Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 11:10:18 -0500 From: "Roy Shroyer" <rshroyernopsamo.bae.lsu.edu> Subject: Re: Picking your poison
Yeah but, how often would the Intrepid need to be worked on? I would take the '91 Accord in a Heartbeat! Check the reliability ratings on those things. Granted, Chrysler probably makes the most reliable American CARS(trucks are a different story), but still... You get what you pay for. Why does the Chrysler depreciate so much? And, since when are parts for an Intrepid cheap? My buddy has a '96, purchased at the same time I bought my '96 Integra. He may have paid slightly more for it, but it has been in the shop at least 10 times! Not very impressive in my book! What is that car worth now? $10,500 according to Edmund's. Still about $3000 less than my integra. Why? Mass hypnosis by Japanese automakers? How about because it has higher quality, costs less to maintain, and research will validate my claim that the Acura/Honda is more reliable than just about any other vehicle on the road, including other Japanese makes. Unfortunately, it seems like most late model American cars are ok as long as they are less than 3 years old. Maybe I am just biased, but I'll take my Acura/Honda any day (unless of course you are asking my about my first generation Camaro. In which case the decision becomes more difficult 8^))! Just my $.02 Roy <maple-moosenopsam.com> wrote in message news:ROAh3.28534$g02.78551nopsam.rdc1.ab.wave.home.com... > In article <7m54uj$gue$1nopsamprod.itd.earthlink.net>, rshroyernopsamo.bae.lsu.edu says... > > >I almost bought a 1996 Camaro new intead of the Integra. All I can say now > >is thank God I didn't. My Integra has a retail value, according to edmunds > >of $12,500 or so. The Camaro, by comparison, is worth about $3000 less! > >Note that the sticker price for the two cars when new was nearly identical. > > My principle is not to buy those used Japanese import because they are > way over priced. > > In my area, I could get a 95 Intrepid 100k km for about CDN 10,500. > For the same price and mileage, I am looking at a 91 Accord or > 93 Civc. Which one would you buy? > > Imports give people false impression that they are reliable and I'm not saying > they are not. But if anything breaks, and things will always break, you're > looking at a higher repair bill. So it all adds up in the end even. > > If I were to buy an import, I'll either lease it or buy it new but never > those 5 year used import. Strangely, those premium Japanese import > like Legend or Infiniti doesn't seems to hold value quite as well. > > For example, a 91 Accord and 91 Legend cost roughly the same with only > perhaps 40k km more. I think in this case the 91 Legend is a better buy. > > >
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