Help getting a daily driven car?

STINSAN3 · September 12, 2012

Like the Title says, but not for me. My Mom is getting a new car & I was gonna help her try to choose one out for her. Shes getting rid of her Honda Accord & she'll be giving that to my sister which she is getting her license in two months. My Mom has a winter vehicle, a Mitsubishi Endeavor, which she bought brand new like 6 years ago & its awd. But anyways,its paid off.

She needs a car thats good on gas, least 25-40 mpg, 4door, and no more $20-25K. Brand new or used. She works home-health care, so she constantly driving around to her patients & etc.

I was thinking she should get a Chevy Cruze, Ford Fusion, Nissan Altima, & cars like that.

What do yall think would be some good ones? or chime in from what your daily driven work cars are, how you like em & how reliable they are, thanks.

kstruckcountry · September 12, 2012

Everyone I know loves their cruzes. If you don't mind buying foreign, the new imprezas are a good little car as well.

dirtfan21 · September 12, 2012

My aunt loves her 2010 Malibu and I think they are a slick looking car too.

BlackZ71Silverado · September 12, 2012

I got a Cruze for back and forth to work and actually like it. Rides great, handles great, and gets great mpg's. I would definately take a serious look at a Cruze, great little car. No way I would put a family member in a Ford..Here she is parked in the garage.

Daryl Z71 · September 12, 2012

My Wife has a 2012 Cruze RS with a little over 17,000 miles on it. So far it is getting 35.3 MPG and still climbing. The fit and finish is the best I've even seen in a GM small car, and it has decent power for only being a 1.4L

Doug_Scott · September 12, 2012

The small engine Cruze is a turbo engine. That seems to be the deal now with small engines, toss a turbo on it to get big engine power, and keep small engine economy when cruising. Much like the EcoBoost.

STINSAN3 · September 12, 2012

Thanks guys, how much room is in the backseats or the trunk of the car?

Enough to do or just not enough?

kstruckcountry · September 12, 2012

Cruze backseat room is awesome for such a small car. We've had 3 people in a friends for a short drive and even then it was pretty good.

paoutlaw · September 12, 2012

cruze was to small for us so we bought a 2013 malibu eco. 2.4 motor with eassist (its a 15 horse electric motor maried to the gas motor by a belt) so far 38 mpg on a trip. 30 mpg average. and the my link radio is a dream wish my truck had it. a low end one should be ion that range.

http://www.billmacintyre.com/VehicleDetails/new-2013-Chevrolet-Malibu-ECO_1SA-Lock_Haven-PA/1818218593

99silveradoz71 · September 12, 2012

The Cruze or the Hyundai Elantra caught the eye of the wife and I at the auto show earlier this year

KMGZ400 · September 12, 2012

my mom has a cruze eco 6 speed and its an awesome care. decent power and handles awesome. best she has gotten the MPG thing on the DIC is 47mpg.

if you get a cruze, make sure to get the 1.4L, not the 1.8

BlackZ71Silverado · September 12, 2012

Why not a 1.8? I have one, wife has one, and my parents have one and my brothers wife has one. Been great so far. Did not want the turbo. They produce plenty of power for such a small engine.

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travis73 · September 12, 2012

my wife works for home health care also,she uses a 2010 Hyundai Elantra and couldent be happier with it,it gets 45mpg,and is a simple car,meaning easy to work on and maintain.My wife is generally quite hard on cars and usually has lots of problems due to that fact.The Hyundai has held up impecably throught the 2 yrs and 88,oookm she has put on it,she has stretched her oil changes out every time,the last time I caught her she had 10,000km on her oil change.we have had to do nothing to this car except oil changes and tire replacement,and it still drives beautifull.The sticker price of this car was $19k.

STINSAN3 · September 13, 2012

I talked to my mother tonight. I told her how a lot of people like their Cruzes'. She wants Leather & sunroof, so I told her to get the LTZ package. She likes the Blue Granite, that light blue color & white.

So she said shes gonna get a Cruze or a Civic......I was like Mom, everyone has a Civic, get something else, like a Cruze! lol

She said she also will be taking the Cruze on vacation trips, so room for luggage is a must!

KMGZ400 · September 13, 2012

Why not a 1.8? I have one, wife has one, and my parents have one and my brothers wife has one. Been great so far. Did not want the turbo. They produce plenty of power for such a small engine.

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my sister has a 1.8L cruze and it dosent get nearly as good mpg as the 1.4 and the 1.8 seems just a little bit rougher then the 1.4. also the 1.4 is faster,

thats just what i have experienced after driving both back to back