| One of the most important and expensive purchases | | | | well. |
| in your life, besides buying a home, is buying a car. | | | | Pickups with crew cabins are one of my favorites (if |
| Because of that it is essential to choose the right car | | | | you do not live in a big city). It is a great choice for |
| for your needs. So how do you do that? I myself | | | | people that need really versatile car. Pickup enables |
| fancy a Porsche Carrera, but I doubt my wife would | | | | you to haul big loads as well as take your kids to |
| be very enthusiastic about it. | | | | football practice or camping. |
| No matter what kind of a car you plan on buying, SUV, | | | | And do not forget about hybrids. This is probably the |
| station wagon or a truck, your car will have just one | | | | best choice for environment conscious people living in |
| basic mission in life getting you and your family fast | | | | big cities. They are extremely fuel efficient as well as |
| and safe from one place to another. | | | | much easier to find a parking spot then SUVs. |
| When you decide on purchasing a car you need to | | | | Usually hybrids have two engines, an electric and a |
| know what you will be using car for. If you are single, a | | | | gas one. Electric motor is in most cases responsible |
| convertible could be the way to go, but if you have | | | | for supplying enough power for car electricity needs; |
| two or three kids it will just not do. | | | | this is done by accumulating electricity which is |
| If you have kids and are planning a vacation think | | | | produced by braking. |
| about all the luggage you are going to have to | | | | This will save gas but probably not enough to earn a |
| transport with you. It doesnt mean you need a truck, | | | | medal form Greenpeace, but it is a start. Also hybrids |
| but you do need to think about trunk size of the car | | | | are more expensive then normal cars. |
| you plan on buying. | | | | Toyota Prius is a great example of a very successful |
| Car manufacturers produce lots of different models | | | | hybrid car, you can get it to run 60 miles for a gallon of |
| very well suited for average size family needs. Large | | | | gas. Over time such fuel efficiency can save you a lot |
| sedans and station wagons are just a sample of the | | | | of money besides helping with environment. |
| cars on the market today. | | | | Then we have electric cars. They run on fuel cells and |
| Small size minivans can also be great for family use, | | | | are environmentally friendliest cars available today. |
| you get lots of space with lesser fuel cost, a thing not | | | | However electric cars are not good choice for |
| to be forgotten with ever increasing fuel prices | | | | everybody. Make sure to do a thorough research if |
| SUVs are a great fun as well as status symbols, they | | | | you plan on buying one. |
| are also great for outdoors, but recent surveys show | | | | And at last you need to make decision whether you |
| that less then 10% of the SUVs in US ever sees a dirt | | | | want to buy a new or used car. It is a personal |
| road. If one of your possible choices for car buying is | | | | decision to make, and there are lots of factors included |
| an SUV, besides fuel consumption (which is enormous) | | | | in this, probably the most important as always being |
| you should also bear in mind the parking problems as | | | | you budget. |