Getting a Car

If you live in North America, a day will come when you would like to get a car/van/suv etc.

Few tips if you are planning on buying a new car,

- First make up your mind about which vehicle you are planning to buy, say car, suv, truck van.
- Then you have to find out which car you like to buy a sporty, sedan, full size or sub-compact
- Then you have to find out if you want to get a Europian, Japanses, America or Korean
- Then you have to find out if you want to finance it or lease it.
- Then you have to find what will be duration of lease or finance say 36 month, 48 or 60

To get to the answers of all these questinos search through internet and see what each vehicle offers. It is a good idea to go to websites like edmunds, driving.ca auto123 or wheels.ca to compare different brands, there features, options and pricing. These sites have tools to compare multiple vehicles.

Car type (car, suv, cuv, truck , van)

Cars are getting very economical, however there prices are going up too, as manufacturers are adding options as standard features.

There are 2 types of SUVs, a car based SUVs and truck based SUVs. Car based SUVs have better fuel ecomony, better in ride, smaller in size and are not made for extreme off roading, only the kind found around big cities.
Truck based SUVs are more rigid and are good for off roading, though bigger engines means more fuel consumption, normally have bigger sizes and more seating capacity.


Some of the economy cars are very good in ride, I once rented a suzuki swift and found the ride was pretty smooth and had a good pickup, another time had a chevy cobalt which is not as good in fuel economy as it should be also the ride was a bit rough on higher speeds.

Cars like civics and corrolla has grown in sizes so much that are almost equal to their bigger cousins of 80s like accords and camry, yet they are far more fuel efficeint.
Hybrids are good but you have to change your driving style to get the hybrid benefits, also in extreme cold situations such as Canada or northern states hybrids are not very effective. As batteries become too cold and take some time to warm up.

Corrolla is considered the most reliable car but it said to be devoid of any character (I don't know about this though0
Civics are really cool looking and have much better responsive engines.
Mazda 3 is really nice cars and are getting very popular as good as civics and corrollas