Well, I too am thinking of getting a new car, and was wondering what everyones experiences were with certain types of cars.
EX: I have had two chevy prisms (great cars) they got excellent gas milage, but the carberator always made a funky smell on both of them, and the breaks would wear out fast.
Also I currently have a mazda 626 and have problems with a terrible vibration as well as my motor mounts are wearing out prematurely. A few friends with mazdas have the vibration in their's too, though no one has checked their motor mounts (which cost nearly $900 for parts not including labor).
Any common experiences with you guys?



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I really loved that car too!
I do agree that the prices of these vehicles have risen disproportionately compared to the general trend of fairly stable automobile pricing. When I leased my previous 2002 Escalde the base price was $49,900. The base price of my current 2003 jumped to $52,800. Personally, i dont think it had anything to do with the tax loophole youre referring to. While I dont have statistics to back it up, I believe the vast majority of these vehicles are personally owned and not used for business purposes thus no write off motivation. IMO the price increases have occured simply because they can get a way with it (these large vehicles are incredibly popular much to the dismay of the treehugger lobby). Also, the auto companies cant make money producing small, inexpensive cars except for maybe the Koreans and some day the Chinese with their slave wages.
) And from what Ive read, BMW has poor reliability ratings. They are cool looking though.


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