[speaker001:] well what kind of requirements do you think you'll you'll want for your next car
[speaker002:] well uh the the one we bought most recently and and I think that's a good guard because uh we uh we had requirements our requirements change we we now have two kids and so we need a little bit more room um the the one that we bought in in eighty eight uh was a response to the the first child being born and and for that we wanted something really dependable something with an excellent repair record uh something that we were not going have it in the shop a lot
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and of all the things that of all the ones that we looked at uh we looked in Consumer Reports and and asked around friends and and looked at our own experiences we went with a a Toyota
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] uh we got a Toyota Corolla one of the the wagon kind so it's not as big as the the nineteen fifties uh suburban tank
[speaker001:] uh-huh  um-hum
[speaker002:] but it's it's spacious enough for for now we now we have two kids uh we've got to put two you know you got enough room for two car seats and and that sort of thing um
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and the repair record has been really terrific um it's been very very nice so I think that um based on our own experience and how satisfied and and we know what sort of driving um requirements we have we we probably would go with that again it the repair record is is for us repair record and the gas and the gas mileage is what drives it for us uh not whether it has a moon roof or uh how many CD players you can stack in it but
[speaker001:] um-hum oh yeah
[speaker002:] but the the repair record is is the thing for us
[speaker001:] well I I have a Nissan that's what I bought and I I guess I originally bought it because of first of all because of the price because when I bought it I want you know I wanted something more you know most enough as much bang for the buck
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and I bought the car and I bought the car used and I had almost sixty there's almost sixty thousand miles on it and I have almost a hundred and ten thousand right now
[speaker002:] wow
[speaker001:] and since I've had the car I've bought a new battery I've I had a a fan belt pulley go out and the universals in the drive shaft
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] but other than that I haven't had any problems with it I when I bought it I went down to Sears and had them put four Sears Road Handlers on it and they've been on there for I guess almost forty seven thousand miles
[speaker002:] that's good yeah
[speaker001:] and they look visually they look brand new and it was I guess two months ago well I I changed my the main thing is is the maintenance as you say and I do that I keep the oil changed with the high RPM motors little you know and
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I get took it to get it tuned up and when I first got it I took it I wanted the valves adjusted and I the guy went in and I had to pay for it the guy says you don't need them adjusted they're fine and so I waited another forty thousand miles and they just adjusted them but they really weren't out of adjustment he they looked at it and he goes it looks like a brand new motor it's because I keep the oil changed and I says well I I wanted brakes changed and he said he looked at them and he says in the back you have three fourths of your pads and in the front they're three fourths you don't need them and I so I've been driving all these miles and I didn't need them but I I changed the front I had the brakes done in the front anyway just because I wanted the front wheels you know packed the the bearings packed and things and it worked out so I mean I I'm just amazed at the performance and I the Japanese cars it just seems that as far as the well I just going interject real quick as a my next purchase I want something with a little more safety features I want the air bags and the antilock brakes that's that's something that I want
[speaker002:] oh yeah yeah
[speaker001:] but um I was going to interject say is that when General Motors they sell their car and there's too much of a I I believe there's just too much of a profit margin and you they're you're not getting the car you're you're you're paying for you might say markup where the Japanese cars you you're paying but you you you're getting that performance and so that's I I said I said I'm I'm very very satisfied with my car in fact I it's a you know it's a little little Nissan pickup truck it's five speed I just don't it's I'm I'm not really that tall and it you know it sits me comfortable I have good visibility I mean it just it just a blast it handles like a little sports car just really satisfied with it
[speaker002:] I I know it it it almost seems a shame that of the the approach perhaps that that uh Detroit takes is that if we're going to make an economy car by God you're going to know it's an economy car
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] whereas I get the feeling