Depends
Here in Munich, I don't have to keep a car - our public transportation is safe, clean, cheap, fast, reliable, gets you from anywhere to anywhere faster than a car can.
Americans haven't a clue what they're missing.
I tried a bus for exactly one round-trip between Fort Collins and Cheyenne four years ago. Never again. Ever again.
Absolute losers, criminals, the dredges of filth. No, I'm not talking about poor people, I'm talking about the folks your parents used to have nightmares about picking you up on the way home from school.
So lets see. My daily driver is a '98 Malibu with all the options except sunroof. Sandy is reliable, cheap, paid for, never breaks, when she does she is easy to get parts for and everybody can fix her, never gets less than 22 miles to the gallon under the worst conditions, cools great in summer, heats great in winter, handles very well on ice and snow...good crash test ratings, she's exactly what GM should have been building across the line.
My Chevy S10 hauls 99.99999% of the stuff one of those pregnant hippos which symbolize American decadence haul...but gets 28mpg on the highway.
Upchuck, unfortunately, has never yet made it through one summer without a major breakdown. His computers, hood lock, airconditioning, transmission, clutch, brakes, motor, did I mention the computers?, windshield wipers, lights, axles, did I mention the computers?, CD player....
This is precisely the reason GM got into the trouble they did.
I think we have everything fixed except the airconditioning which has two temperatures - 10°C and 50°C. You never know which you're going to get.
And did I mention the computers?
We finally sold the Cadillac. I understand Cadillac is still underperforming on quality. Give me a few hundred pages and I could explain why. AND I LOVE CADILLACS.
In fact, the two cars I chose to drive when I'm buying are Chevys and Cadillacs.
My darlin' drives a Bonneville and an '89 TransAm GTA with the corvette engine. She has a drinking problem but is one of the most reliable cars he's ever had.
I refuse to buy a Ford product until they change their politics on gay rights. Cadillac pushed our rights when the christians were on the rise, I support GM 100%.
As for the German quality - hmm. I've had two German cars since living here (wasn't always in the city and here in Germany, country living is as isolated as it is in Montana). An Audi which was reliable and never broke, ever and an '83TurboDieselGolf. Biggest pile of stinking you-know-what I have ever had in my life and the last VW anything I will every buy. Period.
The German and Italian car industry have made enormous progress these last few years but the Japanese are still way out in front on the niggling little things which drive peoople crazy. Today, if I had to buy a new German car, it would be a Skoda.
(If you don't get the joke, don't bother telling me who builds Skodas and where).
Here in Munich, I don't have to keep a car - our public transportation is safe, clean, cheap, fast, reliable, gets you from anywhere to anywhere faster than a car can.
Americans haven't a clue what they're missing.
I tried a bus for exactly one round-trip between Fort Collins and Cheyenne four years ago. Never again. Ever again.
Absolute losers, criminals, the dredges of filth. No, I'm not talking about poor people, I'm talking about the folks your parents used to have nightmares about picking you up on the way home from school.
So lets see. My daily driver is a '98 Malibu with all the options except sunroof. Sandy is reliable, cheap, paid for, never breaks, when she does she is easy to get parts for and everybody can fix her, never gets less than 22 miles to the gallon under the worst conditions, cools great in summer, heats great in winter, handles very well on ice and snow...good crash test ratings, she's exactly what GM should have been building across the line.
My Chevy S10 hauls 99.99999% of the stuff one of those pregnant hippos which symbolize American decadence haul...but gets 28mpg on the highway.
Upchuck, unfortunately, has never yet made it through one summer without a major breakdown. His computers, hood lock, airconditioning, transmission, clutch, brakes, motor, did I mention the computers?, windshield wipers, lights, axles, did I mention the computers?, CD player....
This is precisely the reason GM got into the trouble they did.
I think we have everything fixed except the airconditioning which has two temperatures - 10°C and 50°C. You never know which you're going to get.
And did I mention the computers?
We finally sold the Cadillac. I understand Cadillac is still underperforming on quality. Give me a few hundred pages and I could explain why. AND I LOVE CADILLACS.
In fact, the two cars I chose to drive when I'm buying are Chevys and Cadillacs.
My darlin' drives a Bonneville and an '89 TransAm GTA with the corvette engine. She has a drinking problem but is one of the most reliable cars he's ever had.
I refuse to buy a Ford product until they change their politics on gay rights. Cadillac pushed our rights when the christians were on the rise, I support GM 100%.
As for the German quality - hmm. I've had two German cars since living here (wasn't always in the city and here in Germany, country living is as isolated as it is in Montana). An Audi which was reliable and never broke, ever and an '83TurboDieselGolf. Biggest pile of stinking you-know-what I have ever had in my life and the last VW anything I will every buy. Period.
The German and Italian car industry have made enormous progress these last few years but the Japanese are still way out in front on the niggling little things which drive peoople crazy. Today, if I had to buy a new German car, it would be a Skoda.
(If you don't get the joke, don't bother telling me who builds Skodas and where).
