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Fun to drive means when I step on the gas - it goes. To many cars you step on the gas and barely anything happens! My husband has the G35x (2007) and that thing takes off when you hit the gas! But the technology is not up to date enough in the earlier years.
Fun to drive also means tight steering. I HATE it when you feel like you can turn the steering wheel half way before anything actually happens.
Budget is $25,000-$50,000. I think I will end up with something on the higher end, but if I can find something less expensive that I love - all the better.
Fun to drive means when I step on the gas - it goes. To many cars you step on the gas and barely anything happens! My husband has the G35x (2007) and that thing takes off when you hit the gas! But the technology is not up to date enough in the earlier years.
Fun to drive also means tight steering. I HATE it when you feel like you can turn the steering wheel half way before anything actually happens.
Budget is $25,000-$50,000. I think I will end up with something on the higher end, but if I can find something less expensive that I love - all the better.
Audi S4
BMW 335i AWD
Volvo S60 T6
Cadillac ATS
These are all going to be toward the higher end of your budget, but should have everything you want.
Fun to drive means when I step on the gas - it goes. To many cars you step on the gas and barely anything happens! My husband has the G35x (2007) and that thing takes off when you hit the gas! But the technology is not up to date enough in the earlier years.
Fun to drive also means tight steering. I HATE it when you feel like you can turn the steering wheel half way before anything actually happens.
Budget is $25,000-$50,000. I think I will end up with something on the higher end, but if I can find something less expensive that I love - all the better.
Audi S4
BMW 335i
Volvo S60 T6
Cadillac ATS
These are all going to be toward the higher end of your budget, but should have everything you want.
Volvo S60 R
Volvo S60 T6 if you wanted a slightly less expensive model that's not as sporty
Audi A6 Quattro (at the high end of your budget, but might work)
BMW 3/5 Series X-drive (5-series is at the high end of your budget for a 528 or 535, but might work if you could strike a deal)
Acura TL
With the Audi and BMW, buy the extended warranty if you plan on keeping it beyond the initial factory warranty period.
The Mercedes are going to be too expensive, since an E with 4Matic is in the mid $50s, the E350 Sport 4Matic would come closest, and would likely be low-mid $50s, with few extras, but then you have to buy the extended warranty as you would with BMW and Audi if you planned to keep it longer. A C-Class is too small, as Mercedes is not known for overly spacious interiors, especially with the C.
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Lightweights, all of you. Sedan means boat. Fun to drive means less than 10 mpg. Now if I can step out of the 80s for a moment, I believe VW Phaeton is making a comeback, Jaguar XJ are pretty big, and on the domestic side the Dodge Charger rules avoidance of the gas-guzzler tax (recognized by the EPA as an SUV).
If I wre looking for a "family car" I would find a 1995 Buick Roadmaster Wagon in a no rust state for $3,000 and have someone make some modicifications:
Rebuild suspension with progressive springs, velocity sensitive shocks and sway bars front and rear
Install bigger brakes from Wilwood or others along with bigger appropriate wheels and good tires
Start with original 350 ci engine and auto tranny. Replace with LS-3 or 4 crate engine if the original ever wears out
Install new windshield, have the seats rebuilt with temperfoam padding and the carpets cleaned or replaced.
Total cost should still be under 25k.
I had one of these beasts and I could catch and pass sports cars on mountail roads and shutdown almost any rice rocket at the stoplight drags. It also delivered nearly 30 mpg at 75 on a flat expressway. It was also apparently invisible to the cops.
I would recommend to go test drive the Acura TL SH AWD.
You may think the steering is not as tight when compared to the G37 but the TL is a bigger car and the corning on it, is amazing with the SH AWD for a car of this size. However, if you want to go into the 50's range, the Lexus GS is a good choice as well. The BMW 335Xi is a good choice but this car is about the same size as the G37.
and on the domestic side the dodge charger rules avoidance of the gas-guzzler tax (recognized by the epa as an suv).
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