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The coupe is nothing more - or less - than a Galant / Eclipse. 100%
Bitsumishi. I won't shed a tear. In fact, I will dance on Mitsubishi's
grave. The friendly folks who built the Zeros that 'did' Pearl Harbor.

The sedan and ragtop is a great car, and a true Mopar. U.S. designed and
built, no Daimler stuff, either.

Rick

 

Not much of an argument, is it? This could be an argument against all
German and Japanese products and even Italian products (maybe you do boycott
all those).

Furthermore, should we refuse to buy IBM because they sold the punch cards
to the German government that helped them organise the holocaust?

BTW, I have read that the Japanese did the Americans (and the rest of the
'west') a great favour at Pearl Harbor because it a convinced Americans to
join the war and destroyed what was a rather outdated fleet of ships, thus
forcing the US govt to build a much more modern fleet...

DAS
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I agree that they're very serviceable cars. I was just commenting on the
fact that they're practically invisible on the roads... just like a
Camry. An appliance, not an "interesting" car.

 

I'm just the opposite- I don't know many people that buy NEW cars and
then lose half the value as they drive off the dealer lot. Buying a
low-mileage used car makes more sense now than ever before... and its
ALWAYS made a lot of sense.

 

Glad you've had good luck with it. But I usually keep my cars 10-15
years...so want those puppies treated right from mile 5. Plus the
depreciation hit isn't bad over that time period. I'm more interested in
the more basic cars, not the high end ones anyway. But to each his own.
Different things work for different people.

 

That is a true statement...relatively basic transportation. For some
reason, some people have a need to have their car define who they are. But
most people don't seem to have that type of emotional attachment to them.

 

Keeping the car that long makes the difference. We bought my wife's '93
brand new in March of '93, and she's still driving it at 217,000 miles.
But if you do what most people do- replace every 3-5 years, then buying
new is very foolish. Most people I know who like to turn over cars every
couple of years buy the car at around 1 year old, or get a 'program' car
from a dealer which is not quite as painful as buying at full price. The
downside is that you don't get to pick every option.

 

I don't buy that argument. Relatively few people let their car "define"
them. Its a cheap-shot at arm-chair psychoanalyzing- just like saying
that anyone who owns an old Muscle car must be going through a mid-life
crisis. No, its not about appearances, its about the MACHINE. To quote
the editor of Muscle Car Enthusiast magazine, "its ALWAYS been about the
machine, and middle age just happens to be when we can afford what we've
always wanted..."

Speaking for myself, I spend enough hours in the car, and I *enjoy*
both driving and maintaining cars enough, that I cannot and will not
settle for a "generic people mover."