[Crazy Canuck]

As title says,

what car would you guys get ?
I'm looking for a family car (sedan) with the following goodies:

• leather
• dual-climate-zone
• heated seats
• HIDs
• sun-roof
• leather interior
• decent handling/power
• automatic (wife doesn't want manual)

I test drove the Subaru Legacy GT Limited edition and wasn't impressed.
Although the AWD was good, lighting sucked, and the triptronic was bloody slow to shift. I prefer the Volvo S60 AWD a lot more compared to that one.
Anyways, what would you get as a car and why ?
I'm thinking on SAAB 93-Aero (2.8V6Turbo: 250hp/258tq, 3175lbs) vs SAAB 9-5(2.8I4Turbo: 260hp/258tq, 3670lbs)... pretty much same price, power.
The 9-3Aero is lighter (~500lbs) but less goodies... so might be more fun to drive, but maybe have less value then the 9-5.
It's a car I want to keep for long (10+ yrs), and have no kids YET, but they might be in the picture very soon, hence the decision for a family oriented car (practical)... but I still want something decent to drive... much better than the 94 civic I have.

Anyways... waiting on input.

[nape]

agree... and as a matter of fact, i would push the envelope and say I hate unions... they distroy whatever is good, and no longer look for the good of the employees, but their own agenda... ie political power.]

[rant]

Alright, I know this is a thread about choosing your new daily driver, but that's a crock of shit.

How do they not look for the good of the members? A pension and good benefits aren't looking after the members?

Did no one hear about IBM cutting ALL their employees pensions to help the bottom line? Oh, but don't worry, you can contribute into a 401k and we'll match 3%... but we're going to setup a special plan for executives to help them more (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/06/ib...grades_pension/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/ib...sion_sweetener/

And how about employers who provide little to no contribution to health insurance?

"More and more employers are shifting the growing costs of health coverage to workers and retirees, forcing them to pay high out-of-pocket premiums, deductibles and co-payments. These employers are turning to the Wal-Mart model of health care coverage, which is much too expensive for workers to afford. These workers are being forced to rely on government programs, like Medicare, that state taxpayers pay for. Many studies have recently shown just how much the public pays for Wal-Mart’s refusal to provide affordable health care. For example, Wal-Mart workers in California rely on the state taxpayers for about $32 million annually in health-related services." - http://www.ufcw.org/worker_political_agend..._care/index.cfm

Unions have a bad reputation because that's the way the media portrays them. Who is the media? Big business. Why does big business (Walmart, etc) not like unions? The unions actually speak up when big business pulls moves like trying to change who and when overtime is available: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/19/...ain612694.shtml

I'm not saying that Unions are an end-all, beat-all solution but if you think corporations "look for the good of the employees", you must really have the blinders on.

[/rant]

Back on-topic... that SRT in Black is fricken sweet (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

This post has been edited by nape: Jan 19 2006, 03:43 AM