Originally Posted by
cbol55
I have been tossing around the idea of replacing the euro. Not sure that I will but thought I would get opinions.
I absolutely love the euro although sometimes I would like more power for the fun factor and rwd/awd for similar reasons. Its abillity to handle media/bluetooth, etc without modification/aftermarket is another shortcoming but not huge.
The reason I am even considering a change is that my wife doesnt feel confident driving it...has difficulty judging size/space for parking and tight areas as many women do, and having already scaped a neighbours car in our tight apartment parking area has the jitters about it.
I am trying to be realistic about not loving a car so much that I keep it too long also. (Its a 2007 lux nav btw...black on black)
I think the CU2 is a nice car but bloated in comparison. Have been looking at 40 to 45 $k range...not necessarily new...but less than 40 k on the odo. New is good but the immediate $ loss is the negative. (Assuming high teens/20ish for trade I would have finance 20k or so)
Among many that I have considered are BMW 1 and 3 series, Audi A3/4,Subaru Liberty, Alfa , VW Golf (R32 included), Lexus IS250 in used cars. I know most of these are similar in size to CL9 but looking at smaller cars led me to look at al the other options. New I have been looking at the new Focus Titanium diesel with the lot (but no nav available yet). This all hands off research so far.
I know its a personal decision that nobody can make for me...but would like to hear peoples opinions, suggestions and experiences. On a side note my bro is in the car biz and gave me an updated nav disk (whereis honda vers 14) but its for accord not Euro...bloody Honda..:thumbdwn:so if somebody can use it....