[speaker001:] have you recently bought a car Eric or
[speaker002:] well well I didn't buy one I just changed jobs changed jobs and got a work car or a company car and uh they bought me a Pontiac Grand Prix and
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I've been yeah I've been pretty happy with it I I've been driving just a little little Honda the Honda Civic and stuff so it's a bigger car but I've been pretty pleased with it you know I uh
[speaker001:] that's a nice car isn't it um-hum
[speaker002:] it was it's you know got a lot of nice gadgets and stuff but I gosh it's been nice so far I can't say that it's put it through all the loops
[speaker001:] can you use it for personal too to
[speaker002:] yeah I can use it for personal and
[speaker001:] so so you buying a car to you right at this point anyway isn't a a big deal
[speaker002:] no not really I although we my other we have a second car and it's getting a little bit old it's an eighty five Honda Civic and so we're thinking in a year or two we might have to but uh
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know I I kind of I just like to keep up I you know don't uh don't plan on buying one like I say for a year or two but sooner or later I'm going to have to
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but
[speaker001:] we we just bought two years ago we just bought a a Plymouth Voyager
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] and it's been great we've got family a a family of five three kids and that's the only way to travel as far as I'm concerned the
[speaker002:] uh-huh oh I bet
[speaker001:] the kids can get up and move around and you can get them things
[speaker002:] now is that a is that a full size van or
[speaker001:] it it's not it's a it's a minivan
[speaker002:] minivan
[speaker001:] uh and it was the best rating out of the consumer reports and things
[speaker002:] oh was it it you do so do you shop the consumer reports when you buy a car then or do you
[speaker001:] I do I do and
[speaker002:] do you find that works out pretty good for you
[speaker001:] yeah we've only bought two new cars I bought a Nissan Sentra
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] that um and I really liked it too didn't have any problems with it
[speaker002:] did you uh-huh
[speaker001:] and this one has been been an exceptional vehicle we've really enjoyed it especially for kids
[speaker002:] well that's good to hear yeah that's good to hear some good news about some American made cars I
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] I uh I really believe they're getting better and you know I I I looked around and seen some of those new Saturns and stuff and they seem to be a really nice car
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] and
[speaker001:] well actually my philosophy about I mean if I was going to buy something for me like a car I'd drive around unfortunately I'd still get a foreign car I think that Honda makes uh like you've got the Accords are very very well built I also really like the Toyota Camrys
[speaker002:] yeah uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] but they're just not practical if you have kids
[speaker002:] yeah that's true
[speaker001:] you can't um well if they get older I guess you can take four or five people but when they're small you got to get up and crawl over the seat and you know which doesn't work
[speaker002:] um-hum oh yeah what we found just even going down to our inlaws overnight uh uh this little Honda Civic there's just not enough room we I've just got one daughter by the time you put the car seat and a couple of bags I mean we're just
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] you know we we uh we were having that problem that why there's just not enough room those small cars any more we couldn't go camping because we couldn't put a tent and a cooler in it you know it was so small
[speaker001:] yep yeah
[speaker002:] but uh
[speaker001:] and uh Chrysler's started doing some nice things with their with their warranties and things I've got a seven year seventy thousand mile warranty on the drive train
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yeah and a three year thirty six six thousand mile on uh I think it's a pretty that's pretty well bumper to bumper
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] but the drive train is seven seventy and that's I think that's one of the well I kind of think that the other manufacturers are now uh bumping it up to meet it but Chrysler was the first to do that
[speaker002:] yeah that's yeah they've had that for a while yeah well it says something they're willing at least put something behind it you know they're they feel like turning out a good product and they're at least
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] yeah that warranty stuff that's uh I did have to take this company car in and the cassette jammed all of a sudden and it was nice to know that you know that warranty it was still under its warranty and they just took it and took care of it right on the spot but that's definitely something I think I'd shop for I'd want as much warranty as I could because
[speaker001:] yep
[speaker002:] it's expensive to get the things fixed anymore
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] if it's not covered
[speaker001:] and I'm thinking about getting a used car with my next one trying to see if I can't take some of the depreciation off I don't know they're still danger expensive you know I'd you know only I only want to buy something like maybe twenty thousand miles on it they they don't go down much you know unless they're a couple years old or something
[speaker002:] to buy it yeah uh-huh no they don't you know they yeah if you get something that's one or two years old uh you can usually knock I I worked at a bank as a loan officer and so I could you know I got into that a little bit you know the dealership financing and stuff but
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] you know at two years makes a huge difference you know they say and it's pretty much true that you drive off the lot and you lose at least a thousand dollars as soon as you take that thing off the lot in value and the Hondas and some of those they don't depreciate as much but you can still get them a little bit cheaper
[speaker001:] yeah yeah
[speaker002:] but I tell you what it's kind of scary uh we bought our company car through an auction a dealer auction and the dealers they they get those things for about half of what they sell them
[speaker001:] yes you're kidding me
[speaker002:] I couldn't believe it I uh we stickered the car I got this Grand Prix was stickered at uh sixteen thousand it was a ninety one and had uh had ten thousand miles on it but we ended up getting it for about ten and I mean they bought it for ten they'll sell it for sixteen seventeen thousand I could not believe it had just if you know somebody that's the way to go but unfortunately only the dealers can get in but uh
[speaker001:] hum yeah huh
[speaker002:] I tell you I I've been real happy with the Hondas actually we had a have a nineteen eighty Honda Accord too