re: #288 William Lewis

Been busy this past week doing my new full time hotel job. Now today is my first regular Thursday/Friday days off. So I’m crunching numbers.

Anyone here driving a Kia? They seem to be the cheapest autos out there as well as somewhat “what’s a credit rating? mine is -8000” friendly. Looking online at either the Rio coupe or the Soul sort-of SUV (FWD not AWD) as both are coming in with payments under $250 a month, buy or lease.

Any other suggestions?

Kia’s get pretty decent ratings…but a little iffy in crashes.

I admit I am a homer when it comes to German cars, but I would suggest looking for a two/three year old VW Golf. A good solid car, and if you keep ‘em maintained you should be able to get 200,000 miles out of it. And they can take a hit for a small car.

Stay away from the Micro cars like the Fit, etc. Damn things are dangerous in my opinion.