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My buddy who just got the go ahead from his wife to buy another used car for himself. It needs to meet certain requirements for the family too. Wife needs:

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Old 11-20-2010, 12:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My buddy who just got the go ahead from his wife to buy another used car for himself. It needs to meet certain requirements for the family too.

Wife needs:
Leather to cut down on dog hair sticking to daughters dresses.
Seat five.
4 door (saloon).
Mileage not too bad maybe 20-22 MPG city.

His needs:
$25,000 used car budget.
Handling over power but not like a Miata's great handling and too few horses.
Reliability and maintenance costs. He would love a BMW but is afraid of maintenance costs.
He is pushing 50 years old so an EVO type car is not age appropriate.

I have suggested an Infiniti G35. A 2006 Infiniti G35x seems (from internet knowledge) to be in the ballpark.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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I would recommend the following:

-2007 Acura TL

-2006-2007 Nissan Maxima

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I would go for the Panamera. It's over budget a bit but I bet it's worth it.
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My buddy who just got the go ahead from his wife to buy another used car for himself. It needs to meet certain requirements for the family too.

Wife needs:
Leather to cut down on dog hair sticking to daughters dresses.
Seat five.
4 door (saloon).
Mileage not too bad maybe 20-22 MPG city.

His needs:
$25,000 used car budget.
Handling over power but not like a Miata's great handling and too few horses.
Reliability and maintenance costs. He would love a BMW but is afraid of maintenance costs.
He is pushing 50 years old so an EVO type car is not age appropriate.

I have suggested an Infiniti G35. A 2006 Infiniti G35x seems (from internet knowledge) to be in the ballpark.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

2007 Acura RL SH... Im sure hes not going
to be doing many hell runs. We got my
father one of those back in that year and he loves it.
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I would recommend the following:

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I would recommend the following:

-2007 Acura TL

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-Subaru Legacy
Thank you. He really appreciated these. A Suburu was not even in the picture. Now it may be first choice.

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I would go for the Panamera. It's over budget a bit but I bet it's worth it.
The budget is very tight.

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BMW 3 Series
BMW would be great except he is afraid of maintenance costs and it's reliability.
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I would buy the older body Cadillac CTS V, they are a great bargain and AMAZING performance and reliabilty for that price.
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Thank you. He really appreciated these. A Suburu was not even in the picture. Now it may be first choice.


The Subie really fits all the criteria best, plus AWD for any condition, year round. I'd love to have one myself for a DD.
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