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Message: [QUOTE="UCFBfan, post: 2696156, member: 2248"] I got a 2012 Mazda CX-5. Gets good gas mileage for an SUV and drives like a car vs a SUV. Is full paid off and has 103k miles. Bought it when my wife was pregnant with our first and she totalled her Mazda 6 that same summer and got the same car. Doesn't have tons of pick up which is the trade off for getting better gas mileage. Was first car I ever owned that wasn't stick. I think that was the hardest part for me as I loved driving manual cars. However,y wife can now be the DD if needed. Tried teaching her how to drive stick before kids and that didn't go well! Will say, my first car was an '86 Volvo station wagon that was stick. That thing was a tank. It sat as high as an SUV and was solid metal. Had 180k miles on it and the front grill was missing. Best part was it was rear wheel drive so my dad made me toss some salt bags in the back in the winter. I'll never forget that car. It was awesome! [/QUOTE]