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To: Dale Baker who wrote (58394)	4/9/2008 6:33:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543059

I had a Vega briefly in the early 70's. Since I graduated to real cars I've had a couple of Nissan Z cars, an Acura RL, and a Honda Accord. Excellent cars all, although the Z cars got cranky around age 10 . In the course of buying them, I had occasion to drive a Caddy. The Caddy dealership is just a few blocks from me and highly rated. I really wanted to like that car but I just couldn't. I think some of it is just what we like. I have never been able to find a Euro car that I wanted to buy although I know they make some good cars. Somehow, the appointments or the human interface or something is just not right. Japanese cars are just more me. Mercedes has the screwy idea, for example, that saddle is an appropriate color for the interior of a navy blue car. Eeeewww! Edit: There's a Lexus dealership also within a few blocks of my house. Every car purchase I stop first at the Lexus dealership. I still haven't found a Lexus I liked, either. This last time, when I shopped the Lexus, I found a cassette recorder in the car. For twice the price of the Accord I ended up buying, they didn't impress me.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (58394)	4/10/2008 1:13:49 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543059

Last year I rented a low-end Ford (the model name was forgettable) for a weekend trip, and it was so cheap and tacky that I was embarrassed to think it had been made in the USA and marketed as an acceptable product. Probably a Focus, which inexplicably replaced the solid and nifty Mazda-built Escort. I rented a Ford Fusion recently for a trip over to SC and nearly caused several accidents, due to its having a blind spot that would hide an 18-wheeler. I read just yesterday that Ford is coming out with a special side mirror that overcomes the blind spot effect. In typical fashion, they were crowing about the fact that no other car maker had such a mirror. LOL, I've not been in another make or model that NEEDED such a mirror.