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Community weekly poll: What do you look for when buying a car?
- 9/20/05 12:02 PM
Not to be pig headed but Size matters, then Horsepower.
by Species8472 - 9/21/05 5:41 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
I drive a 1985 Ford Country Squire LTD. (A Station Wagon) and it's a tank. The reason is that I am secure in the knowlage that if I get into an accident, then I will walk away from it. And yes a Big block V8 does consume far more gas than a 4 cylnder. But I need it to propel a 8,000 pound car. (yes, it really weighs 4 tons)
reliability
by zaide - 9/21/05 6:41 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
The first thing I look for is Reliability. Without it, the rest is just money thrown away.
With it, the other features are usually found as well.
(NT) No one thinking about Durability?
by Hiking - 9/21/05 7:21 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
I agree about the Reliability factor, I have a Mazda 323, I know all about reliability, I own it.
Now the next thing I'd like to see from car manufacturers is durability... just a few more years, that's all.
What do you look for when buying a car?
by Lenwood - 9/21/05 10:06 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
HANDLING!!
I look for a vehicle's Handling ability. If a car does not Handle well...:
Reliabilty/Fuel economy/Horse power/Price matters little.
Environmental impact and Safety features will become more important with lousy handling.
Environmental Impact - it'll surely be disposed of.
Safety features - Accident(s) is/are inevitable.
HANDLING!
by Lenwood - 9/21/05 10:11 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
If a car doesn't handle well...
It'll be junked--impacts environment
They be accidents--safety features become important.
US & Europe
by jan.bengtson - 9/22/05 3:16 AM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
Fuel prices are USD 1.25 per liter 95 octane. Prices are jogged in excess of 10-15 % every year. When the storm stricken people of the gulf area were hit by Katrina we were all ready to pitch in and help but our help was never asked for by the state department even though offered. But we got an immediate rise in fuelprices also hitting heating-oil prices with the oncoming winter close. We love muscle cars but have been levvied with roadtax and insurance surcharges of 100% plus in contrast between SUV's and your run of the mill roadcar. Sweden a forerunner in environmental and safety restrictions stick to the rule: if the general public has acess to national, state and rural roads let them pay for using them. If medical expenditure for the handling of road accident victims is high, levvy taxes directly milking the culprit (cars on the road). We love beautiful, gadgety, he-man cars but get stuck with conventional ricebowl-imports and swedish meatballs seasoned with central european sardine cans. Love what you have got stateside with relativly cheap cars and low fuelprices. A virtually nonexistant roadtax but exhorbitant insurance.
I don't care any more. I have a scooter.
by GrantSR - 9/25/05 7:34 AM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
I got rid of my mini-van and got a scooter. Now people don't ask me to hemp them move any more.
RELIABILITY
by Urantiason - 9/26/05 9:30 PM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
I LOOK FOR RELIABILITY WHEN PURCHASING A VEHICLE BECAUSE, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HASSLES OF OWNING A LEMON. IT BECAME AN EMOTIONAL THING WHERE, I WAS QUESTIONING MYSELF ABOUT WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO BOOT.
What's Important When Car Shopping?
by ctutor - 4/2/08 11:01 AM In reply to: What do you look for when buying a car? by Marc Bennett
It's really a combination of things. Reliability is one of the most important things to me. I am a single woman who has a nice commute. I want to feel as though I can trust that I will not be stranded somewhere by myself with a broken down car. That said, I only shop for new cars.
I also want something that relates to my personality ... my lifestyle. I am a very sporty yet classy person. I like nice things that have a fresh contemporary look.
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