it must be Tuesday

[heather13]

The fact that it's only 3 o'clock is killing me slowly. The idea of sitting here for another two hours is not sitting well with me at all. I have nothing to do. That's not entirely true. I have little, annoying things to do that I don't want to do. It's the kind of work you just keep pushing off until you really need to do it

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[isabellecs]

I dont know much about cars but my father does - I would stick with Japanesse cars; Toyota, Honda & Nissan. ;) I have a 99 Corolla which I am soon replacing with a Scion tC (which is owned & designed with Toyota) and I can honestly say that the aside from the casual tire replacement I haven't had trouble at all. :)

Do not go for a Ford; they tend to have bad transmission after the 75k mark. :)

[heather13]

Is! So nice to see you :) Hope you are well.

You're getting the Scion? *swoon* It's gorgeous and the moonroof and the lights and all the goodies? Bootiful. Let me know how that goes for you.

Corolla is getting lots of thumbs-up so they're moving up in the ranks. And I don't want to buy another American car. I think a lot of them start to crap out around 75K (mine is starting to rattle and hum and not in a good way).

[isabellecs]

This is a sad situation for the American Car Motors because they were regarded as the best in show - it wasn't until 1981 when they started replacing the parts inside the GMC/Ford motors for more economical parts- usually imported. What happened right about that time is that Toyota and Honda came into the market and made small-cheap cars that were affordable for poor people; the original Camry & Corolla were small little things but the Japanesse kept in mind that if they were making cars for poor people these people couldn't afford for them to break down and keep buying parts; as the years went by the Japanesse kept their good parts and started charging more for their cars; bouncing into the Luxury car market while the American Motors kept trying to find ways to bring more innexpensive pieces into their timeless cars (like Mustangs, El Dorado, Lincoln). What now happens is that the American motors tries to keep their prices as if their cars hold expensive parts inside of them but in truth you have serious problems with the

[heather13]

You are just a font of knowledge!

Whenever I tell my grandfather this: Another interesting tidbit is that although Toyota, Honda & Nissan are considered "imports" - they are actually asembled in the USA with their parts brought overseas...he just freaks out and doesn't believe me. Then I have to remind him to step out of 1952 and things are just different now.

[isabellecs]

lolol; I understand - I didn't believe it myself until I went to check it with the dealer and they confirmed it.