Toyota Matrix - 2004 Review

I'm the practicle car owner of the family.  My husband owns the sports car and I own the small stationwagon/SUV car.  He's always saying to me, "why don't you buy a sports car for your next vehicle, you know it would be more fun to drive?"  But then I say back to him, "O.K., whose vehicle do we use to bring the two large dogs to run in the park, to pick up gardening supplies, take for long camping trips etc?"  It's my Toyota Matrix!  It's the best car value for the money. It's reasonable on gas, 32mph on highway driving.  And it has all this space!  Every seat folds down, including the front passanger seat.  I've had the car for four years and have had no major repairs except news tires. When I buy my next Matrix, and yes, I will buy another Matrix, I will probably switch from buying one with 4 wheel drive to one with front wheel drive. The only negative with a 4 wheel drive is you end up replacing the tires more often. I am looking forward to buying a new Matrix which will hopefully be later this year because of a few new features. The best feature is the new Matrix has a bigger engine so it has more pep and get up and go than my 2004 model.  And the new model looks sexier; it has a sleaker body design.(even my husband thinks so; but I'm not sure if it will win him over enough for him to abandon his sports cars!) So with all those new additions and plenty of roomy space for all that stuff we buy and things we pack up, you can't lose with the Toyota Matrix.