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MonteMan09
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Try a Honda Civic, or an Accord. The TSX is also a very good choice.
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espresso8097
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What I have been able to find: Compacts: Saturn Ion, Dodge Neon, Oldsmobile Alero, Pontiac Grand Am, Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Toyota Carolla Mid-size: Mercury Sable/Ford Taurus, Ford Crown Victoria, Pontiac Grand Prix, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry *edited due to misreading* Post edited at 10:01 pm on July 10, 2009 by espresso8097
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MonteMan09
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The Neon is a good choice, but don't run it hard on rough roads, because the suspension wear out on them...fast.
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12:29 am on July 11, 2009 | Joined: Mar. 2009 | Days Active: 166
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I've got a friend with an '05 Malibu Maxx LT. Decent little car, if not somewhat cheap (especially in the interior materials department). Short term, you can't go wrong. Get one with low miles though. Anything made by GM with a four speed is bound to give you problems down the road.
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Ford Five Hundred, made from 2005 to 2007, but they sell for ridiculously low figures. I don't know what your price range is, but my aunt bought one outright for $11,000. Fully loaded to the hilt with the Limited package, fancy rims, the top of the line stereo system, and class exclusive all wheel drive.
I think it looks pretty professional as far as American entry level luxury sedans go, plus its a very solid machine. Safe too, the safest full size American sedan money can buy (IIHS Top Safety Pick, 5-Stars all around). Can't put a price on safety, and few cars are safer then this. All Wheel Drive is another plus you can't find on any other American sedan (excluding other Ford products) for the price.
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12:51 am on July 11, 2009 | Joined: April 2007 | Days Active: 640
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I like FTFs suggestion of the 500. I know little about the car, but Ive driven one, and loved it. Im assuming they are solid. A lot of the local businesses that I have done work for have them for the sales people. The place my dad works at has five of them, all from 2006, and all with insane miles on them (for that age at least) and they havent had any problems so far. They drive nice, they have a very comfortable interior, the exterior is very professional looking. As far as aesthetics go, pretty much everything you are looking for. Someone else would have to vouch for the mechanical side of things though.
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1:24 am on July 11, 2009 | Joined: Jan. 2007 | Days Active: 700
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Quote: from drifting at 1:24 am on July 11, 2009
 I like FTFs suggestion of the 500. I know little about the car, but Ive driven one, and loved it. Im assuming they are solid. A lot of the local businesses that I have done work for have them for the sales people. The place my dad works at has five of them, all from 2006, and all with insane miles on them (for that age at least) and they havent had any problems so far. They drive nice, they have a very comfortable interior, the exterior is very professional looking. As far as aesthetics go, pretty much everything you are looking for. Someone else would have to vouch for the mechanical side of things though. 
I've only heard good things from my aunt about her '05 Limited, and I've spent plenty of time riding and driving that car. While she was on vacation I was using it to get to and from work for two weeks, and honestly I found myself wanting on pretty badly. Ford did a really nice job sound proofing the cabin, and its a very comfortable long distance cruiser. I've been in the back seat for a four hour road trip to Anchorage and getting out of the car I felt like it might have been a ten minute run to the store. Practical too with plenty of room and that nifty fold down rear seat for in-car trunk access. @Eric, chill out dude. I'm not ripping on GM. I'm just saying, for a brief period in the early/mid-2000s GM has a bad streak with those four speeds. I know more people who have had them replaced or rebuilt then people who haven't, yourself included. P.S. In regards to my "friend", I really don't have to justify myself to you, but we're talking about my ex here.
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