Looking for a new car...

Hey

Im 18 years old and have been driving for about 2 years now. My current car is a 1991 Chevy lumina, nothing major is really wrong with it or anything, but I want to upgrade to a newer, better car. I dont mean brand new but like 1999 or newer. There are a lot of cars I have been considering lately like Jetta's, BMW 318i and 328i's, Mazda3, and there are a few other cars I have also been considering, and I was wondering if you guys could maybe help me make up my mind, or give me some other good cars to consider. Im looking for a car that will get alright gas mileage, under $15k, I would like it to be RWD but thats not a must, needs to be able to set atleast 4 people, but it can be a coupe or sedan.
Any suggestions?

The mazda 3 is a real good car from what Ive heard and it looks pretty good too. Not sure on its gas milage though. Also ium sure you could get a very good acord or civic for that price as well and those fill the bill on all practicality options.

id go with the bmw 328, excellent handling, seats 4 comfortably, some pep to it, [email protected] ft [email protected] in 6.4ish seconds, gas mileage 20/27

BMW 325i or 328i are both great cars. Avoid the 318i. Only other car that you mentioned that I would consider would be a VW Jetta GLI, if you can get one in your price range, but the BMW 3-series is still the better car.

Thanks for the advice guys, I think I am either going to go with a BMW 328i, or a Jetta VR6. Not that I have anything against honda's Planet_Keeper, but I would rather not have a car that you see every 2 seconds, atleast around here, a lot of people have accords and civics, but I dont see too many jetta's or 328's. Probably over the next month or so, Ill go and test drive the cars I mentioned, and Ill make a post with pics showing you what car I got. :)

BMWs are a lot to maintain

Jettas are always good
DSM cars are very easy to work on and maintain though