I've always driven a hand-me-down Toyota Camry, but when my husband felt it was "unsafe" he made me get a new car.
We're moving to Minnesota, so I was looking for a car that would handle well in the snow. Subaru ranked very well in this regard, but I always thought they were so damn ugly. Fortunately, the XV Crosstrek came out a few weeks before I started my search. It was love at first sight!
My husband and I both liked the body. (He loved the wheels.) I picked the color and he picked the transmission. We got a Premium 5-speed manual in Ice Silver Metallic. I had to learn and get used to driving a manual, but I've had the car for 3 months now and I really enjoy it. I get 31.2 mpg and I'm at 2750 miles. (And I assume that will improve as a get better at driving a manual.)
My husband does complain about the lack of power, but that's because he wants to drive like it's a rally car. For me, it has more than enough power to make the hour-long commute to school and run errands around town.
We're moving to Minnesota, so I was looking for a car that would handle well in the snow. Subaru ranked very well in this regard, but I always thought they were so damn ugly. Fortunately, the XV Crosstrek came out a few weeks before I started my search. It was love at first sight!
My husband and I both liked the body. (He loved the wheels.) I picked the color and he picked the transmission. We got a Premium 5-speed manual in Ice Silver Metallic. I had to learn and get used to driving a manual, but I've had the car for 3 months now and I really enjoy it. I get 31.2 mpg and I'm at 2750 miles. (And I assume that will improve as a get better at driving a manual.)
My husband does complain about the lack of power, but that's because he wants to drive like it's a rally car. For me, it has more than enough power to make the hour-long commute to school and run errands around town.
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