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04-15-2005, 03:21 PM
#21
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 14
[quote name='Amy' date='Apr 15 2005, 12:17 PM']
HAHA we did speaches in college (last year) on cars -- Hyundai got the most bad reviews by first hand owners.
-- College kids own the cheapest cars made and use them well so I consider this a fair review.
HAHA we did speaches in college (last year) on cars -- Hyundai got the most bad reviews by first hand owners.
-- College kids own the cheapest cars made and use them well so I consider this a fair review.
04-15-2005, 04:06 PM
#22
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: VA
Posts: 2,532
[quote name='FDRacing' date='Apr 15 2005, 02:18 PM']my gripe with the scion is they keep calling them unique and individualistic but they are so corporate its redundent. How can something that looks exactly the same as everyone else's be original? Its like buying a gas powered xmod....
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This from the guy considering a Chevy Cobalt??
I don't particularly like the Scion, but to my eye, it doesn't look like anything else on the road right now. And the Toyota reliability is bulletproof. Consumer Reports' new car reliability data actually puts the Scion at the top of the heap, followed by Lexus and Toyota. A 1-2-3 finish.
The Cobalt is a new model, not a rebadged Cavalier, but I would wait to see just how bad it is. GM isn't doing anything right these days.
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This from the guy considering a Chevy Cobalt??
I don't particularly like the Scion, but to my eye, it doesn't look like anything else on the road right now. And the Toyota reliability is bulletproof. Consumer Reports' new car reliability data actually puts the Scion at the top of the heap, followed by Lexus and Toyota. A 1-2-3 finish.
The Cobalt is a new model, not a rebadged Cavalier, but I would wait to see just how bad it is. GM isn't doing anything right these days.
04-15-2005, 04:27 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: teh frozen nort
Posts: 1,030
You have to consider more than just the purchase price in your cost of ownership, at a minimum think about purchase price minus resale. The Korean makers don't do very well in that department yet. What about a four-pot Eclipse?
04-15-2005, 04:55 PM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 3,108
I would buy the lowest most base model brand new cavalier I could find. Use my GM points from my visa card, use the new graduate rebate program. Wait for the 0% financing sales (they happen often for GM products). Get the color silver so scratches and dents don't show up that easily. Get it oil sprayed once a year and drive it into the ground.
That is aporx 11,000 cdn tax in on the road.
That is aporx 11,000 cdn tax in on the road.
