We had many cars in the family, but the first car I remember was a 1964 Corvair, yes the one Ralph Nader claimed was the most dangerous car in America back in the day. It was a tank with metal so thick I could walk on the hood, roof and trunk and it didnt dent. But since it got tagged with that claim it did not have much residual value, so when it got in a accident, it was toast as the insurance gave a few hundred for it and get this, let us keep it. I tried to fix it but I was limited being only 6 or 7 years old, so we had to let it go. Think what that would be worth today as a collectors car. But as a family car it was small, had no a/c and seat belts only for the driver and front seat, the rest were on their own.
So what makes a good family car for today, as 2 door or sports cars are out. You have to get a reliable one as you cant leave the wife and kids stuck on I-95 in rush hour traffic. You cant get a truck as they are mostly too high for the wife to say nothing of the children, and you dont want a electric car which you have to gamble that it shows the true range left to go to say nothing of catching on fire and the doors wont open. And you dont want one your mechanic says to stay away from, no matter how low they go on the price...
So whats a good car for the family in everyones opinion?
So what makes a good family car for today, as 2 door or sports cars are out. You have to get a reliable one as you cant leave the wife and kids stuck on I-95 in rush hour traffic. You cant get a truck as they are mostly too high for the wife to say nothing of the children, and you dont want a electric car which you have to gamble that it shows the true range left to go to say nothing of catching on fire and the doors wont open. And you dont want one your mechanic says to stay away from, no matter how low they go on the price...
So whats a good car for the family in everyones opinion?