In early August, I'm moving from the Toronto area to San Jose where my winter mileage will be so much better, especially when I can bike all winter without being hardcore/suicidal!
Anyhoo, I have a CUV and rather like it as a family vehicle / hauler. I'm debating right now whether I should take it or sell it. There are no legal restrictions against importing a Cdn spec car to California.
If I sell it, what do I get?
1. Used whatever... save $. Last 4 cars were used and saved $$$$.
2. New SF - can get 7 seater, which is very often wished for now, very dependable, excellent quality, super warranty, big rebates, mileage is bad but not terrible (other family car is 4cyl TSX and is fairly ecomical).
3. GenIII Prius if I fit, but probably very hard to get a good price in the Bay area and lose trailer towing and space for rapidly growing tall 9yo boys. Prius still have very high demand there, while hardly anyone there buys Santa Fes so dealwise #2 maybe be quite a bit cheaper.
4. Any good wagons with tons of legroom? The Jetta sportwagon diesel is very very nice but once I'm comfortable nobody wants to sit behind me and I still wonder about owning a VW once the warranty ends.
I'd greatly prefer something I can use with a 2" hitch receiver.
Any votes for just to keep my current Santa Fe? I really don't like the prospect of trailering it 3500 miles behind a 22' rental truck. I also wonder about its resale there (GLS here is mid level there it is base level) along with potential service/warranty issues because it is a foreign model and the Odo is in those modern units called KMs which confuses service staff.
I'm gonna miss KMs, litres, Celcius, Jr "A", Tim Hortons and cheap groceries, but I'll get way better weather and cheaper booze. 