Car Shopping

The family went to eat lunch together as usual on Saturday. However Kit Kat had to meet her friends afterwards to go to the movies. Momoko, Little Kat, and I headed to the local car dealership to do car research. They sell a lot of used cars. This let us consider many manufacturers and models at the same place.

I was surprised how many back seats in cars did not provide adequate headroom for a tall guy like me. Some small cars such as the Nissan Sentra and Mercedes C class were obviously too small. However I was hoping others such as the Honda Accord, Kia Optima, Chevy Malibu, or Nissan Altima would suffice. Nope. Too small. A couple larger cars really surprised me like the Toyota Avalon. Even some SUVs were too small like the Suzuki Vitara and Scion xD.

Little Kat would like to drive a sedan. The only sedan that had tons of head room in the rear seat was the Buick Lucerne. We found one from 2011 that had almost 70k miles on it. It was a bit expensive. But it had a lot of toys like heated leather seats, remote start, and parking assistance. The thing had a V-6 with 227 horsepower. I took it out for a test drive and the accerleration did not disappoint.

We wanted to test drive a Dodge Caliber, which also had headroom to spare in the back seat. This car had 107k miles on it but was cheap. Unfortunately the car would not start. Dead battery? Whatever the cause, that was a sign to leave the car in the lot. Now we need to regroup and maybe try out some other large American sedans such as the Chrysler Grand Marquis or Lincoln Towncar. The only problem is that Little Kat would like to drive a small sedan. The only other alternative is to go with an SUV. But I already own an SUV, so we might be going nowhere.