In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "Doug Kanter" > wrote
>
> > "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote
>
> >> But, that has been fixed!
> >
> > Who told you that?
>
> Just take a look at the Consumer Reports and who ranks
> at the top of reliability studies and who ranks at the bottom.
>
> >> I got seriously burned on repair costs to foreign cars.
> >> It costs about 1/2 price to repair american cars!
>
> That hasn't been my experience.
>
> > Compared to WHICH foreign cars? The "fact" you're stating is not backed up
> > by my experience with 3 Toyotas vs 2 American company cars, a Chevy and a
> > Ford.
>
> >> After getting seriously screwed on repair costs to a german car,
> >
> > Per my (independent) mechanic, people who buy German cars should be
> > prepared to support a "culture of endless repairs", as he puts it. He
> > prefers Toyotas, because people tend to get mad at whatever mechanic
> > they're standing in front of when there are major problems, and Toyotas
> > don't put him in that position often.
> >
> >> I will ONLY buy American from now on! :-)
> >> Foreign car dealers gouge for repair costs to their cars. I just can't
> >> deal with that any more.
> >
> > Which foreign car dealers? Which brands?
>
> Maybe I've been lucky, I've gotten terrific service from dealers.
> Foreign dealers.
>
> nancy
>
>

Owning the VW ruined me for european cars, permanently. ;-)
That frickin' Passat ate me alive at close to 2 grand per year ON TOP of
the car payments. And it was even still under warantee.

Yah right.

Never again.......

I got nearly equally screwed on repair costs (and frequency) for Nissans.
The Chevy has been a breath of fresh air.

At least for me.

YMMV.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson