Krashdoc

If you had a choice of any car in the market for an everyday driver, what car/truck/SUV would you choose?
Lets say that it needs to be a 6 speed manual and you would need to do some driving in the winter that would involve snow and ice.

ACURA TSX'D

The 2010 Acura TL SH-AWD 6spd Manual. DONE

YetiTL

with the above poster, but then, we might be biaised...

Haelous

I imagine you're just looking for ideas, so I'll try to help you out.

It depends what your priorities are for the car.

If you want to sacrifice some interior quality and interior space for straight line acceleration, then G37xS over TL SH-AWD. If acceleration is that much of a priority, you can dump most of your interior space and some luxury for a 335i.

My personal feature list for a daily driver is...

1. High quality, real leather interior
2. Convenience features (gadgetry)
3. AWD/4WD
4. Good interior/cargo room
5. Good acceleration
6. Sporty handling (but not a giant go-kart)
7. Excellent dealer service (Well, this is any car)

I discovered that as soon as you try to combine these, your options become very limited, very fast.

If I could have had anything with those features and a 6-speed, it would be a loaded 535xi. However, that's $60k and my car was $37k. I also felt the TL SH-AWD handled better, which was kind of absurd considering the price difference.

A Cadillac CTS would be a great choice as well, and I did like it. There's just that whole 'Government Motors' thing.

nj2pa2nc

I totally agree with this answer

BleuM&M

And the OP would posit that question in this 4G forum because why? Expecting a different answer?

SSFTSX

Audi A4 2.0T Prestige Quattro 6speed Manual.

Class leading fuel economy for AWD system.
Class leading wheel base.
Class leading 17cubic foot cargo space.
Class leading quietness at highway speeds.
Turning circle among top its class.
Not timing belt in engine for expensive long term maintainance.
Electronic parking brake.
Side head protection airbag & rear side airbags.
Exterior electronic adjustable memory mirrors

Other features like S Line/Blind spot monitoring/led DRL that non of competitor in the range. lets wait for 2010 upgraded trims than compare 2010TL-SH-AWD 6speed Manual.

canddmeyer

Any vehicle you want, as long as it has Nokian Hakkapeliitta's on it in the winter.

PetesTL

2010 Audi S4......power, AWD, sexy styling.....Actually, I'm very close to thinking about putting down a deposit for one.......they're saying there's a 6-8 month waiting list already on this car. If I decide to jump in, I might actually get the one with the dual-clutch tranny instead of a 6-sp manual.

jangkai

The wait could mean there is a possible mark up also? I'm guessing the msrp won't be higher than the S5 which is like 52k.

ggesq

iTrader: (1)

OP- post this question in Car Talk in the Off Topic part of the forum.