I'd swear this is a weekly topic. I drive a crimson 1991 3.0 Liter V6 Ford Probe. But I'll drive whatever you'll give me the keys to, automatic, manual, doesn't matter to me.
Taliesin said:
Ford and Chrysler make crummy vehicles. If I had to buy a domestic, I would go GM, but I would much rather have a VW or a Toyota.
My Probe has close to 150k miles on it with no engine problems, ever. I only replace the stuff that all cars need to replace (tires, oil, etc). To be honest, I beat the hell out of this car, and it keeps on clickin. The car I owned before this was a 1990 Chrysler Fifth Avenue, another car with close to 135k miles on it, no problems until something happened to, what we thought was the transmission. Didn't bother to figure out what, but my guess would have been the solenoid, and those wear out just like anything else. Man that car was awesome, it had freakin power everything.
I honestly prefer Chevy's, but with my financial state, I'll drive about anything. Though it would pain me greatly to drive an import, because I am a hardcore believer in "Buying American". I grant you American cars aren't what they used to be, but I still prefer those to imports as most of the money I pay for it stays in the United States and doesn't get sent to Germany or Japan or whatever. While I grant you many parts are made overseas, the majority of the money stays here, and I try to help out my fellow Americans.
I in no way am trying to say that imported cars are of lesser quality, I just prefer American made. That's just the way I am. I won't try to change your views, please don't try to change mine.
My relatives also have had bad experiences with Toyotas, 3 relatives own (well owned) Toyotas, and bi-annually they needed maintenence work done on them. Something always seemed to break. But, they may just have bad luck.
