New car advice needed

[Suzs]

So, I took a new position with my school division in which I will be doing a ton of driving around our division (we are over 200 km across and I live at one edge). I will need a commuter car as it doesn't make sense to drive our big SUV around that much, as I will be driving about 200 km lots of days and some up to 400km...)

What do you ladies drive? I need something that is good on gas and will be good in winter driving (as I am on the Canadian prairies). Anyone have a vehicle that they would recommend? This whole car shopping thing is rather overwhelming!

[mariewilcox]

I had a similar dilemma when I traded my old SUV in 4 years ago - I wanted a car with good mileage because I run all over the state for my daughter's basketball but being in Maine I needed something good in the snow. I ended up going the route of mid size sedan (Hyundai Elantra) that gets 36 miles/gal and in the winter I slap on studded snow tires - best decision ever because the studded tires are just as good as my odl SUV with 4WD.

[Suzs]

Thanks Marie! That is one on my list to check out. Have you had any problems with it or anything like that?

[lovely1m]

I live in the US pairies and need to go to work no matter what the weather is like plus I live on the opposite end of town from work. I bought a Toyota RAV4. Good on gas, all wheel drive, comfy and roomy and great resale value. I've had it nearly 3 years and still love it.

[mariewilcox]

Originally Posted by Suzs

Thanks Marie! That is one on my list to check out. Have you had any problems with it or anything like that?

I absolutely love my car! Just the normal things like new brakes this year because it is 5 years old now (I bought it 1 year used with only 6000 miles on it), and a couple other maintenance things when it hit 70,000 miles last month. Other than that it's been a great vehicle.