[Porchdog]

This thread has caught my interest. My 94 Golf is going to be leaving.

My wife has been driving a 2004 Envoy which has been bulletproof. With just one child at home full time and her working 5 days a week we're looking to get her a car and shift the Envoy to backup and trip duties.

Her requirements - a smallish 4-door sedan, good gas mileage, automatic, heated seats and she has to like how it looks. No Hatchbacks.
We tend to keep our cars longer than 10 years.

So far we have looked at Ford, Chevrolet, Buick, Dodge, Honda, Toyota, Mazda, VW and Subaru. Without driving any of them she likes:

Civic
Impreza
Mazda 3
Jetta

The VW criticism here is valuable to me. I've owned more VW's than any brand other than GMC (trucks). That 94 Golf wasn't horrible over the 16 years I've owned it, but I feel like it wasn't designed or built as well as it should have been.

What exactly are the issues with the Subaru CVT?

Thanks!