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To: rupert1 who wrote (182579)	1/7/2006 5:15:59 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Ru1, Re:Also my faith in USA cars has never been the same since my first Lexus.> LOL!! I've NEVER had a US built car that wasn't a PIECE OF CRAP! Well, no. I've now got a yard truck, '86 Chev. Pickup that I've beat the Bejesus out of and it keeps on running. 10 MPG, but running. (The 10 MPG figure includes the fact that most of it's time is in 100 yard dashes pulling trees out of the ground.) And an '89 Grand Wagoneer that I may splice a Back Hoe onto. Those things, in great condition, which sold for $35K+ are now available for under $1K, all leather, working AC, great Stereo. Great trucks to plow snow and pull trees. '66 Falcon that ate three transmissions before I found out the oil cooler part of the radiator was blocked by a big solder blob. After that it ran another 100K miles with no problems except that it was, really, CRAP. But road cars have, for me, been since the '60s Japanese, mostly Datsun/Nissan but with Subaru and early on Toyota. In stock I hold more Honda than GM and, maybe, should be more into Toyota but... For sure one of the big problems with the big Two is the resale value frequently cited as being due to reliability. I contend that to a large degree, over 10 year future period, that's about gone. Re:BMW is also big.> BMW is, IMO, riding a high based on past value. Most of my best friends in the '60s - 80s were in the car biz. Back then, IMO, the BMWs were better value than Mercedes and Audi had the phony Faux Acceleration problem. (I owned an Audi in the mid '80s that was a truly great car.) They've, for 10 years, thought their parts were made of gold. That's OK for the first buyer who won't have to replace many parts but the next guy gets a rude awakening and resale value can drop quickly reducing the new values. And, don't forget that the $ is about to slump WRT Euro. It'll make GM look better in home market money while allowing lower priced overseas sales.(But this is bad for Rink and those fellows in Europe who are invested in AMD>) I'm not wedded to GM. This is just a KISS and TELL. I figure I'll be out by mid summer, maybe September. -tgp