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Currently spending $700-800 bucks a month on diesel driving the F250 back and forth to work. Looking for a newish car around $25,000 or less with excellent fuel mileage, great warranty and will fit my long legs (6'6"/260lb).

Looking at the Kia Forte as well as a few similar sized sedans.

Any suggestions?
 
Check out the Kia/Hundai motor to make sure they are not ones that have had lots of issues/recalls. I know some were oil burners, got short block replacements, and other problems.
 
I drive a 2013 Mazda 3 that we bought outright in 2014 as a lease turn-in. 36mpg if I drove with any sense. 32 driving like my true self.

Best check I ever wrote and kept over 100k miles off my truck.

Front seat slides waaay back, so you should fit NP.
 
Bought my wife a low mileage 2012 Honda Accord a year or so ago. It gets 38 mpg, and has more power than a four cylinder deserves to have.
 
Theres a reason Toyota and Honda have better resale. There’s a reason you see a lot with close to 300k still running.
Facts are facts. Mazda are good cars up too 120-150k. You don’t see many with more miles than that. That can be said about most cars with the exception of Honda and Toyota
 
Longlegs said:
0-20k miles. 2020 or newer
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Crazily enough, with that range you’ll likely be cheaper buying brand new. Go to a CarMax if you have one around and just walk around and try vehicles out. All the cars are usually unlocked so you can see what you like then go the dealership and buy it new.
 
Derek8404 said:
Crazily enough, with that range you’ll likely be cheaper buying brand new. Go to a CarMax if you have one around and just walk around and try vehicles out. All the cars are usually unlocked so you can see what you like then go the dealership and buy it new.
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I agree. You’re talking about a new enough vehicle that the used price in this weird market will be the same (or higher?) than buying new. I have seen several like that. Crazy.
 
Majicmike said:
Theres a reason Toyota and Honda have better resale. There’s a reason you see a lot with close to 300k still running.
Facts are facts. Mazda are good cars up too 120-150k. You don’t see many with more miles than that. That can be said about most cars with the exception of Honda and Toyota
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I generally agree with you and would guide towards Toyota, but my brother has had a 2012 Mazda 3 hatchback since new and has put well over 200,000 miles on it, going up and down I-40 from Hickory to Asheville, so highway miles but not an easy route over the mountains.
Replaced the brakes and 1 shock at about 180,000 miles and that's it. He's not a car guy either, it does get oil changes somewhere between 5k-10k miles depending on how busy he is, but that's it. It doesn't go back for its regular service intervals otherwise. I think that generation of Mazda 3 is solid.
 
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Derek8404 said:
Crazily enough, with that range you’ll likely be cheaper buying brand new. Go to a CarMax if you have one around and just walk around and try vehicles out. All the cars are usually unlocked so you can see what you like then go the dealership and buy it new.
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Meet my new "beater"! 2022 Forte. Went and sat in the Honda as well as a Toyota. For the money, can't beat the Kia. Decent warranty too!20220225_163355.jpg
 
Hellquest said:
Ford Maverick 2022. We bought some for work. Eco motor is like 37mpg for a truck. We don't move anything but like having bed space for smaller items.
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Resurrectng this thread mainly for an update on the Ford Maverick. My wife's eyeballing one. We live on a farm. She puts less than 5k miles a year on a vehicle. She drives a 2019 Subaru now and loves it, but wants a little more hose-it-out cargo room.

Requirements: four doors and a rear seat, AWD. This would not be for recreational off-roading but ground clearance adequate for upper-piedmont farm-paths/pastures/fire roads would be good. (We already have "real trucks" to use when needed.)

Any input on how the Ford Maverick is fairing in reviews and owner-experience would be welcomed. Thank you very much
 
Aardvark said:
Resurrectng this thread mainly for an update on the Ford Maverick. My wife's eyeballing one. We live on a farm. She puts less than 5k miles a year on a vehicle. She drives a 2019 Subaru now and loves it, but wants a little more hose-it-out cargo room.

Requirements: four doors and a rear seat, AWD. This would not be for recreational off-roading but ground clearance adequate for upper-piedmont farm-paths/pastures/fire roads would be good. (We already have "real trucks" to use when needed.)

Any input on how the Ford Maverick is fairing in reviews and owner-experience would be welcomed. Thank you very much
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@BatteryOaksBilly
 
Snal~ said:
Have you looked at the new Subaru Wilderness models?
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Unaware of them, I have not. But we certainly will. I think Subaru makes a great car and our experience with Flow Subaru in Winston Salem has been positive, especially Service dept for scheduled maintenence and the occasional recall. (Both our kids drive a Subaru and live in the Boone area, where Subaru AWD really seems to show it's strength.

When my wife got her Subaru she says she had no idea about Subaru's Lesbian/Gay connection, and I dont know whether that bugs her a bit. She's not any kind of "ist" but she's fed up with in-your-face malcontents. I know that for sure.

And her Daddy's one of those guys who has driven a Ford half-ton since Kennedy was in office, and still does.. So there's that...
 
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Aardvark said:
Unaware of them, I have not. But we certainly will. I think Subaru makes a great car and our experience with Flow Subaru in Winston Salem has been positive, especially Service dept for scheduled maintenence and the occasional recall. (Both our kids drive a Subaru and live in the Boone area, where Subaru AWD really seems to show it's strength.

When my wife got her Subaru she says she had no idea about Subaru's Lesbian/Gay connection, and I dont know whether that bugs her a bit. She's not any kind of "ist" but she's fed up with in-your-face malcontents. I know that for sure.

And her Daddy's one of those guys who has driven a Ford half-ton since Kennedy was in office, and still does.. So there's that...
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I think the LGBT connection has faded away. Don't care if it has or not. Wife has a 2020 Forester, and I've had several Mazda Miatas, which also had the connection.
 
look for a full size sedan that is Hybrid... i suggest the Toyota Avalon Hybrid
large interior
air conditioned seats
40+ MPG
incredible range
 
NCLivingBrit said:
I'm driving a 2009 Mazda 5 that I give the minimum of maintenance to and if I didn't keep hitting deer it would be still running flawlessly.
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Have a 2006; other than using a quart of oil every 400 miles it's great....
 
Aardvark said:
Resurrectng this thread mainly for an update on the Ford Maverick. My wife's eyeballing one. We live on a farm. She puts less than 5k miles a year on a vehicle. She drives a 2019 Subaru now and loves it, but wants a little more hose-it-out cargo room.

Requirements: four doors and a rear seat, AWD. This would not be for recreational off-roading but ground clearance adequate for upper-piedmont farm-paths/pastures/fire roads would be good. (We already have "real trucks" to use when needed.)

Any input on how the Ford Maverick is fairing in reviews and owner-experience would be welcomed. Thank you very much
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I don't think you'll find too much review-wise on the Maverick from owners at this point, because they're so far behind on orders. Wait times have crept up to about the 8 month mark.
 
Supermatch said:
I don't think you'll find too much review-wise on the Maverick from owners at this point, because they're so far behind on orders. Wait times have crept up to about the 8 month mark.
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OK thanks. I'm embarrassed to say I was not even aware of them until my wife pointed one out in a parking lot yesterday. Is the Maverick basically a "new Bronco Sport" with a truck bed?
 
Aardvark said:
OK thanks. I'm embarrassed to say I was not even aware of them until my wife pointed one out in a parking lot yesterday. Is the Maverick basically a "new Bronco Sport" with a truck bed?
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Yep. Bronco Sport or Escape with a bed if you're talking rolling platform. I'm pretty sure the powertrains are unique though. The Escape has a 3 cylinder the other two don't. Don't think the Bronco sport or Escape have the hybrid powerplant that in the cheaper Maverick.
 
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