[speaker001:] well Barbara whenever you get around to purchasing your next new car what are going to be the chief considerations
[speaker002:] one of the main considerations is safety and quietness and um economy what about you
[speaker001:] uh I'm interested primarily in reliability uh
[speaker002:] well I have found most of the cars now are pretty reliable um I haven't found any that have left me down yet what are your specific requirements American or foreign
[speaker001:] well well uh let me give you a little history on that I drove I drove uh GM cars for a long time and in fact I had a a Chevrolet and it ended up costing it was only about five or six years old and I was paying on the average a hundred dollars a month in repair bills on that thing and I just couldn't handle that so I took a deep breath and bought a Toyota and have lived happily ever after since then yes yes I've had two small problems neither one of which left me by the side of the road
[speaker002:] really
[speaker001:] uh with the Toyota in the last five years and and when I was buying that I was concerned primarily with reliability reliability and but I also wanted a hatchback because you know you you sometimes you have to carry bags of fertilizer
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] uh so well it is a sports car that I got which is my first probably my last one because comfort is not high on the list when you get a sports car
[speaker002:] do you have a family for comfort or
[speaker001:] no
[speaker002:] just you
[speaker001:] just me
[speaker002:] well I had the same problem whenever I had a General Motors car I had a Chevy and uh
[speaker001:] just me
[speaker002:] it was constantly giving me valve problems I had this constant ticking of the valves and uh I switched over to Chrysler Plymouth and I haven't had a lick of problem
[speaker001:] does your car have an air bag
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] it does
[speaker002:] but just on the driver's side
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] I wish they would come out with them everywhere on the passenger side too
[speaker001:] yeah I suspect they probably will and I think on my next car I'll be concerned I'll I think I will want antilock brakes I've heard good things about them it was the first year it was offered on the Toyota Supra when I bought mine
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and I was a little nervous about some new technology I mean I'd got to where I had real this real hate relationship with anything that looked like service department at a dealership
[speaker002:] well I found out they're pretty good whenever uh especially on weather like we're having today and and uh the roads are so slippery
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] the antilock brakes are one of the better ones to have
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I think I'd I'd like that I don't know I I have a friend who drives an Acura Legend which is very comfortable car
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and it it makes me more aware of how uncomfortable mine is every time I ride in his car
[speaker002:] my daughter has a Civic Honda and that's a real comfortable car to sit in yeah which surprised me
[speaker001:] uh-huh oh is it uh-huh yeah
[speaker002:] I have a Chrysler now I just bought and uh it's real comfortable and I'm very happy with it but Chrysler has a good warranty that they have to stand behind so I haven't had any worries about that that's one thing I go for in a car is their warranty and uh what does and doesn't come under that warrantee but they have the seven thousand uh seven thousand seventy thousand miles or seven years I believe
[speaker001:] yes uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh bumper to bumper and I have no complaints
[speaker001:] well that's great
[speaker002:] so far with mine
[speaker001:] that's great so if you had to do it again you'd buy another Chrysler do you think would you
[speaker002:] I sure would Dodge Plymouth Chrysler something in that line
[speaker001:] that's yeah that's interesting because I mean I I was hearing a just on on the way home from work the other day I heard something on the news about the trade deficit for December the figures were some some very large number
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] I was thinking golly and and you know it's partly my fault I mean not in December but I I really have a problem buying Japanese things and for years I bought American and I don't know I hope by the time this car wears out and I hope that's not for another five or ten years
[speaker002:] well
[speaker001:] I hope that I can get an American one at that time
[speaker002:] well that's another fallacy because uh so many people say that's a requirement has to be American but uh did you know that my Chrysler has foreign parts in it and so does Chevy and so does Ford
[speaker001:] oh sure it yeah
[speaker002:] so um I often hear people saying well I want to buy American or I like the foreign something and uh they're built right here like the foreign cars are even built over here Datsun has a