My sister is car shopping...

[Brybo86]

Toyota crown

 

[The Critic]

Toyota crown

Too big for her.

 

[GSCJR]

Crown comes also as a hatch, just sayin.

 

[The Critic]

Crown comes also as a hatch, just sayin.

It was also way too long at 194.1.”

The 25 Forester she ended up with is 183.3.” Once you pass a certain threshold, it can be very difficult to parallel park in urban environments.

 

[Al]

It was also way too long at 194.1.”

The 25 Forester she ended up with is 183.3.” Once you pass a certain threshold, it can be very difficult to parallel park in urban environments.

Forester is hard to beat considering everything. But if she isn't driving in snow..not needed. But she surely will be happy with the Forester. '25 is a step beyond 22/23/24

 

[Rand]

Wait on the forester hybrid? should be about 3 months... although might be hard to get ahold of immediately due to demand.

 

[The Critic]

1 yr update:

11K miles. Only complaint has been poor output from the heated seats which the dealer performed a software update for. Otherwise, no issues.

 

[andrew_j]

1 yr update:

11K miles. Only complaint has been poor output from the heated seats which the dealer performed a software update for. Otherwise, no issues.

Does she take to mountains a lot or must have been really poor. CA is pretty warm in winter .

 

[Zee09]

My sister is car shopping and I have been recruited to assist with the process.

Her general parameters:
- New
- $50K or less
- Modern infotainment and ADAS features
- Reasonably quiet and roomy
- Good visibility
- A "nice" interior with some type of non-cloth seating
- Prefers to keep length under ~185" for ease of parallel parking in urban environments
- Decent fuel economy, hybrid preferred. However, she will only drive 6-8K/yr for the foreseeable future, so...
- Needs to be reasonably reliable for 7-10 years and ideally, something that I would be willing to work on.

So far, she has driven 9 vehicles and has narrowed it down to these 3 choices:

- 25 Lexus NX350h
- 25 Subaru Forester Limited
- 25 CR-V Hybrid Sport-L, but is also willing to consider the 1.5T EX-L

I don't particularly love any of those options but it is her car, not mine. Looking for feedback on vehicles we should be looking at, as well as general thoughts on the pros/cons of the 3 choices above.

Thanks.

I don't love those options either

 

[Silverado12]

I think the Forester was a good choice. I have a relative who had one and it was roomy for tall people even with a sunroof.

 

[The Critic]

Does she take to mountains a lot or must have been really poor. CA is pretty warm in winter .

Seat heater output is just very poor.