I think Glatt made a great point on that. Good luck!

If you have to look at the radio to change basic functions, well, close your eyes. Using only a hand, volume and station selections should be possible. A driver must do that when driving; especially when in the dark. In one rental car, I had to pull over to finally change the station.

Whoa pardner. You mean we are supposed to close our eyes when we drive at night?

Lola Bunny - What made you want to start such a vile and vicious thread? :p:

Obviously that was never said. Your reply ignores the topic; to only attack the messenger.

Try to read what is written rather than reply to what you want to see. I believe you are incapable.

Just got the latest issue of Consumer Reports today. They had a short article about how much radios (or infotainment systems) suck today.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/29/radepe5y.jpg

And there was another article about the best and worst cars for the money.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/29/a5uqubav.jpg

The price of a Hyundai sonata GLS hasn't changed in ten years. Well, the 2.7 was the same price as the 2.4 is now, I wonder if the features at that trim level are the same?

I have a Hyundai Sonata Limited V6 with everything. It has a nice Infinity sound system with "Infinity" on the dash over it. I point it out to passengers and tell them the car is having an identity crisis.

Of course, I need the 2 extra cylinders to deliver the horsepower necessary to carry my big dic around. People like Lola Bunny and tw wouldn't have that requirement.

I thought I read that they came out with a 1.8 that's supposed to be extremely economical on gas.

must be their north korean branch or for the dicless...

The 2.5 Altima is only 24k. Just sayin. If you'd by a 3.5SL, you might as well get a Maxima. Especially when you factor in rebates

Yeah, the cars they chose to include seem a little random.

The advantage of CU is access to feedback from a shitload of readers, and a reputation for being unbiased. But anyone who has read CU for a long time is aware that while they strive to be fair, the testers/writers do often let their personal bias show. That's human and almost impossible to avoid where subjective ratings are part of the process. It's OK as long as you realize your wants, needs and likes may not be the same as the tester, so you have to separate hard test results from opinions.

I want to thank everyone who have given me advice, suggestions, or opinions. I am not very good at acknowledging posts although I like people to acknowledge me. :p: And I would especially like to thank Jim for spending all those hours helping me with the finance, giving suggestions and advice on how to actually go into a dealer and talk to those guys. I really appreciate all your help. You're a good man.

And now, I'd like to present my new car. A 2014 Avalon. :D

Nice!

You went with a larger car than you were initially talking about!

How's the radio?

Ahhh...yes, the radio. We actually went into a dealer to test drive it first since it's bigger than our current Altima, and being petite people, my sister and I need to make sure we could handle a bigger car. As my sister was driving the car, I made sure I look at the radio. It was a touch screen. I then asked my sister to change the station just to see how difficult it would be. She glanced down and touched a different station. It was quite straight forward. After we got the car, I asked the the salesperson if there's a manual because I've got no idea how all these electronic works since my last car was 20 yrs ago. :lol: He did a run through and paired the phone onto the car. (Is that the right expression?) Anyways, you can answer your phone and change the radio station right on the steering wheel. No need to look onto the screen below. You can also listen to your music from the phone rather than listening to the radio, which my sister usually does. It's cool. We can also set speed dial and don't have to worry about going through the contact list. These features may be standard these days (I'm guessing), but they were awesome to me. :lol: