So a "i think it might be a grown up decision" thought came into my head. I'm currently a pre-nursing student working on my pre reqs. I'm at a community college right now working for my ADN. However, my school's program is very competitive (3.8 recommended, I have a 3.7 program GPA, 2.8 cumulative -- I failed algebra + trig). I'll probably be transferring to Molloy University in Long Island once I get 20-30 credits or so (if anyone has any knowledge on Molloy's program, and/or any info on community college to a 4 year university transfer student experiences/perspectives please enlighten me :] ).
My "I think it might be a grown up decision" thought is the following:
If I'm going to be a future Nurse / healthcare provider when I'm older, shouldn't I have an AWD vehicle as a daily driver? I mean I already work in a hospital, I know nurses at my job receive hell when a snow storm happens. THey're not allowed to call out, some have to sleep at hospital so they can come into work the next day. If they do call out they receive zero pay, administration is up their butts. Not fun.
My current car, a 2013 hyundai elantra is great on gas for college/work. I'm thinking of trading it in though at the expense for higher costs in gas, for a 2005-2010 jeep grandcherokee. That way by the time I graduate my "work vehicle" is almost paid off.
TL;DR
As a dedicated pre-nursing student, should I keep my gas efficient car and lose trade-in value over the years for when I eventually get my "work vehicle" which would be an AWD daily (jeep grandcherokee specifically).
Or trade in my gas efficient vehicle now, not lose as much trade in value, for my future "work-vehicle"
May want to do more research, complaints about excessive oil consumption are already coming in on the 2015! Apparently the issue is not fixed.
I don't agree that all new cars have issues, I have had several that had zero issues and never had problems. The one I just bought has been the first one I have every had issues with as a new vehicle... and it is minor compared to other problems I am hearing about. Nissan apparently had to recall a 2014 or 15 model because the wheel can fall off.... ugh!
Annie
Trust me I've done my research and belong to a forum of car enthusiasts that has thoroughly discussed this. I have an in depth understanding of what's going on. Yes there are some Foresters that have an issue but most do not. I'm not sure where you got your 10% statistic from can you please cite your source? I never said all new cars have issues. I've had three Foresters and not one of them has had even one problem. Your CRV has a very big problem and 100% of them have it. The Honda AWD has a serious flaw. A dangerous one in that it can fail when you most need it. It's unfortunate because I think Hondas are great cars. It's what I owned prior to switching to Subaru. Actually, I still think they are great cars and I'm sorry you're having issues with yours.
I've lived in a couple of places where you could count on driving on snow/ice constantly from december through march. In both places SUV's are actually pretty rare during the winter, while subaru's and other smaller AWD cars, or even front wheel drive cars, are pretty much standard issue. SUV's make it a little easier to get out of your parking spot or driveway after a couple feet of snow fell overnight, but other than that they are about the worst car for driving on snow and ice you could design.
By far the most important thing is tires; a smaller front wheel drive car with dedicated snow/ice tires on all four wheels is far better than really any car with all-season tires. A stick shift helps, although you don't see those around much these days. Cars that are abnormally heavy or with abnormally high centers-of-gravity should also be avoided.
Oil change intervals are at 6000 miles, right around 5800 miles my oil light went on and I had to add almost a quart and I'm changing it tomorrow anyways, so its really not too much of a pain
FlyingScot, RN
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Trust me I've done my research and belong to a forum of car enthusiasts that has thoroughly discussed this. I have an in depth understanding of what's going on. Yes there are some Foresters that have an issue but most do not. I'm not sure where you got your 10% statistic from can you please cite your source? I never said all new cars have issues. I've had three Foresters and not one of them has had even one problem. Your CRV has a very big problem and 100% of them have it. The Honda AWD has a serious flaw. A dangerous one in that it can fail when you most need it. It's unfortunate because I think Hondas are great cars. It's what I owned prior to switching to Subaru. Actually, I still think they are great cars and I'm sorry you're having issues with yours.