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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (12310)	4/21/2004 11:44:24 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (3) of 110194

I have personally talked to dozens of competent mechanics. they all say the same thing"American cars fall to pieces after 100k miles" LOL! I've owned them, drove hard & put them away wet for decades. Kept them until they had 85+ to 110k+ miles on them. I traded them in with plenty of miles left in them. I've rented them (and numerous Japanese makes) for weeks & months at a time, often putting more than a thousand miles on them as my job required extensive travel. So yes, my experience is anecdotal to a point, but I don't qualify as clueless. I do know first hand that the quality of American (GM) cars has significantly improved over the years. I do know first hand that currently there isn't a lot of difference in overall quality between Japanese cars & American ones. Consumer Reports, who is biased toward Japanese makes & equally biased against American makes, also agrees the quality difference is quite small, but still tilts slightly to Japanese makes. I'll take the extra cash savings up front & go with the knowledge I have gained first hand. The minimal quality difference is not worth the cost IMO.

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