Man, you'd have to pay me to get in a General Motors vechile again.
Let's see - my Parents had an 88 Grand Am, at 6 years started stalling while going down the road. After a year of trying to figure it out, had to buy a new engine, then at 8 years the back passenger strut separated from the frame due to rust out and it was a trade in.
96 Corsica - electrical gremlens from day one - once had the ABS cause the headlights to flash on and off in time with the breaks engaging and disengaging while going down a hill in a snowstorm at night onto another road. Once had the power steering just ... lock up for 5 seconds while on a cloverleaf - that was a LONG 5 seconds. I don't recall exactly what caused it to strand me.
93 Oldsmobile - Starter flaked out and would randomly strand me, then be fine in the shop. Brake lines blew out while driving down the road - I mean, not got weaker, both lines just failed at the same time. Transmission went at around 150,000, but really had issues from 130,000 where gears would "go missing".
2002 Buick Regal - leaked coolant very slowly most of its life. Couldn't steer it for love nor money. Just atrocious in the snow. Heck, we put on Michilin Defenders just to try and back it up the driveway (a bit of a hill) in the winter, and it slid into my Impreza - which then stopped it and didn't move at all. Otherwise that Buick would have been in the road or across it in the ditch. I to this day can't figure out how it had such bad grip in the snow. We were constantly getting that car stuck in our driveway because it snowed overnight. The AAA guy started giving us funny looks.
Various GMC trucks - always in the shop with check engine lights, steering issues, 4WD occasioanlly fail to engage on the 05 with electric 4WD.
I'm sooo glad my mom found Subaru. They're far from perfect, but they NEVER strand me. Their "electrical problems" are limited to occasionally burning out a headlight. They run about forever - their condition at 130,000 is equivelent to the condition of the Oldsmobile at 70,000 and they're condition at 230,000 is what the GM cars seem to have been around 130,000... the AWD seems far more reliable than the 4WD in the GMC or Chevy pick-ups family members have had.
I think we've only ever replaced one of our Subaru's because we got bored of it and wanted a newer / different car. We've gotten rid of all our GM products because they were uneconomical to fix.
I think most everyone has massivly improved their interiors - the 2015 and newer Legacy Limiteds are really nice inside, and in an entirely different league from my 2007 Impreza which was very similar to my mom's 1993 Impreza.
