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- From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Whining about buying American cars
- Message-ID: <5788@sumax.seattleu.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 19:12:24 GMT
- Article-I.D.: sumax.5788
- References: <1992Nov16.005705.18532@afterlife.ncsc.mil> <5779@sumax.seattleu.edu> <1992Nov16.172323.19119@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
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- In article <1992Nov16.172323.19119@afterlife.ncsc.mil> michael@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Michael of Nebadon) writes:
- >In article <5779@sumax.seattleu.edu> grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba) writes:
- >>
- >>Not too many people have $10,000 dollars, at least, of money to gamble. I'd
- >>rather be called a misguided person than have to risk living with a car that
- >>will give me nothing but headaches and frustrations.
- >
- >Then don't buy a car. You're taking that risk, whether you're willing to
- >admit it or not, no matter what car you buy. My point in the posting was to
- >encourage people to give cars of both countries (all countries, I suppose)
- >a chance when you are considering a new car. You may be surprised,
- >particularly if you are as afraid of one kind or another (you didn't
- >mention which) as your post implies you are.
- >
-
- I do realize that I'm taking risks either way, but if you were like me,
- you would try to minimize those risks. And how exactly can you give
- another choice a chance when your choices involve a big sum of money
- which, as you pointed out, you will be paying for for at least 36 months.
- Does giving a chance mean going out to the dealership and listen to the
- dealer dish out a lot of garbage, test drive the car maybe. What will that
- tell you in terms of reliability? But hey, it's your money, you can do
- anything with it as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else.
-
-
- George
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