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eatpaste

Looking for a vehicle under $15k for Fayetteville, AR

Besides the common advice of buy all the Honda or Toyota you can for the money, what other options are good?

Looking for something roomy, not too low to the ground, husband wants AWD because of all the hills/dirt roads/ice. It seems like a lot of vehicles in our price range/recommended models from here are FWD. We are undecided on car vs SUV. Daily driving is minimal (work is 10mi away) but we do go on longer trips a few times a year.

I know this is super wide open, we very suddenly need to buy a vehicle and I'm feeling in the weeds about it. Reliability and safety are probably our biggest concerns. So where do we start? What should we absolutely avoid? If you were going to buy a $10-15k vehicle this week, what would you be looking for?

Posted Oct 14, 2019, 3:18 PM UTC · edited

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WillyRay1776•

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Fayetteville+AR-72701?searchRadius=50&zip=72701&marketExtension=true&sortBy=relevance&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0

There's only 11 results in your area for aws/4x4,under 75k miles, under 15k. Within 50 miles

The Toyota venza looks good

Check out truecar

Shows prices of cars being bought in your area

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creativityisafarce•

Buick Envision resale drops like a rock. If your budget can go to $18-19k you can get quite a lot for your money. Bose radio, lane departure, AWD, leather, etc.

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1f229116

I can’t imagine touching the feature set for under $15k.

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eatpasteOP•

thanks for the help! to be clear we're still considering FWD, and will probably go that way, was just also wondering if there was something in AWD i was missing...

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imothers•

If you are parked at the bottom of an icy slope, AWD is helpful to get out. FWD and snow tires works fine for many people most of the time, and of course it is not hard to get stuck even with AWD if you make a wrong move. AWD is not a panacea that guarantees traction.

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