Agreed! On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Adam Maas<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Cars I have owned: >> 1961 Sunbeam Alpine: more often dead than alive as a used car. I >> learned to repair it. Rusted away by '73 >> 1971 Olds Cutlass: Drove thru 110K miles. Good performer, simple repairs. >> 1973 Olds Cutlass: Again, a good performer - sold after wife was rear >> ended in '78 (trunk leak) >> 1980 Toyota Corrola: Reliable, quality car if a bit spartan. >> 1982 Chevy Caprice: Comfortable car with minor problems. Drove the >> Wife & Kiddies some 600 miles >> per weekend for family visits while Grandpa died of panceatic cancer. >> (Big car for the road) >> 1984(?) Pontiac Parisian (=Chevy Caprice): Big comfortable car with >> few problems. Had to get >> out of the Toyota for the daily commute on Chicago's Tri-state tollway >> & 18 wheelers. >> 1988 Olds 88 Royal: Another fine performer, reliable, comfortable, >> mid-sized. >> 1991 Olds Station Wagon: Comfortable touring on multiple family >> vacations, very good >> 1993 Buick Regal: Pretty car, but not very reliable. Dealership >> couldn't fix it's problems. >> 1995 Mercury Marque (used in '97): Big iron for the kids to drive, worked >> fine. >> 1997 Cadillac (used in '99): Neighbor insisted we buy his low milage >> car - trouble always, dead by '03 >> 1998 Ford Explorer (used in '00): Son drove thru 100K miles without >> major problems. >> 1998 Mercury Nautica Van: 18 inches too short, but best van we've had >> - shared platform with Nissan Quest. >> 2002 Ford Windstar Van: OK performer, but major engine issues at 60K miles >> 2003 Olds Aurora (used in '05): Another problem car >> 2005 Accura TL: very nice car! >> 2006 Ford Freestar: OK, but mysterious brake problems - chatter >> 2003 Corvette (used in '08): Only 7K miles and a pleasure to drive! >> >> Overall, the recent experiences with the 1st year Mercury van built in >> conjunction with Nissan and the Accura TL have made a very favorable >> impression for the foreign engineering. Ford has been OK by me, but >> nothing outstanding. Meanwhile, the recent GM experiences with Buick, >> Cadillac, and Oldsmobile have been problematic. I won't go there >> again. >> Regards, Bob S. >> > > Offhand it looks like you had your best experiences with the big > Detroit iron (aside from the Caddy, which were known for problems in > the late 90's/early 2000's models). Not all that surprising an > experience, big iron is what Detroit spent their dollars doing right. > The smaller stuff had more issues. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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