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My wife and I have narrowed it down to either a Nissan, Camry or Volvo s60 Hybrid. We need awd.

Any suggestions? Especially from you, Bodyman.
 
Lanny said:
My wife and I have narrowed it down to either a Nissan, Camry or Volvo s60 Hybrid. We need awd.

Any suggestions? Especially from you, Bodyman.
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First question is duration of ownership. Keeping only while under warranty?
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
First question is duration of ownership. Keeping only while under warranty?
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We average our ownership about 15 years. This time, because of our advanced age, we'll probably own for 5 to 10 years.
 
We're going to look at the new S60s right now. The other two will come later.
 
Camry has awd? Mine certainly doesn't.

I have a 2013 Camry and we have liked it a lot. Not AWD though.

Have you looked at Subaru? They're famous for AWD.
 
I like the Toyotas...my in law has a 4 wheel drive Honda he likes a lot....seems like a well put together SUV
 
The Toyota is likely going to be the best as far as reliability and depreciation is concerned. I heard nothing but good things about the Volvo from people that drove it - but none of them bought one because of service and reliability concerns. Nissan? What Nissan. I have friends that work at the Nissan design center for the USA and like some of the designs - but I am not a big fan of most of their cars from recent years - they seem to be in a race to the bottom as far as quality is concerned, or at least that is my impression.

To the best of my knowledge - there is no Camry AWD at this point.
 
riverman said:
I like the Toyotas...my in law has a 4 wheel drive Honda he likes a lot....seems like a well put together SUV
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My "it's not a cool car in any way and everyone has one" recommendation is a certified used Rav4.

Low 20 thousands give or take and should last forever if past performance continues.
 
andalusian said:
The Toyota is likely going to be the best as far as reliability and depreciation is concerned. I heard nothing but good things about the Volvo from people that drove it - but none of them bought one because of service and reliability concerns. Nissan? What Nissan. I have friends that work at the Nissan design center for the USA and like some of the designs - but I am not a big fan of most of their cars from recent years - they seem to be in a race to the bottom as far as quality is concerned, or at least that is my impression.

To the best of my knowledge - there is no Camry AWD at this point.
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I'm not up to date but last I recall the Nissan CVTs are a ticking time bomb.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
The new Camry body style is awesome. I would prob go with an accord, personally
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The Accord's had a lot of cool gadgets, but they didn't fit my body very well. I remember the arm rest being very low, so I couldn't rest my arm on it. Just a comfort thing. Otherwise a very nice car.
 
Lanny said:
My wife and I have narrowed it down to either a Nissan, Camry or Volvo s60 Hybrid. We need awd.

Any suggestions? Especially from you, Bodyman.
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Why do you need awd?
 
Lanny said:
My wife and I have narrowed it down to either a Nissan, Camry or Volvo s60 Hybrid. We need awd.

Any suggestions? Especially from you, Bodyman.
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Volvo is now Chinese owner. Not as good of a car and also spare parts could be expensive if Trump continues his trade war with them.

Nissan is okay.

Camry is Camry, nice car, kinda boring.

Look at the Lexus IS 300 or 350 AWD. It's a Camry on steroids. Great looks, value, and reliability.
 
Natebishop3 said:
EXPENSIVE! EXPENSIVE! EXPENSIVE!

Expensive to buy. Expensive to maintain. Expensive to repair. And are they really worth it?
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I don’t know what it is. From my mom and dad’s VW Karman Ghia, Bus, or bug. Or my first car, an ‘83 VW Rabbit GTI to my current A6.......there is just something about getting behind the wheel of a German vehicle. Mine now, it’s the smell of it, the way it handles in the curves, I just will never get anything else but German from now on. I won’t hate on Accords or Camrys, they are the top two selling cars for a reason, but it’s just not me. I get them as rentals cars for work all the time, but they just don’t have that same feeling. Wish I could explain better. I have a V8 AWD and love it!

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THE HCP said:
I don’t know what it is. From my mom and dad’s VW Karman Ghia, Bus, or bug. Or my first car, an ‘83 VW Rabbit GTI to my current A6.......there is just something about getting behind the wheel of a German vehicle. Mine now, it’s the smell of it, the way it handles in the curves, I just will never get anything else but German from now on. I won’t Haiti of Accords or Camrys, they are the top two selling cars for a reason, but it’s just not me. I get them as rentals cars for work all the time, but they just don’t have that same feeling. Wish I could explain better. I have a V8 AWD and love it!

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You only want Lanny to buy an Audi because they are assembled in Mexico.

https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/san-jose-chiapa-mexico-212
 
THE HCP said:
I don’t know what it is. From my mom and dad’s VW Karman Ghia, Bus, or bug. Or my first car, an ‘83 VW Rabbit GTI to my current A6.......there is just something about getting behind the wheel of a German vehicle. Mine now, it’s the smell of it, the way it handles in the curves, I just will never get anything else but German from now on. I won’t hate on Accords or Camrys, they are the top two selling cars for a reason, but it’s just not me. I get them as rentals cars for work all the time, but they just don’t have that same feeling. Wish I could explain better. I have a V8 AWD and love it!

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I always took you for a VW Thing guy...
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Wish we had more diesel car options. They last so much longer. Other countries have them. I will never own another gas vehicle again.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The Accord's had a lot of cool gadgets, but they didn't fit my body very well. I remember the arm rest being very low, so I couldn't rest my arm on it. Just a comfort thing. Otherwise a very nice car.
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Yeah, I think I liked it better because of the tech integration (android auto, apple car, etc)
 
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