[speaker001:] okay um what do you think
[speaker002:] well it depends on whether I have to buy my next car before or after my children are out of the house
[speaker001:] well that makes a big difference doesn't it
[speaker002:] we've we've gone from small cars and sports cars to station wagons and a van a mini van
[speaker001:] it's kind of like well if right a little more domestic there
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah I I guess the biggest factor for me lately is American versus non American and while I'd really like to buy American I don't know it just it really depends on reliability for me
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] uh I have a Ford right now and it's been a pretty good truck but some of the things are not that good about it and Ford sales have been really bad in terms of customer uh customer service at least for me so it's I don't know it's it's kind of disappointing
[speaker002:] well well when we I guess this is talking about previous cars opposed to to next car but when we went to look for a mini van I wanted to get you know I thought it'd be nice to buy American and I went and looked at all the American ones
[speaker001:] but yeah
[speaker002:] and the doors didn't close right and the I mean and this is on the lot and you're thinking to yourself if it's not right now what is it gonna be like after I've had it for six months
[speaker001:] yeah  right
[speaker002:] so
[speaker001:] well one of the good I guess one of the good things that I have to work on is my my father he's a pharmaceutical rep and he he gets a new car about once every three years
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker001:] and he's been driving a lot of mini vans in the last like five or ten years
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and uh he generally goes with I think the Astro Van
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] um it's the only one that has a standard six cylinder which is real important to him but I don't know I guess I guess for my next car I'd probably have to probably have to scale down to an actual car instead of a pick up starting to get into that I'm a college student right now I'm a doctoral student
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and uh I anticipate getting a full time job soon so you know probably one of those things where I really don't need the the hauling capacity much I'll be a little more stable but
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] well I guess I don't know I'm I I think I'll probably buy American but I'm just not real sure you know
[speaker002:] you have to go out of here go talk to dad yeah well um I know I've I've always looked for mileage
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh you know cause I figure the the better miles it gets the better but the less pollutants it's putting out cause the better job it's doing burning stuff up
[speaker001:] sure and I yeah
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] and that opens up a whole another can of worms I guess Ford is suppose to start out with they're gonna actually put out a line of electric cars next year in California
[speaker002:] yeah doesn't that sound neat if you were gonna if you if you could afford two cars and you were going to do a lot of city driving
[speaker001:] you know yeah um-hum oh that'd be a definite yeah that'd be the way to go for sure I think there's no questions in in in terms of whether I would have that or not I
[speaker002:] go away from here
[speaker001:] sounds like your kids want to get on the conversation
[speaker002:] just a minute David remove Jeffrey from my presence I'm on the telephone
[speaker001:] I bet they'd have something to say about buying cars huh
[speaker002:] well my my kids oh my kids think it's great we've unfortunately our convertibles have been retired for lack lack of time on our part to um to work on them but we have a Fiat an old Fiat and an old MGB
[speaker001:] yeah oh really
[speaker002:] sitting in behind our house and the kids are convinced the older two kids are convinced that that's going to be their cars Jeffrey hasn't figured out yet just you know it's like who want oh Jeffrey's only three you know and the but the other ones aren't very old either
[speaker001:] how old are they oh I see uh-huh
[speaker002:] so it's like who's going to inherit you know Jeffrey's like well you know station wagon a mini van you know you got to go get another old convertible my husband well my husband would love to buy next is a Miata
[speaker001:] right  yeah oh yeah
[speaker002:] you know is the Mazda Miata
[speaker001:] yeah I've heard some good things about that car actually
[speaker002:] it's suppposed to be
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] really solid car we have a a Mazda right now
[speaker001:] yeah a big factor for me is is ergonomics and and in terms of control and display design that's that's what I'm going into for my degree
[speaker002:] yeah oh neat
[speaker001:] and so that's that's something I really try to consider a little more heavily heavily than most people probably do but
[speaker002:] well it they have something that you know I there's some things I like better about my Subaru and some things I like better about the Mazda and uh you know and I'm always looking at that kind of thing at other people's cars and
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] yeah it it
[speaker001:] it's amazing how much spot light it's gotten lately you know it seems like everyone that's a big concern now you know it's
[speaker002:] well it's not just you know but like I have one car that tells me which door is open and the other one only tells me that a door is open
[speaker001:] yeah uh-huh
[speaker002:] so when it only tells me that a door is open I have to get out of the car and go around slamming doors until I mean that's a nuisance that's a real pain
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] yeah um and one of them only has the standard full to empty gauge and the other