- seats 6 or more
- gets great gas mileage and (hence) is good for the environment
- is capable of towing a pop-up trailer
- costs less than a year of college
Personally, I didn't think such a vehicle existed. Somehow the first and third items always seem to negate the second and fourth. So I didn't really expect to get what I wanted.
Until, after hours of internet searching, we discovered this:
It's a Kia Rondo. Seats 7. Gets around 27 mpg. Costs much less than a Honda or Toyota or Nissan or Ford or Chrysler or just about anything else (unless you count the new $2500 car they just unveiled in India, but that one didn't quite fit our needs). And would tow a small pop-up, if need be. And the warranty can't be beat - 10 year, 10,000 miles.
So say hello to our new car (note: this picture is representative of the Kia Rondo, and does not show the actual car that we purchased, as we haven't taken it to the desert yet).
Fun Story related to the new car
We took one daughter and the niece and nephew when we went car shopping on Monday. After we bought the car, I drove the Kia home with the 3 kids. About 5 miles north of home (Key Center, for the locals), one of the three kids decided they were carsick and suddenly puked. The car had less than 50 miles on it, and I had a kid barfing all over the back.
Does it make me a horrible dad and uncle if I turned around and was relieved to find they had only thrown up on themselves and their car seat, and not on the new car?
