Looking For A New Car, Suggestions?

**rave5096** · 04-23-2002, 12:56 AM

He he, just to add more fuel, my truck has been in my family since 1994, and now has 204,000 miles on it with only normal maintenance :-) Its just to big for me in this new city life :-) And On the RX-7 thing, I'm fairly sure that there are some rotary shops in town. I would hope so...if not i'll have to go to another state :-)

**Squeezer** · 04-23-2002, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by alan889

ps..
ALL front wheel drive cars are pieces of crap. Not just the foreign ones. So to me you don't even have a real car, it's just another little toy car. A little JAP toy car. I did look at it, it's a pretty one though.

You do know that my Honda is rear wheel drive, right? All S2000s are rear wheel drive. I think you should read up on foreign cars a little more before you go making false statements about them.

http://www.hondacars.com/models/s2000/features.html

**alan889** · 04-23-2002, 09:22 AM

"My Honda is rear wheel drive. All S2000s are rear wheel drive. I think you should read up on foreign cars a little more before you go making false statements about them."

What a marvelous idea, make a rear wheel drive honda. They must have learned that from us. Read about foreign cars..na I'm not the least bit interested.

**King_Xerxes** · 04-23-2002, 10:13 AM

Ohhhh, this looks like fun.

My family drives domestic cars too and I don't recall ever owning one that hasn't had to go to the "doctor's office" less frequently than myself or my brothers. With us, it's pretty much been all Fords with a Chevy, a Pontiac, a Dodge, and an Oldsmobile thrown in. We never had more than 3 cars at a time however, and even still, every month at least one of them had to be taken in for something. And due to the very nature of Ford mechanics (or at least the ones around here) they usually had more wrong with them after they got out of the shop than when they went in.

Now to add a new element to this conversation, I attribute this poor reliability to the American work ethic, if such a term can even be said with a straight face. The people in this country constantly think people owe them something. The concept of taking pride in your work, especially with an assembly-line job probably would be considered a joke to most working-class Americans. I could go on, but the point is made.

The result is a product assembled (in most cases, not manufactured) by people who are only thinking of their paycheck and how much longer they have until their shift is over. In this country, quality is a reasonable sacrifice to make for energy and time. This carries over to the garage as well, where the mechanics are more interested in how much money they can squeeze out of you rather than how to get your car running as best as possible. In Ford's case, I am convinced they would routinely disconnect things seldomly used (such as the cigarette lighter or air conditioning in the winter) just to have you bring the thing back and pay to have it "fixed".

My father continues to buy Fords because of his driver's edge credit card which gives him substantial rebates. I ask him why he keeps buying these obvious pieces of trash and he tells me that with the rebates from the credit card, he can afford to have a Ford last only a few years before getting a new one.

But for me, these experiences have led me to determine that the only way I will ever own a domestic car is if it is given to me.

**Squeezer** · 04-23-2002, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by alan889
"My Honda is rear wheel drive. All S2000s are rear wheel drive. I think you should read up on foreign cars a little more before you go making false statements about them."

What a marvelous idea, make a rear wheel drive honda. They must have learned that from us. Read about foreign cars..na I'm not the least bit interested.

Don't forget that the GM engineers stated in AutoWeek that the exterior design of the 5th Generation Corvette (C5) was copied from the Acura NSX. Guess what? That is a Honda.

**Aaron Cake** · 04-23-2002, 10:35 AM

OK...Let's talk 3rd gen RX-7s....

There are several things you need to realise:

1. If you spend 10K on a FD (3rd gen), you will need to spend another 5K to get it running properly. If you spend 15K on an FD, you will need to spend 5K to get it running properly. Are we seeing a pattern here?

2. They are a high maintenance car, with a highly stressed engine. This means paying VERY close attention to boost levels, oil changes (EVERY 2000 MILES!), etc.

3. Modding is not cheap. If you do it wrong, you'll pop the engine. Basically, the proper steps are to upgrade the computer FIRST, then begin your other modifications.

Have you ever driven/owned a turbo car before? If not, you will get yourself into trouble really fast.

**lstrunk** · 04-23-2002, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Squeezer

lstrunk, you just recently bought that S-10 and for all purposes you don't really know if its on the original engine, 2nd engine, etc...

And so it "runs great" but has a tapping vavle? Kind of an oxy moron....might not be blowing smoke, but if it has a tapping valve, then something is wrong.

Dude, I'm just screwing with you.
Yes, I admit it, Jap cars have better reliability!
There!

**alexchannell** · 04-23-2002, 12:54 PM

I agree that jap cars are much more reliable, we have had many problems with the domestics we have owned. My dad's 240Z and MR2 Turbo have been exceptionaly reliablility. My Mr2 Supercharger has had no problems that I didn't cause

and it has 140K and beaten it's whole life.

**rave5096** · 04-23-2002, 01:00 PM

Aarron (sp)

Thanks for the info, The Rx-7 is kinda one of those "Gee wouldn't that be nice" type of things :-) I'm leaning strongly torwards the 4runner actually.... 4 wheel drive and lots of room to install new toys :-) But in answer to the turbo question, I don't think of it as the same thing, but my truck has a turbocharger, granted its also a chevy diesel and not a mazda rotary. Again thanks for the info

~Cory

**Aaron Cake** · 04-23-2002, 08:00 PM

You can't buy an RX-7 as a "gee, isn't it nice" car. It just doesn't work. If you get one, you have to be ready to commit to the car. If not, you will both be very unhappy and there will be one more blown FD that I can buy cheaply.

And as you probably guessed, a turbocharged diesel truck is VERY different than a turbocharged rotary engine.

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