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Our family car is a 2005 Acura MDX. Best snow car I've ever driven, seats 7. Got it in 2013 with 68k miles. Now has 152k, only work I've had to do to it is routine maintenance. That did include the timing belt replacement and I wish every motor was engineered like that one.

We got it because of the "seats 7", known good safety and AWD performance, and low mileage. The price was right and it remains one of my favorite purchases yet. It's not very efficient but it's powerful as hell which is really nice in the Colorado mountains.

2017 Subaru Outback 3.6r

It's reliable and convenient and has every feature I need or want.

It's got pretty good adaptive cruise control, good cargo capacity, including seats folding flat so that my large dogs can fit comfortably. It's got AWD and additional traction and hill features. It can tow my boat. It's got a pretty good sound system. Heated seats and steering wheel (a necessity for those of us with Raynaud's ). Two buttons for memorizing seat settings. Backup camera. High clearance. All kinds of pros and the only con is mediocre gas mileage.

I expect it to last for a very long time. It's just practical all around. And I don't need to drive it terribly much, so the gas mileage isn't a big deal for me.

I don't have a car, but I sometimes drive my wife's car which is a Volvo S60.
Before I moved countries I had a green Opel Agila, and what made it mine was that I played in cash for it.

Proton Saga 1.3

Unless you buy a domestic car, there's an import duty of 70-100% in Malaysia, so if you want to avoid that you can basically decide between Proton and Perodua.

I don't care about cars whatsoever, so was checking for used models of either brand (less than 4 years old, max 30k km down) and found a good deal on this one.

Got a few but winter time is my P2 Volvo XC90. Why? V8 go brrr

I drive a 2018 Subaru Forester. I got it because I wanted a SUV with AWD and a turbo charger. My previous vehicle was a Camaro, and while I loved driving it, having a RWD car in the winter sucks, and I had recently bought a house, so having a vehicle that can carry more than just groceries made sense.

I was driving the Camaro around Xmas time and there was a light dusting of snow on the highway. I hit a patch of it and started to fish tail, and that scared the hell out of me, so I traded it for the Forester the following fall. The Forester has handled any conditions I've come across so far like a champ, including heavy rain, snow, ice, and muddy hillsides.

Trading the Camaro in and getting the Forester marked the transition (in my mind) from being a young adult, to becoming an older, more sensible one. I was driving home from work one day, and a Camaro passed me on the highway. I couldn't help but sigh and ask myself why I had to get old. The Forester is a good vehicle and very nice (got the XT Touring package), but the Camaro was way more fun to drive, and I still miss it. I'd like to get another sports car in the future, but we'll see if that happens.

Currently no car and relieved I don't need one any more. Before that - Suzuki Vitara. As far as new cars went in 2019, it was the best choice for a small AWD SUV.

Ford ranger - it was $500

No car - don't need nor want one.