Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:33:00 -0400 From: Daniel Born <sorrynopsampam.for.me> Subject: Re: Picking your poison
I drive a 99 Camry CE 4cyl. I bought it for the _reliability_ (I hope) and the comfort, larger than subcompact size at near subcompact prices, excellent fuel economy and resale value. My last two cars were disasters: a 1994 Eagle Summit wagon (Mitsubishi Expo) with major transmission trouble ($$$, aggravation: 6 weeks in a row in the shop) and a 1990 Mazda Protege AWD which had always something to be fixed, nothing major but it added up quite nicely (cost me ~$12k in maintenance in 5 years) having a rare vehicle is fun but not economical and Mazda's parts and labor are quite up there... So far, my Camry has 18,000Km and has been completely trouble free... I plan to drive it up to 300,000Km in the next 10 years. Daniel