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- From: luiland@meaddata.com (Yum Ting Lui)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Ford Probe - invoice prices wanted
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:01:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.141046.26717@ncsu.edu> chuck@eos.ncsu.edu (Chuck Kesler) writes:
- >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:
- >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
-
- This isn't quite fair, there are probably more standard equipments on
- the MX6 than the Probe. Comparing the GT v. LS, things like
- power window/door locks/antenna, cruise control, Anti-theft alarm are
- all standard on the LS but are optional on the GT. Of course some might
- say these are frills. After getting the similar frills on both cars,
- mine came to about $1100 more for the LS.
-
- >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. :-)
-
- It will hold water if you drive more than 12,000 miles a year.
- They both has the same 3 years bumper to bumper but Mazda
- has 50,000 and 36,000 miles for the Ford. Whichever comes first. Put
- the extra money on extended warranty, which I guess shouldn't be more
- than $500 even for 5 years.
-
- >
- >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).
-
- I agreed. It was tough but I chose performance plus the savings.
-
- >
- >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.
-
- I said this exact thing to the Mazda sales manager and the slime responded
- by saying C&D is owned by Ford. It was pretty amusing, I heard about
- these salesmen stories before but never experienced it until now. The
- LS did get perfect scores on interior and comfort.
-
- >
- >-chuck-
- >
- >--
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