Blitzkrieg said:GM = Shite quality to the nth degree.
Well, another reason I sort of won't mind seeing the Z go is that I have already had my license suspended again... (I had my license suspended from 1985-1996 previously, DUI charge)Sxotty said:Digi, I can attest that if you drive the STi or the regular WRX you will love it, but it screams give me a ticket, so does your Z though. The legacy looks much more sedate, but will still be pretty darn fast. I am glad to hear you like manuals.
We promised ourselves that this time we would at least stop in at a GM/Chevy dealer and give them a chance to sell us something, but most of the vehicles we like there don't come in manual. (That's a big problem with most american made cars anymore, manual is a biatch to find)nelg said:North American cars have improved substantially in the last number of years. While not up to Japanese levels the easily top European autos.
Oh, then we can scratch Mazda off the list. Me and my wife both hate Fords with a passion based on our experiences.Sxotty said:Ford vehicles are more reliable than GMCs though, last I checked GMCs (I mean chevy, gm, cadallic, etc..) had the highest rate of defects of any manufacturer still. Ford was actually getting quite close to Japanese Manufacturer levels.
BTW ford own 33.4% of mazda, so you are kinda buying an american brand
So.... if someone were to offer you, say, an Aston Martin DB9 you'd say "no"?digitalwanderer said:Oh, then we can scratch Mazda off the list. Me and my wife both hate Fords with a passion based on our experiences.
"Someone offering" and "buying" involve two entirely different set of criteria.Simon F said:So.... if someone were to offer you, say, an Aston Martin DB9 you'd say "no"?
DiGuru said:The Mazdas are nice cars, but not very strong. A friend of mine had a last generation one, and after a hailstorm the roof was dented. And I think the US hailstorms are more serious than the ones over here.
That might have been an exception, but I think Russ is right.
Ugh, my wife was actually considering one of those behemoths....but I did something weird and put my foot down and nixxed it.PC-Engine said:I think the only cars that will survive that kind of abuse are military grade Hummers.
DiGuru said:The Mazdas are nice cars, but not very strong. A friend of mine had a last generation one, and after a hailstorm the roof was dented. And I think the US hailstorms are more serious than the ones over here.
That might have been an exception, but I think Russ is right.