OK, the wife has a 2000 Honda Accord Coupe that she loves. It has 165K miles and she wants something new. It has the 6cyl VTEC with 200hp. She loves the power. She is a cop and has taken, and taught, high performance driving classes so she knows what she likes.
Here's the rub.....she commutes 125 mi. round trip every day. Leaves at 5pm home at 6am. The car must be uber dependable. Gas mileage is important but not at the expense of POWER. She will not drive puny 4 cyl. POS. (Her words)
We plan to hand the 2000 down to our oldest daughter so therefore will not have a trade or substantial down payment.
She would love a red convertible (wouldn't we all) something. She wants a coupe but it has to have 'real' back seats.
She doesn't like the 2004 Accord coupes (kinda boxy, she says). We have went and test driven the Acura RSX (way too small) and Acura TL (great but this is really a luxury sedan), we tried to drive a TSX but they didn't have any. They are four door and have a 4 cyl. but she was willing to consider it.
She likes the G35, but who doesn't. They are everywhere. 35Grand too.
We're going to test drive a Solara convertible. So, no opinion yet.
Her fave of course is the Lexus SC430 but 55K for a commuter car is kinda dumb.
She's 5'10" so I can't see her in a Miata.
I rented her a MB 230 convertible for a week for her birthday and she loved it but the service costs and reliability rule that one out.
What do you guys think? I was thinking about maybe test driving a Boxster, just to see how she liked it. Would it stand up to the commute?
Any other suggestions? Don't say WRX. She doesn't like them.
Thanks......