What is wrong with the Toyota/Geo? it's a 4 door sedan, right? seems like the ideal family vehicle, at least it was for my parents, holds 5 adults and has a large trunk as well as being a very safe car that does good in the snow if you have snow tires on it.
Personally I would go for electric as well, 2.5 mile trips eat cars up, you can wear out an exhaust system per year, battery too, brakes, oil changes, starters, everything wears out quickly because of the constant starting and stopping, so a home built electric car would have more then enough range and replacing the battery pack every 5 years would cost less then up keep of a gasoline car, or so says my mother, who is a book keeper and lives 2.5 miles from work and tends to walk there if the weather is nice.
I live 3.5 miles from work and love my electric car for getting there, it means that my Honda Civic is often on loan to friends who need a car or who's car otherwise gets poor gas mileage.
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