My wife and I currently own 2 bikes (and a mountain bike in storage). We also have a Nissan Sentra, and a 800cc motorcycel. We also have a bike trailer that we put the baby in, and sometimes groceries / kid supplies (diapers, toys, blankets for the park etc.). I commute on the bicycle daily. My wife is at home with the child, and likes to go up to her parents a few times a week - about 35-40 miles from here. Sometimes she'll ask if I want to come up after work. I usually like to ride to the bus stop which is not even a block away, put the bike on the bus' rack and head up. If she doesn't have the trunk rack in the car I can't do this (which she never does now because the stroller is in the trunk), and the trunk rack is starting to get really annoying to take off and put on. So my options usually are to just ride home and take the motorcycle up, which is kind of a waste of gas when compared to the bus fare.

We want more kids, and the sentra won't work at all if we have more than 1 kid and try to go camping since we like to bring the bikes and trailer when we camp the car is compeltely packed full when we leave. We live in Utah and can have a good amount of snow in the winter. I don't know if this fits many of your profiles or not, but since the sentra is paid off we're looking for a car that would adapt better to our lifestyle. A wagon seems ideal, but these are the things we would like:

• -"decent" gas mileage
• -a hatch to throw stuff in the back so that we don't have to choose between the kid's stroller or something else
• -(my preference) a roof rack that's not too high up so that it' easy to put our bikes on, and other "stuff"
• -decent space in the back seats so adults can fit there somewhat comfortably with the baby seat there too
• -good safety ratings, I love my family and don't want them to get hurt in case other drivers are being stupid
• -AWD for the winter, FWD hasn't been that confidence inspiring when going up hills in the winter. This is part of the safety factor.
• -(my preference) Low center of gravity for better handling. This is part of the safety factor
• -(her preference) "Decent" power. I used to have a turbo 2.0 AWD car when we were first married that I had modified a bit (bigger turbo and what not). Way fun car to drive before a stupid driver ran into it, and she wants something that has the "fun" factor too.
• -(her preference) Automatic transmission

Again, to me it seems like wagons would be best but there really aren't that many to choose from. To save a bit o' cash I'm looking for cars that are slightly used. Something without a CVT would make me feel more confident it would last a while. Anyway, here's some cars that have come up:

• -Subaru outback 2.5, and outback 2.5 XT (turbo) : great except seems not-so-roomy in backseats
• -Dodge Magnum : heavy
• -Dodge journey : not many befenifts over a subaru it seems
• -Mitsubishi Outlander : more room, but a bit taller. Can turn on and off AWD though.
• -Honda CRV : taller, whimpy motor
• -Toyota RAV4 : taller, kinda ugly and in-laws have one. Good power though on V6.

In the furutre we may want a minivan if we have a litter of kids but that would be far down the road. For those with cars and kids, what are you driving?