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- From: chuck@eos.ncsu.edu (Chuck Kesler)
- Subject: Re: Ford Probe - invoice prices wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.141046.26717@ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University, Project EOS
- References: <2B09CC15.21923@news.service.uci.edu> <1992Nov18.061747.29528@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:10:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.061747.29528@leland.Stanford.EDU> underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
- >In article <2B09CC15.21923@news.service.uci.edu> jroersma@orion.oac.uci.edu
- >(John Roersma) writes:
- >>My girlfriend is planning to buy a car soon and is looking
- >>at the Probe along with a couple of other cars (namely the Saturn
- >>SC2, Dodge Shadow convertible, and Chrysler LeBaron convertible--any
- >>comments?), but she would like to get a better idea of what to expect
- >>to pay.
- >
- >Forget Dodge or Chrysler. They are about as reliable as Hyundais.
- >Forget the Probe. It's a repackaged Mazda; the Mazda has a better
- >warranty.
- >
- >Buy the original Mazda, or get a Saturn SC2.
-
- Except the Mazda MX-6 is sticker priced something like $2000-$3000 more than
- the Probe. No joke. The argument that the Mazda is a better deal because of
- the warranty will only hold water if you are expecting to have to do $2000-
- $3000 worth of warranty work, and if you think you're going to be spending
- that much on repairs, then you probably should buy a different car. :-)
-
- I think the Probe vs. MX-6 decision must come down to what an individual is
- looking for. If someone wants a luxury-oriented sports coupe, then the MX-6
- would be the logical choice, but if you want a sporty sports coupe, I think
- the Probe blows away the MX-6 in that arena, especially when you look at the
- top-of-the-line versions (Probe GT and MX-6 LS).
-
- Check the latest issue (December '92?) issue of Car & Driver. They do a
- comparison test of 5 sports coupes: Probe GT, MX-6 LS, Volks Corrado, Mitsu
- Eclipse AWD, and Honda Prelude. The test was oriented torward the sporty end
- of the spectrum, and the Probe was ranked first among these cars. The MX-6?
- Well, it was in last place. It looks nice, though.
-
- -chuck-
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