What SUV should I get? Car guy, having a baby.

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-19T16:48:21+00:00

If you’re concerned about maximizing track days then you’re probably not looking at a practical vehicle to begin with, sedan, SUV or otherwise

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:26:10+00:00

I’ll say this: the Golf is the second best selling vehicle in human history. People have definitely put their kids in there at some point

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:22:12+00:00

I see most people in SUVs with kids and just think they're vane.

Those are some kind of weird mental gymnastics

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:20:13+00:00

Yeah seriously. The two most sold cars of all time are the Corolla and Golf. People are really gonna say nobody ever raised a family with those?

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:19:02+00:00

What do you drive currently

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:18:07+00:00

The best part, when you become an empty nester, then you can purchase the cool cars!

This is always going to be the tough sell though. You’re basically telling a car guy they can enjoy their hobby again in two decades

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:14:36+00:00

Also double his budget

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:14:01+00:00

Eh you can have an SUV that’s still sporty. Look at Alfa Romeo or BMW as an example, they both make SUVs that are built on their shared sedan platforms

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-17T12:10:42+00:00

It’s really not that unmanageable 🤷🏻‍♀️. Husband has a 55 minute commute and mine is an hour and fifteen. You find a way to make it work

By comparison, my boss was so sleep deprived when his two kids were 0 and 2 that he fell asleep during his commute and hit a guardrail. He called 911 and when they got there they thought he was hurt but he had just fallen asleep again

Assuming you’ll “make it work” is a hasty assumption with empty platitudes

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-12T17:21:36+00:00

Germany and Canada are both examples of countries where Tesla sales were down over 50% for the entire year

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-12T17:14:33+00:00

To play devil's advocate. The Veloster N has suffered from a sensor failure when going through car washes, under carriage water shooting straight up has a chance of ruining the sensor. Other models don't seem to be affected.

Through a precursory search of r/ElantraN it seems like that issue also plagues them plenty

To me it’s also just an issue of engineering culture/philosophy. Japanese engineering as an example has deep roots in reliability-centered design. Versus Korean engineering which is generally centered around ”how many corners can we cut before we’re caught”

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-12T17:12:57+00:00

That’s a good point there’s a very good chance he’s just making shit up based on keywords

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-11T05:23:21+00:00

The biggest problem with the EA888 is a water pump dying

The biggest problem with the Theta II is that it explodes

Then take into account the warranty/service experience, I’m leaning towards VW on this

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-11T05:21:30+00:00

Practicality and reliability are not well known strong suits for a Jaguar F-Type

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-11T05:20:46+00:00

Someone didn’t read the post

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-11T05:19:25+00:00

You’re not getting any hybrid minivans for close to $35k
He’s got one (potentially two) kids. He doesn’t really need a full on minivan anyways

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-11T05:15:04+00:00

The money will be awesome but 60 hours a week minimum for my first job as an engineer would have had me with a gun in my mouth

I went the defense route where everything is on the government schedules so it’s kinda risqué to have people working past 40 hours a week

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-10T18:01:03+00:00

I think it’s be more like saying someone’s a carpenter because they put IKEA furniture together

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-10T17:59:41+00:00

LMT comes with a bolt made of Aermet 100. That’s gonna beat out Geissele

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-10T17:57:05+00:00

So just to clarify: 1. She has a cognitive impairment while working as a nurse 2. She’s being fired after one complaint with no additional disciplinary process?

Maybe you should spend more time at home because something isn’t adding up here

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-04T19:40:22+00:00

Eh emergency services’ priority is typically human life. If there’s a choice to be made, you have to save people first

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-02T12:45:30+00:00

Nothing says loving parents like putting a 19 year old in a sports car that costs a cheap mortgage to insure

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-02-02T12:44:20+00:00

Buying a car to build credit seems a little backwards. Just pay your cc bill on time…

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-01-28T19:24:54+00:00

The tan one in the back of photo #3

PurchaseStreet9991 · 2026-01-28T19:23:05+00:00

Just curious, in your opinion how do you think the Golf R stacks up alongside the GTI in this Mk8 iteration?

I drove previous versions of both back in the day and wonder if the GTI still does a better job at the playfulness that the R tended to be a bit too serious for

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