Does anyone want to hear my sad car story? (page 2)

Carmel

Mulan, Personally I'd stay away from american made cars. They are by most accounts inferior. Hate to admit it but German, Swiss and Japanese all produce more reliable more economical tin cans on wheels. carmel

justhuman

THAT IS A SAD STORY

dorothy

Isn't it weird how every time you take your car in to be looked at, a few days later it starts making funny noises? Hmmm.....

Mulan

Oh, Mulan, I forgot. Don't do the shocks

That had to be done, for safety reasons. We need to continue driving the car until we can arrange to start shopping for another one.............about two weeks time. It wasn't a big investment, so not a big issue for us.

xjw_b12

Mulan you should seriously look at a hybrid vehicle. Toyota Prius is a good example..

http://www.toyota.com/prius/

And they have a neat energy saver link that lets you calculate how much money you can save.

http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/2005/prius/key_features/fuel_cost_sav_calc.html

Sure beats an SUV

franklin J

some cars just keep going with minimal maintenance,. Others obviously are lemons. I have had both.

I know what you mean about having car payments.....miniature mortgages to be payed every month. I do not want that either.

I have a Volvo DL wagon that just hit 200,000 miles and is still in excellent mechanical and body condition ( still shiny and no rust). Why get another?

regards to joy and steve

Frank

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