Re: Which To Buy?

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:57:35 -0800, isquat 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. The former expired
> the engine at 166k 


There's a maintenance schedule in the book. You were supposed to change
the timing belt at 120K. 


> 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.