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Originally Posted by ledhedsymbols
My carpool partner has a late model Elantra. I've driven it a couple of times on business trips with him. It's nice enough, but totally un-inspiring in an appliance kind of way. It's kinda ugly too IMHO.
I hadn't considered the Accord, but I'll go drive one to see. I had the Camry as a rental. It was quiet, powerful, roomy, but I absolutely loathed the interior. It felt like it was designed for someone 3 inches taller and 60 lbs heavier!
I should check out the Escape... I'm also looking for a really nice Mazda 6 wagon, but they would all be 10 years old by now.
Not interested in a TDI, and if I was I would wait for the dust to settle about what the gubmint is going to "make" owners do to their cars, and what their value works out to be.
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I was given an Elantra for the past month. Not a bad car, but booorrriing. And I agree with you--kinda ugly. The Sonata isn't terrible, but outside your 19k price point.
Kia Optimas are great cars, but also might be outside the 19k; not sure.
I kinda like the new Hyundai Veloster--no clue what they cost, though.
I don't think you'll get a Mustang for 19k. If I remember correctly, the one we just bought my wife (V6) was in the 25k+ range (I wanna say it was closer to 30k; I believe the "base" price was 26k).
To be perfectly honest, I don't think you're going to get anything that isn't a crappy "econobox" for under 20k new these days.
**Edit** My bad, just noticed you were talking used cars. My thoughts on the above vehicles still apply. I love Mustangs, and I've had no reliability issues with the ones I've owned (2009 and 2015). The Fusion isn't bad...but I wasn't sold on the rental I had. I really do like what Kia and Hyundai have been doing lately...