25th Feb 2009, 09:24
Good point. Used domestics are often abused by previous owners. The Cavalier is one of the most under rated cars ever built. Many are still on the road with well over 200,000 trouble-free miles on them.
As for "not having loyalties to foreign or domestics", hopefully that attitude will change as the U.S. plunges further into the depression and the value of supporting U.S. industry becomes a more apparent way to recover our economy.
Buying from foreign companies is like shipping bundles of 100-dollar bills to Japan every day.
25th Feb 2009, 01:29
I agree with the previous commenter on most points, however, there are a few I must refute.
"Guess you haven't heard about Acura, Lexus and Infiniti eh? They are mostly re-badged cars under a premium name just like Cadillac is to Chevy. I know there are differences between Nissan and Infiniti, etc... but it is the same idea as Chevy to Cadillac... My Honda Accord is built on the Acura RL platform as most of the other cars share the same parts as well."
By looking at an Acura RL and a Honda Accord, one does not immediately see similarities. They are similar mostly in engine choices and chassis. The only rebadged offering Infiniti has that is the same as a Nissan is the QX45 SUV. The G37 and 370Z are similar but they are tweaked differently, besides, the base prices are running nearly neck and neck. Lexus has the LX470, Toyota, the Land Cruiser but they are both extremely expensive in the first place.
"Poor management and poor planning for decades has led to this... not the past year's decline in the economy. Now they need tax money to get bailed out, so I guess we are all buying that Chevy we don't really want, whether we like it or not, and we don't even get to take it home!"
Good point! So in essence, I AM supporting the domestic auto market though I prefer foreign names!
"As for me, I don't have any loyalties to foreign or domestics, and I have had both with good luck and bad. My best car to date was a Cavalier Z-24, and the worst was a tie between a Nissan Maxima and an Olds Cutlass. The Cutlass was used, however, so the Maxima really wins as the worst due to it being brand new when I bought it."
I'm sorry for your experience with Nissan Maxima. Mine that I had brand new and drove 21 years was BY FAR the best car I have ever owned and helped my decision to stay with imports. It was totaled last year and in fact, I will buy another one next year, the 2010. I have a 2004 Nissan Sentra with over 110K miles, NOT A SINGLE issue. I also own a '99 Chevy S-10 pickup that has not had any issues yet (knock on wood), I had a '96 though that had a problem virtually every week and was a hunk of junk.