposes, that sounds like a great option.

[kwando]

what kind of work do you do? if you need to haul stuff and need storage room, you might want to look at a honda element... 4wd storage room and durable interior...