OT: new car advice

[FoulDragon at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/21/2005 5:42:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
mike at garfias.org writes:

>I've always heard "nissan" means "screw you" in japanese.  At least I've felt
>that way at the parts counter.

I recall the only Nissan my family had ('86 Stanza wagon-minivan sort of 
thing) spent an awful lot of time in the shop.  Comparably, the Toyotas we had 
('76 Corona, '80 Corolla wagon) seemed bulletproof.  I don't know if they've 
fixed their act since the '86 models, I'd hope so.