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Posted by No Snaab

(# 1092) (more from No Snaab) on Wed, 30 May 2012 09:23:16
In Reply to: Have you driven one?, OKSaabs

, Tue, 29 May 2012 22:08:06

I've said this before but the car industry has a lot of chaos going on at the moment and a lot of things many of us have believed about cars for years is simply no longer true. The entire European ownership model (driving well built, well maintained cars for 200,000 plus miles) has become a questionable strategy. They simply aren't that well built any more and the shear complexity and cost to maintain them are making it increasingly difficult. Saab was probably the last European car that was relatively simple. The once bullet proof Japanese cars have all gotten so complex they they aren't so bullet proof any more--my experience with my Subaru, my son's with his new Odessy haven't been so good and we aren't alone. Formally POS/we don't give a crap, American cars are proving to be pretty descent. Same with the Koreans. The long and the short of it is that a lot of us are going to find ourselves driving cars we would have never seen ourselves driving under any circumstances--and we might just be surprised by how much we like it.

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Posts in this Thread:

What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, sieglo, Tue, 29 May 2012 06:57:49
- I have an 03 Aero and was wondering the same thing, Blake, Wed, 30 May 2012 06:50:06
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, No Snaab , Tue, 29 May 2012 16:06:10
- You have the best now. Just needs a JZW tune-up., Norm95, Tue, 29 May 2012 12:41:24
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, OKSaabs , Tue, 29 May 2012 12:40:50
  - Have Hyundai/Kia realigned their product mix?, Bill Homer, Tue, 29 May 2012 12:47:09
    - Re: Have Hyundai/Kia realigned their product mix?, Dan-O, Tue, 29 May 2012 13:14:34
      - Seats, OKSaabs , Tue, 29 May 2012 21:58:43
      - Oh come on Hyundai/Kia REALLY? Yuck!!, Daniel, Tue, 29 May 2012 17:03:18
        Have you driven one?, OKSaabs , Tue, 29 May 2012 22:08:06
        Strange bedfellows, No Snaab , Wed, 30 May 2012 09:23:16
        Well said!, Noel , Fri, 1 Jun 2012 06:55:03
        Re: Well said!, No Snaab , Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:59:09
        Re: Well said!, Tim, Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:07:17
        End of the Month time for Salesmen to push KIA's?, Daniel, Wed, 30 May 2012 06:14:26
        Re: End of the Month time for Salesmen to push KIA's?, Snowmobile , Wed, 30 May 2012 10:03:53
        Re: Have you driven one?, 1Scray , Wed, 30 May 2012 05:29:31
        This is the problem today..., Snowmobile , Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:07
        Desperate Times --> Desperate Measures, Bill Homer, Tue, 29 May 2012 18:08:20
        local availablitiy of independent specialist techs..., Snowmobile , Wed, 30 May 2012 10:16:37
        Has your A6 really been that bad to turn you off Audi 2, Daniel, Tue, 29 May 2012 19:48:12
        A6 has been OK so far, with exception of Thermostat, Bill Homer, Wed, 30 May 2012 08:32:26
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, Paul H, Tue, 29 May 2012 08:11:54
  - aren't those comparable size to a 9-3SS, AeroEd , Tue, 29 May 2012 09:15:03
    - NOTHING, saabsince 93b , Tue, 29 May 2012 20:29:02
- Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, Dan-O, Tue, 29 May 2012 07:15:50
  - Re: What current car is most like my '02 9-5 Aero?, Ray L, Tue, 29 May 2012 19:10:20

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