Re: Which To Buy?

On Mar 6, 7:57 pm, isq...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Mar 6, 5:16 am, "Robert" <kraft....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > What were the three Japanese cars and what was the American car? Are
> > the Japs even Hondas? Or are we comparing 80s Civics to an '07
> > Cadillac or Lincoln?
>
> 02 Legacy with 92k miles to 03 Taurus with 95k miles.

er, 92 and 93: I don't drive THAT much :-)

> The former expired the engine at 166k while the latter
> made it to the same mileage needing no major repairs.
> I don't think I spent over $1k over 70k miles of the taurus.
> Fair enough? With one driven wheel civics are simpler
> and probably way more reliable than subarus,
> but still not indestructible as the prices
> for the used ones would suggest.
> Repeat after me: used jap cars are WAY overprices compared
> to the american cars. Ironically, the reverse is true for
> new cars. I can't think of any american car for under $45k
> that is a good value when new.