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Automobile advertising is dramatic and exciting. They often show cars speeding through traffic, climbing goat-paths on mountainsides in bad weather and performing race-track maneuvers. In real-life, you will need your car to do much more common chores-going to work in stop-and-go traffic, taking your family to events and on trips. Consider the requirements for your real life:
- Do you commute to and from work? How many miles each way?
- Do you use your car for work? Do you need a van or a pickup truck?
- What sort of mileage does your car get? High gas prices add up quickly.
- Do you carpool your (or other) children to school and other events?
- How many passengers to do you carry?
- What are the road conditions? Is all your driving on paved suburban roads? Dirt roads? Crowded highways? Heavy traffic? Snow? Rain?
- Do you carry luggage, sports equipment, home-improvement materials?
- What are weekend and, perhaps, vacation car demands?
- How important is style?
Your answers to these questions will help you determine what kind of car you really need. Your personal preferences can be taken into account, but keep them in perspective. Now might be a good time to figure out what you really need by keeping a record. Note the distances you drive, the reasons for each trip, and the problems that you have with your current car that you want to solve with a new car.
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