Everyone says American made cars are junk, but I have had two Chevy Caprices
that were indestructible. The first one was a 1991 that my grandpa bought
new then passed on to me when he bought another in 1995. The 91 had 200,000
miles on it and ran like new when I wrecked it for the 5th time and the
insurance company wouldn't pay to fix it even though all it needed was a new
hood and grill. I wrecked this car 5 times and never had really seriosu
damage, even the time I hit a smaller car in the side at 45 MPH (the woman I
hit ran a red light and I couldn't stop in time). Flattened her car,
crinkled the hood and smashed out my grill and headlights. I bought a new
hood, lights, and grill and no one could tell it had been wrecked.
The one I have now is grandpa's 1995. It has 188,000 miles, runs like new,
has never had any major problems, and has been in two wercks in which it
took no damage at all, and one (where I hit a deer) where it did minor
damage. It looks like new still and hasn't got a bit of rust even though its
entire life has been spent in snowy climates where lots of salt is used on
the roads.
I think American cars are great, and if GM still made the Caprice, I'd buy a
new one. The problem is people buy bottom of the line cars like Escorts and
Cavaliers then complain that they're crap. Well, yeah what did you expect
from cheap economy cars? Higher end American cars last very well. My 1995
Caprice has been worth every penny of the $30,000 my grandpa paid for it.
--
Chris Crawford
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
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On 12/19/07 3:10 PM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My wife has an Echo (predecessor to the Yaris) and I am most
> impressed. Roomy and comfy for a mini-car and very well designed. And
> not a problem in any way. But my local mechanic who is who is a
> diagnostic genius with the demeanor of a Buddhist monk swears by the
> reliability of Subaru so it may be a local thing. My 1985 Subie 4WD
> wagon is still banging along full of rattles and things I could spend
> a fortune fixing - there's a lot of them around and they seem near
> indestructible.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 19/12/2007, at 11:39 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> A month or so ago I traded the Outback sedan for a Toyota Yaris. It's
>> a base (very base) model sold for fuel economy. Nothing fancy about
>> it. I even have to crank the windows and lock each door individually.
>> <g> But even with an automatic it's got plenty of pep and is quite
>> comfortable even for my XXL frame, and to boot it gets 40mpg, by our
>> figures, not the salesman's. I have a cousin who drives higher-end
>> Toyotas and she swears by them. Doesn't even know what the inside of
>> a repair shop looks like.
>
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