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Originally posted by harleyquinn:
I agree about the Japanese cars. I currently have a Corolla, and I LOVE it.
Whatever you do, DON'T buy a CHEVY. Sorry, but I owned one (a Blazer) and my friend owned some car (don't remember her model), and we both spent a fortune in car repairs. I had my Blazer for 2 years, it was 7 years old when I got it, and I spent almost $8000 in car repairs in that 2 years. To compare, my parents had a Toyota, and it never needed any repairs (except for regular maintenance), and it was 10 years old.
Nissan's are good too, that's what my parents own now.
If you know someone with a subscription to Consumer Reports, ask them to borrow the annual car buying book. It'll break down for you the ups and downs of all models, including what you can expect to pay for repairs. The library might have a copy too.
Also, check out here and here.
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I've owned a couple Chevy's, they're not as bad a car as many make them out to be. As I said, the Grand Am didn't need a single repair in the 5 years (almost 100,000 miles) I owned it. My Z28 has had a transmission problem and an intake oil leak repaired since 96 (bought new). The transmission problem might have been due to the fact that the car has 200 more horsepower than what it started with [img]smile.gif[/img] .
Overall Chevy has been pretty good for me. My Subaru just went in for $1200.00 in engine repairs with only 60k on the odometer, and don't get me going on the Audi I owned (NIGHTMARE)... so it's not just Chevy that can have reliability issues. Damn cars... they're ALL a bloody waste of money
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[ 12-31-2003, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]