Bike-Friendly Car purchasing advice | Thread profile

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I LOVE my A3 2.0T. I do mostly city driving and average 23mpg, but it gets somewhere around 30 on the hwy. I ordered it with the roof rails and then got a Thule rack. Or you can just get audi's version of the thule rack that clamps to the door frame. You can pick up slightly used ones for cheap. Bigger backseat than the A4. Quattro is coming out for 2009 but it's ...

We're looking to pick up a used Hyundai Santa Fe towards the end of the year. Will probably be our only vehical along with my bike. It's been called a tall station wagon by some magazines and gets decent gas milage.

That A3 is beautiful. I've been looking for wagons too (don't want a minivan, and the Grand Prix isn't bike friendly at all). I may put a hitch on my car or its replacement if I get a sedan, and use the wife's minivan for hauling things....but here's what I've been looking at: Santa Fe - good marks from Consumer Reports, but gas mileage may be weak. RAV4 - highly...

Something like this? 4 Cyl-Auto 2-wheel drive....one of the worlds most durable and reliable...Bar None! Edit: a three to five Y.O. version runs about $7000 to $12,000

Originally Posted by CCrew Honda Element looks like one you've overlooked. Work great with an outdoor lifestyle/kids. Have to second the Element recommendation. No carpet, tons of room, and the rear ...

Used Audi A4 wagon (Avant).

Wow guys, thank you so much for the reccomendations! I hadn't thought about the 2009 Forester, we'll have to check that out along with the other idea's brought up. I don't know why, but I keep pushing against the C-RV and RAV4 even though I know they're good cars. We'll start test driving these suggestions and see what works for us. Again, thanks again for ...

Unfortunately everthing has a context and the CRV and Rav4 are 20-year old co-ed cars (at least that's my context for them, I'm a 24 year old former college student and new a lot of sorority girls with those cars). There's just something about them that make them hard to take seriously, even though my ex had one (CRV) and she got some amazing use and utility out of it....

Originally Posted by justflow1983 Have you checked out the new version of the Taurus that is SUV-like? You mean the new Ford Flex? They do look interesting. -Roger