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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:13 PM
Response to Reply #30
41. how many cars have you personally owned in your lifetime?
how many different manufacturers?
what kind of repairs/servicing do you do(or have in the past) for your cars yourself?
:shrug:
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  -Dodge Charger coming to the rescue of the Alfa Romeo brand? Bet on it! divideandconquer  Dec-02-09 09:51 PM   #0 
  - You put a Hemi into a Brera, and I'll be first in line to buy one.  flvegan   Dec-02-09 09:55 PM   #1 
  - I'll be the first to snicker at you when it never leaves the shop.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 09:59 PM   #2 
     - No, Fiat's good now.  flvegan   Dec-02-09 10:02 PM   #3 
     - I'll take your word for that, but Chrysler products are still complete shit.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:05 PM   #5 
        - But with Fiat in charge, the Viper might not burn the shit out of your leg  flvegan   Dec-02-09 10:09 PM   #7 
        - Chrysler really has nowhere to go but up.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:18 PM   #13 
           - Oh, I agree.  flvegan   Dec-02-09 10:47 PM   #31 
              - FWIW, CR agrees with me on this one.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:52 PM   #33 
                 - Consumer Reports isn't god  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 11:02 PM   #36 
                 - Of course they're not. But their reliability survey data is very good.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 11:06 PM   #38 
                    - Who rates Consumer Reports?  divideandconquer   Dec-03-09 07:12 PM   #46 
                       - JD Power ratings are extremely dodgy, they look at the earliest, most trouble-free period.  LeftyMom   Dec-04-09 01:04 AM   #49 
                 - You have to consider the cars being rated.  flvegan   Dec-02-09 11:27 PM   #43 
                    - Noted, just pointing out that they said almost exactly what I did.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 11:32 PM   #45 
        - some of them are- but that's true of just about every company.  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 10:12 PM   #8 
           - Well yeah, but that was 1972. Engines ran on leaded gas, Nixon was president,  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:16 PM   #11 
              - The Chrysler van is so bad that VW just rebadges it and call it's Routan  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:21 PM   #14 
              - VW isn't exactly well regarded for quality these days, either.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:25 PM   #19 
              - VW is such a bad car they just passed Toyota worldwide in car sales  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:36 PM   #24 
                 - They're terrible cars.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:46 PM   #30 
                    - how many cars have you personally owned in your lifetime?  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 11:13 PM   #41 
                       - My family owns a business which depends on cars being reliable and economical to repair.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 11:30 PM   #44 
                          - I've personally found Ford to be by far the worst of American cars  divideandconquer   Dec-03-09 07:43 PM   #47 
                             - Depends on what you need.  LeftyMom   Dec-04-09 01:01 AM   #48 
                                - Your favorite Fords are going away and are going to be replaced by Mopars  divideandconquer   Dec-04-09 02:33 PM   #50 
                                   - Only for cop cars.  LeftyMom   Dec-04-09 03:24 PM   #51 
                                      - There's already plenty of Caravan taxi cabs and 300 limos  divideandconquer   Dec-04-09 07:39 PM   #52 
                                         - Dude, you're telling me my business. Laughably bad idea, that.  LeftyMom   Dec-04-09 08:15 PM   #53 
              - Okay, that's not true.  flvegan   Dec-02-09 10:28 PM   #21 
              - i guess that you've never driven a 300?  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 10:24 PM   #17 
                 - I like reliable cars.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:27 PM   #20 
                    - i've only had one chrysler that i had any big problems with...  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 10:35 PM   #23 
                       - "Among the 34 brands ranked for 2009, Jeep is 28th, Dodge 30th, and Chrysler 32nd."  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:41 PM   #27 
                          - About one more repair visit per 5 years.  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:45 PM   #29 
                          - Their best rated brand came in at "Poor." They got outrated by Kia.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:50 PM   #32 
                             - Kia is a very competitive car, that proves your out of touch with the car market  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:57 PM   #35 
                                - Kia's got better. Granted, they couldn't have got much worse. But if you're getting outclassed by  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 11:03 PM   #37 
                          - i don't have a 2009.  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 11:08 PM   #39 
                             - That's hardly the first year for the data to look like that.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 11:11 PM   #40 
                                - other than the minivan tranny thing...i can't think of any unusual/major problems...  dysfunctional press   Dec-02-09 11:17 PM   #42 
     - Is that some sort of slur? Chrysler and Fiat have built some of the greatest cars ever built  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:05 PM   #4 
     - Fiat had a lonstanding reputation for making unreliable crap.  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:08 PM   #6 
        - Jeeps are the best actual off road SUV's, Hemis are very fast, Rams are tough  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:18 PM   #12 
        - Did you seriously just say something positive about the Neon?  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:24 PM   #15 
           - "Car of the Month: 446,000 Mile Dodge Neon R/T"  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:40 PM   #25 
              - There's on in my driveway right now (the roomie borrowed my Subie once again to avoid driving it.)  LeftyMom   Dec-02-09 10:44 PM   #28 
        - So did Chrysler - a marriage not made in heaven.  old mark   Dec-02-09 10:41 PM   #26 
     - LOL!  JVS   Dec-02-09 10:14 PM   #9 
  - This one?  Gold Metal Flake   Dec-02-09 10:14 PM   #10 
  - I love the new(ish) Alfa 159  Cessna Invesco Palin   Dec-02-09 10:24 PM   #16 
  - This could be the new top of the line Alfa, just change the grille  divideandconquer   Dec-02-09 10:29 PM   #22 
     - No. Just... no.  Cessna Invesco Palin   Dec-02-09 10:54 PM   #34 
  - Speaking of the Caribinieri, did you see where the Polizia crashed one of their Lambos"?  A HERETIC I AM   Dec-02-09 10:24 PM   #18 
 

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