Subj : Totally
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Aug 10 2023 09:09:32

  Re: Totally
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Thu Aug 10 2023 07:11 am

 PF> I was in an accident with my well-loved 2014 Toyota Plug-in Prius, and
 PF> just found out that the insurance company is totalling it. Bummer, since
 PF> it was a perfect car for me now - my mileage has dropped significantly
 PF> since I work from home, and it was a second car/long trip car. 52 MPG.

Sorry to hear. :(  Are you okay?

 PF> Now, I need to figure out what to buy. My wife has an Acura MDX, so we
 PF> have an AWD 7 passenger vehicle for the snow and for taking our family
 PF> places - there's 5 of us and 2 dogs.

 PF> I need a sedan or 4 door hatch that gets great gas mileage and is small
 PF> enough to park easily.

 PF> Hoping the used car market had settled down somewhat.

What about another (used) Prius?  Sounds like those get better gas mileage than a lot of other cars.

The VW Golf has been one of my favorite cars on the market, but unfortunately VW no longer sells the base model in the US.  They only sell the GTI and R models here now.  But I like that they're fairly samll cars (easy to park), and I think VW tends to use smaller 4-cylinder turbo engines these days and that they get fairly good gas mileage, for a purely gasoline car.

Also it seems that people in the US tend to like bigger cars, SUVs, and trucks, so it's getting harder to find smaller cars as car companies just aren't selling as many smaller cars in the US these days.

Nightfox
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