My girlfriend has recently expressed interest in getting her own car. It would be her first car and it would be used occasionally to get from point A to point B only. Mostly crossing the bridge from Dartmouth to Halifax each day and back. In the summer we might use it to go up to the cottage, but other than that, that would be all the driving that the car would be doing.
Her dad is going to help her out with buying it, so therefore he has some say in what kind she gets. He is pro GM, along anything Japanese or European (except VW). Anything else wouldn't really be considered. Her price range is about $4K-$7K right now. Her dad has hinted that he might be able to raise that price range a grand or two if need be. That is, he wouldn't mind paying extra for an obviously better car or if there was some spectcular deal.
She wouldn't be actually getting it until the late summer, but of course being a car guy, I got excited and started searching already. I figured an Accord EXR would suit her well. The usual suspects are also on the list such as civic, corolla, camry, protoge etc, however the Impala, Century and Lumina have been tossed into the mix by her dad as well. I like the Impala a lot, and the Century is nice but I'm not too sure on the Lumina. Maybe just because I haven't hear a whole lot about them.
Any info that someone can give on any of these vehicles would be appreciated, but especially on the Accord 4 or 6 cylinder engines as I am leaning towards an Accord for her.
