I had a shortlist of cars I wanted, and a list of must-have features that included push-button start, sat nav, sat radio, moonroof and rearview camera. I narrow my search down to Nissan Altima 2.5 SL, Ford Taurus Limited, and Hyundai Sonata Limited. I was looking for 2011-2012 certified pre-owned vehicles only.
I ended up going for the Hyundai Sonata for several reasons. Hyundai's have one of the best warranties out there, the pricing is a fair bit better than comparable models with the same features, and the availability of all these features in a single car wasn't difficult to find. I had an impossible time tracking down an Altima with all of those features, very few SL models were available and the ones that were around usually lacked one or more of the features. The Taurus Limited was also quite difficult to track down, and the one dealer that did have one was asking an outrageous price and wanted to fuck me over on it.
In the end, I'm extremely happy I got the Sonata, and the service I received at the dealership was top notch.
