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Just keep buying foreign and pretty soon you won't have a job to make your car payments.
Besides Mustangs are CLASIIC, RELIABLE, SEXY and FUEL EFFICIENT.
Classic? Yes. Reliable? Not really. Sexy? Cobras are, GTs are iffy, base V-6 models are atrocious. Fuel efficient? Compared to what? An Excursion? Yes. Compared to a Prius? No.
And most Japanese models are built here in the states, by AMERICAN workers, while GM and Ford have many models built in Mexico, Canada, China, etc.
I've finally narrowed down my final choices to three cars. Well here's the question, since I'm pretty much a total noob when it comes to cars, I'm wondering which of these cars is the one that is known for being the most "reliable" aka fuel efficency, future maintenace costs, day to day reliability, etc...
I'm looking at the
08 Civic EX Coupe
08 Jetta S
08 Mustang Coupe
Based strictly on your criteria, the Civic is the clear-cut winner. You're approaching this from a financial perspective, and the Civic stands out in one more key area: resale value. The Civic holds its value better than the Mustang and Jetta, hands-down.
Since you're considering the Mustang, I assume that you might be looking for something that's fun to drive? If so, you might want to take a Civic Si for a spin before you make a final decision. The biggest potential drawback to the Si would be insurance (I assume you're relatively young?), but it's worth checking out.
Just keep buying foreign and pretty soon you won't have a job to make your car payments.
Buy domestic and support all the overpaid union workers and reward the domestic factories for making poorly engineered cars that don't age very well.
My Civics last for as long as I want to own them, one car has 370K miles on it, all have over 100K on their odometers. All my cars are paid for, and with the money I don't spend on car payments, I can buy other American products.
Buy domestic and support all the overpaid union workers and reward the domestic factories for making poorly engineered cars that don't age very well.
My Civics last for as long as I want to own them, one car has 370K miles on it, all have over 100K on their odometers. All my cars are paid for, and with the money I don't spend on car payments, I can buy other American products.
What about the Hondas made in the U.S? Are they "poorly engineered?"
We've already had this discussion before. We can re-hash it if you still insist on pretending like the country of assembly is the determining factor.
That doesn't answer my question.
Also, some of the Mustangs have/had the 4.6 L V-8 engine... the same proven engine used in Ford police cars and taxi cabs which can rack up hundreds of thousands of miles with minimal maintenance.
Also, some of the Mustangs have/had the 4.6 L V-8 engine... the same proven engine used in Ford police cars and taxi cabs which can rack up hundreds of thousands of miles with minimal maintenance.
I already answered your question. You ignored it then, so I presume you intend to ignore it this time as well. But I'll go ahead and re-post it anyway in case I'm wrong. Hondas assembled in America are built to specifications designed by a Honda under management selected by and answerable to Honda, using materials designed and selected by Honda in a plant owned, designed, laid out and built to the specifications determined by Honda. Those factors determine build quality a lot more than the country where the car was assembled. The location of assembly has little to do with it as long as it's assembled in a place that has a history of manufacturing and heavy industry. It has much more to do with the materials, car design, component design and the design of the assembly process itself.
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