OT: new car advice

[FoulDragon at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/21/2005 1:21:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
joe at actionline.com writes:

>Buy American or we're all going to end up in deep do-do. 
>It starts with you and me. 

Maybe people would buy American if they'd make cars people actually wanted to 
buy.

-Small cars which didn't suck (poor interior space usage, relatively high 
prices and indifferent fuel economy)

-Pricing schemes which didn't rely on mile-long lists of options, and "starts 
at $16,203, as shown $49,099".

-Cars with either a decent reliability reputation (like Toyota and Honda) or 
enough of a warranty behind them to allay fears of expensive repairs (like Kia 
and Hyundai)

-A tendency to avoid leaving models behind design-wise.  I gather the 2005 
Mustang is the first complete redo since 1979, for example, and when was the 
last time they really worked on the Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis (admittedly a 
special case due to its high fleet-sales popularity)