[speaker001:] Before the one will take, uh, okay, let's see, I guess, uh, I can start. I'm actually, we're actually trying to find one now because
[speaker002:] Are you really?
[speaker001:] our family's growing. Yeah. Uh, so I'm looking at, uh, something larger than what we have. We've got, like, an eighty-four Charger that's about gone and a, uh, an eighty-nine Horizon. So, I'm looking for something, uh, littler
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, which are both kind of small.
[speaker001:] bigger, yeah. Uh, so we were thinking mini van for a while and, uh, we're looking at, uh, some just four door, five passenger sedans
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] as well.
[speaker002:] Are you looking for an American car or, you open to buying foreign cars?
[speaker001:] Uh, I don't really have a preference either way I guess.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] You know, it's, you know, it, I guess the American cars had a bad reputation but
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I haven't had any real substantial problems with the
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] ones I've had.
[speaker002:] Personally, I have a Japanese car right now, and I really like it a lot. Uh, I think the Japanese really build good cars
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and I know that kind of rubs against the grain right now in the whole, uh, you know, buy American, keep American auto workers working right now, but I feel that the Japanese have really produced a much higher quality product than our, uh, car manufacturers have for a while.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] If I were to buy another car, I would be, uh, I would be partial to buying another Japanese car, but I would also look at American cars, but when I bought the car that I bought now, I did that also and I just felt that the Japanese car was a much better product.
[speaker001:] Yeah, I mean, e-,
[speaker002:] So, if I were,
[speaker001:] even if it's just details, it seems like, uh
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] they, you know, I j-, there's a door seal that s-, doesn't quite seal and you have to take it back every once in a while. It's clearly just a, a design problem there.
[speaker002:] Right, it is. Uh, I'm kind of, right now, the next car I buy is going to be sort of a sports car. I would really like to have a sports car. Uh [throat clearing], I don't really, I don't have a family, so I don't need a, a mini van or such to, uh, [throat clearing] haul people around in.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] So I'm looking for more a, a two passenger car that, uh,
[speaker001:] Oh, like a Miata or something like that?
[speaker002:] Well, I like the Miata, but I don't like it enough to buy it. I would buy something, actually the, the car that I really like right now is an Eagle Talon, which is an American car.
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] But, uh, something along that lines.
[speaker001:] Interesting.
[speaker002:] Uh, because I have a, an economy car right now, which is okay, but
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] uh, I think I, I'd like to move on to something a little better.
[speaker001:] That's interesting. Yeah, I guess probably the factors we'd use to compare are a little different because I look for, you know, size and
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] safety, and then mileage. Probably,
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] Uh,
[speaker002:] That's, when I bought the car that I bought, I was looking for mileage, and I was looking for, uh, dependability and something that was going to last a long time. I was g-, that I would get a, for the money that I was going to spend, that I would get a return that was, that was worth that money.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] Yeah I c-, I think in terms of computer terminology, I look at, you know, price performance and things like that.
[speaker002:] Right, exactly.
[speaker001:] And then a little bit at life expectancy, I guess, but it, you know
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] depends on what you, what you pay initially. But, you know
[speaker002:] That's right.
[speaker001:] I've got a hundred and twenty-five thousand miles on the Charger. Actually
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] it was my wife's car that she brought into the marriage and she got just a commute between Cincinnati and Dayton.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] It's, you know, we, we had to replace the friction plate and the transmission at thirty thousand miles, but
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] uh, the other ninety four thousand have been just fine [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] [Sniffing].
[speaker001:] with it, so,
[speaker002:] Okay.
[speaker001:] But, uh,
[speaker002:] Uh, I've had, uh, I've had one or two American cars I think, and, and they were okay. I had a Pontiac once and, and I never had a problem with it, but, uh, my mother had a Dodge at one point and I, I had driven it a few times and I really did not feel that it, that I would buy a Dodge [LAUGHTER]
[speaker001:] Um.
[speaker002:] j-, just from, well, actually, I had a, uh, a Dodge Omni at one point
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and that was, I think, what really prejudiced me against American cars was because I did not feel that it was a very quality, uh, car.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] So, I guess you'd have to say, if I was looking, I would definitely be looking for a foreign car.
[speaker001:] That's interesting. But, yeah, it, it's hard to beat some of the, uh, like, I guess, in particular, we're looking at a, like a ninety-one Corsica, uh, buy back at a, they say G M sponsored auction, but I think they're obliged to have these things because Hertz and Avis and those folks have it in their contract that
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] they can sell it back to G M after, you know, it's, after they've used it for six months and put
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] you know, twelve or fifteen thousand miles,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] on it and you can get those for like eight thousand bucks if you,
[speaker002:] Which is a good deal.
[speaker001:] Yeah, because I guess, uh, I mean, well, ninety-twos, granted, but the new ones, you know
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] fourteen to sixteen is what they go for
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] on the lot, so all the depreciation has been taken off and, s-, the dealer comes out okay
[speaker002:] Yeah that,
[speaker001:] you know, I don't know what kind of, I don't know what G M corporate, kind of hit the, I don't know what kind of hit they take on it, but sounds like everybody's had their chance to make their money off it and [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah, I'm sure they did.
[speaker001:] So, but, uh, I don't know, we keep looking at that mini van. It's just, you know, we can get a, like a Caravan
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] for, at twelve, five
[speaker002:] Right.
[speaker001:] but that's a little bit more than we want to spend right now. But, uh, uh, it's interesting, but, uh, I don't know, if, if, uh, it seems to be,