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Old 04-29-2009, 08:32 AM
 
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My husband has decided to leave me. We only have one car and I want to be the one to get a new car to lower my payments. I need something large enough to cart sports gear around for two athletic kids. I have narrowed my search down to a 2001 Volvo Cross Country with 90k miles for $7800 or a 2002 Jeep Liberty with 75k miles for $8900. Any suggestions on which one to choose?
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Old 04-29-2009, 09:26 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Hi,

There was a recent thread about the 2001 Cross Country that you may want to check out. http://www.city-data.com/forum/autom...s-country.html
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Old 04-29-2009, 09:56 AM
 
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Default Thank you

Thank you. That post was originally from 2007--I was hoping to get a more recent opinion.
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Old 04-29-2009, 07:29 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Thank you. That post was originally from 2007--I was hoping to get a more recent opinion.
Well that thread has recent postings, besides the Volvos reliability isn't going to change in 2 years.

Personally I wouldn't buy either one of those. Think Toyota or Honda. Volvo and Chrysler are both money pits.

What made you choose those 2 makes?
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Old 04-29-2009, 07:38 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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I am a Jeep fan, so of course, I would recommend the Liberty. In fact, I have a Liberty, and have been very satisfied with it. I have the CRD Limited, with the diesel engine. my only complaint is that the diesel is not available with a manual ytransmission, only an automatic. I really wish it had the manual.
Personally, I would never buy a Toyota or Honda.
A Subaru, maybe. We had a Subaru Outback Sedan that was a great car!
I have 2 '06 Jeeps, and neither of them has been a "money pit". One has 33K on it, the other 29K miles. One had 150 miles on it when we bought it, the other about 20K.
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Old 04-29-2009, 08:03 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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All you have to do is read through user reviews on both Edmunds and MSN Autos and you will be quickly turned off to both.
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Old 04-29-2009, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Eastern Washington
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Unless you are leaving your husband for a mechanic or shop owner you will want a less troublesome car than the ones you are looking at.

Are you in big snow country? What's with the 4WD/AWD? If you want that, I"d go for a Subaru.

Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru are all popular with single women for a reasson - they don't give much trouble.
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Old 04-29-2009, 08:11 PM
 
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I am a Jeep fan, so of course, I would recommend the Liberty. In fact, I have a Liberty, and have been very satisfied with it. I have the CRD Limited, with the diesel engine. my only complaint is that the diesel is not available with a manual ytransmission, only an automatic. I really wish it had the manual.
Personally, I would never buy a Toyota or Honda.
A Subaru, maybe. We had a Subaru Outback Sedan that was a great car!
I have 2 '06 Jeeps, and neither of them has been a "money pit". One has 33K on it, the other 29K miles. One had 150 miles on it when we bought it, the other about 20K.

Those little VM Motori diesels are garbage from what I've seen. UPS had them, and we must have did head gaskets 10 times on each unit.
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