tangfj
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Hey guys, I'm considering trading in my BMW 135i for a more practical car as I have a little one on the way... I'm considering a MY14 Leaf, C-Max Energi, Volt, or i3 (and maybe either the VW e-golf or Audi A3 e-tron if they ever release them in the US). Was hoping to get some advice from you guys on which one may be better for me?
Currently I live in Chicago and do not drive much... I go through about 200 or so miles and a tank of gas every 1.5 months with my current car. At most I may drive maybe 30-40 miles round trip to the suburbs but that's only on the weekends and its maybe once a month. Maybe 2-3 times a year we may consider using the car for a much longer trip of 300 miles or so for a drive down to St. Louis. My wife may also use the car and her round trip commute is less than 10 miles right now.
For my day to day needs, I just want something reliable that'll get me around town without having to go to the gas station any more. Also, of importance to me will be usable cargo space as I'm sure we'll be lugging more around with the baby coming. I would also like the car to have a good user interface to use with my iPhone but that's probably the least important thing to me (although from what I understand a bad user interface can be really annoying).
Anyway, if you guys could help me out with some pros and cons I'd appreciate it! I'll hopefully be test driving the cars in the next couple of weeks.
One more thing... anybody have any idea when 2015 cars would generally be announced? It's been a long time since I've bought a new car so I'd hate to buy a 2014 only to have the 2015 come out only months later.
Thanks!
(I hope I'm posting this in the right place... if not please let me know!)
Hey guys, I'm considering trading in my BMW 135i for a more practical car as I have a little one on the way... I'm considering a MY14 Leaf, C-Max Energi, Volt, or i3 (and maybe either the VW e-golf or Audi A3 e-tron if they ever release them in the US). Was hoping to get some advice from you guys on which one may be better for me?
Currently I live in Chicago and do not drive much... I go through about 200 or so miles and a tank of gas every 1.5 months with my current car. At most I may drive maybe 30-40 miles round trip to the suburbs but that's only on the weekends and its maybe once a month. Maybe 2-3 times a year we may consider using the car for a much longer trip of 300 miles or so for a drive down to St. Louis. My wife may also use the car and her round trip commute is less than 10 miles right now.
For my day to day needs, I just want something reliable that'll get me around town without having to go to the gas station any more. Also, of importance to me will be usable cargo space as I'm sure we'll be lugging more around with the baby coming. I would also like the car to have a good user interface to use with my iPhone but that's probably the least important thing to me (although from what I understand a bad user interface can be really annoying).
Anyway, if you guys could help me out with some pros and cons I'd appreciate it! I'll hopefully be test driving the cars in the next couple of weeks.
One more thing... anybody have any idea when 2015 cars would generally be announced? It's been a long time since I've bought a new car so I'd hate to buy a 2014 only to have the 2015 come out only months later.
Thanks!
(I hope I'm posting this in the right place... if not please let me know!)