Shopping for a new car......

[Kamakiri]

With the traveling and road trips, my 2009 Scion xB is a great car, but not ideal. Decided to take a look at the luxury market to see what's out there, as I haven't been car shopping in ages. On the list of things I saw online were a Mercedes E-class, a Lexus LS430, an Acura MDX with entertainment package, and a few others, but I wanted something that was a classic American luxury car.

I was shocked to find a huge lame expanse of crappy black plastic in a Cadillac as in a Saturn, and every used SRX SUV stunk like cigars, or some very obese person owned it and flattened out the front seats. The Lexus LS430 was pretty well beat, the MDX was gone, the BMW 5 series was too odd to feel at home in, and the Lincoln Town Car I checked out for the heck of it had a front seat less supportive than a drunk football coach. Even looked at the new Chrysler 200, and it's nothing more than a prettied up Stratus. I checked out other Lexus, Buick, Dodge, you name it, and I couldn't find anything perceptibly better for travel than my Scion.

After being burned out of car shopping, I decided to take a different slant. While not a long-distance cruiser, after looking at Cadillac, Mercedes, Lexus, Acura, Lincoln, and many others, I might have finally found the driving experience that best suits me......