Reply #90: Thank you!! Finally an open minded poster brings up this issue.

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Any car can end up being a lemon, or give you sudden problem. I see my fair share of imports that appear to be problematic, especially the ones burning oil (mostly cause the owner was beating the shit out of it) or just flat out look horrible. I actaully saw for the first time the other day a newer 07+ Nissan Altima burning oil, I believe it was the 2.5 4cyl engine since it had the 2.5 emblem on the back. I had a 94 camaro with the 3.4 v6, it has some small problems, closest one to being major was the ignition module shorting out. I now have 01 Trans Am WS6, and an 04 Dodge Dakota, 4 door crew cab, 4x4. No problems what so ever with the Dakota, for the T/A I had a few little problems but they were mainly cosmetic stuff.

The 80's and 90's GM cars were built like crap indeed as far as body and interior goes. My 01 Trans Am interior is all cheap plastic, even the seats which are suppose to be leather are cheap and plastic feeling. Thats gonna change cause I'm getting a viynl kit to cover all the platic for a higher quality feel, as for the seats I havent really looked around for upholstry shops but I want those done too with a high quality leather. Nowadays Detroit cars are built real well, fuel milage as far as trucks, SUV's, midsize and fullsize cars, and high performance cars are on par, the Corvette gets better than any other similar sports car, they actually get 30+mpg on the highway despite the 26mpg EPA rating. Hell my car got 31mpg, and it averages around 22-23mpg which is pretty good for a car that has a 350hp v8. The LS3 in the new Vettes are more powerful and efficient than the LS1 in my T/A.