Back from the dead!
We bought the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe. 4-cylinder, automatic GLS base model with no options other than what the dealer left in the vehicle (floor mats, cargo mat, iPod connector). Ended up getting it from Rick Case Hyundai in Duluth. Paid $22,357 for it total. Pretty good price for a brand new model.
The Cash 4 Clunkers program really blew used car prices out of whack. I couldn't find a used Santa Fe with really low miles for much less than $20k. At that point I might as well spend the extra $2k and have a brand new car.
We'll have it for the next decade or so and we're so unemotional about the purchase it is almost weird. So much research and homework for the process to be done. I like it, the wife likes it, so that's what counts. So non-Grassroots, but I think my purchase of the Duster makes up for it.
