[speaker001:] okay what kind of car are you thinking about buying next
[speaker002:] well what a what what do we currently have I have a Subaru uh G O X T
[speaker001:] what year
[speaker002:] eighty eight
[speaker001:] oh okay well I have a ninety Honda Civic and I'm ready to get rid of it actually no well
[speaker002:] oh yeah it's not pretty old
[speaker001:] I had I had an eighty eight that I really liked then it got wrecked and so I bought a ninety um because I I really liked my eighty eight and I've had a lot of problems with this one so
[speaker002:] so you think their quality control's going down over there uh kind of
[speaker001:] well you it's it's kind of funny um I know a lot
[speaker002:] well I I I think we're going to see that I think uh that the quality that the Japan carmakers had is slipping a little bit while American carmakers are trying to get their butt together so
[speaker001:] oh yeah it's it's true it's definitely true because
[speaker002:] but but that's one reason I uh I've had no problems with my Subaru that's one reason I went with it because I Subaru had a good reputation uh for you know low maintenance so
[speaker001:] yeah well Honda does too that's why I was really
[speaker002:] well no there's there's no question but you have a nineteen I mean I've got to see I mean I've seen and I've had friends that have uh like uh eighty one or eighty uh Celicas
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and those things just keep ticking I mean they just it can rack up a a hundred fifty K on them and they're still beating on them
[speaker001:] yeah that's true that's true
[speaker002:] and it's just amazing and I mean they got and you know they're not making them like that now you know so but they're still they're still a lot I think definitely better than the uh American carmaker and stuff
[speaker001:] no not at all oh I I definitely agree with you there because I had uh uh uh Ford T Bird before I got my Honda and it was the worst car I've ever owned and um that's why I mean I was so tickled with my Honda it was just a wonderful car and then it got wrecked
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and you know I wouldn't even look at another car I just went and bought a Honda I mean I didn't even I didn't look around or anything I just said that this is what I want and I really have had a lot of problems with it but
[speaker002:] yeah well maybe you need to unload it on somebody else
[speaker001:] I don't know well I'll probably hold on to it since it's still under warranty but in the first twelve months that I owned it it was in the shop an average of about once a month it was in the shop about twelve times the first twelve months yeah it was I was really
[speaker002:] yeah that's a lot
[speaker001:] disappointed because I was you know so hyped up on Honda so yeah
[speaker002:] oh well anyway so what's your next purchase supposed to be
[speaker001:] well I know this
[speaker002:] oh really if you had a choice of your car what would you get
[speaker001:] well it's this is going to sound really strange but I really like to have a Mazda MPV van I really like those and I have kids so
[speaker002:] I'm not sure I'm real familiar with the body style on that
[speaker001:] they're a lot I don't like the new style like of the Toyota van and the the new Chevy Lumina van I don't like those styles um the MPV is more of uh uh just uh
[speaker002:] uh-huh that's um-hum
[speaker001:] I don't know what you normal I don't know how to explain more of an old fashioned type I I'm not sure how to explain it I mean it looks I guess kind of like uh the Chevy Aerostar or Arrow
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] uh what Astro Astro I guess is what it something like that but I used to really like the looks of the MPV because it looks more like a minivan rather than I think
[speaker002:] oh okay yeah do you have uh do you have a family okay well that's probably influenced maybe a little bit
[speaker001:] yeah I have a couple kids so oh yeah definitely but I know that it's got to have a radio it's got to have air conditioning I'm sure you can relate to air conditioning
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] um living in Arizona but and cruise control and tinted windows that's about it I mean it's got to have those things otherwise I don't care
[speaker002:] yeah well when I bought my car it was right out of college and uh you know I always been looking for something sporty and I ended up getting you know basically something that I could you know afford
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] the only gripe I have is performance I I probably uh a few girls that I've gone out with I've had uh like Mazda RX seven's and stuff and they're they're pretty fun to drive so
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] so I think that's what uh I I'm going to have to get next time around I keep I keep holding holding off I mean I could I could upgrade now if I wanted to but I just I it's just such a huge expense and
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] and uh I I'm just going to keep holding off but I'm definitely going to look for something uh in the you know nice performance you know yeah
[speaker001:] sports car I'd like to have a sports car too but it's not practical for me but
[speaker002:] yeah I'm in are you still there
[speaker001:] yeah whoops there's some kind of problems hello
[speaker002:] hello okay
[speaker001:] are you still there this is something's wrong I don't know it sounds funny though doesn't it
[speaker002:] wonder what happened hum anyway
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] um but I'll probably um it just depends I know that's what I want but I don't know if I'll get myself to spend that kind of money you're looking at you know for a new RX seven or a Supra or something you're looking at twenty five K or something like that so
[speaker001:] oh at least yeah
[speaker002:] anyway but
[speaker001:] I know well new cars aren't cheap anyway but
[speaker002:] anyway my ultimate car though the the one that I really want is uh five sixty or so Mercedes so maybe someday
[speaker001:] huh yeah we have we all have those kind of dreams too don't we what I'd really like to have
[speaker002:] yeah that's the only one that I you know I see you know I see uh you know early on that that that says it says you there
[speaker001:] yeah this is strange
[speaker002:] hello okay
[speaker001:] hello I think something's wrong with this I hope it's recording
[speaker002:] I hope it's not my you there
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] it may be my phone um anyway it's the only car that says you know sporty and class uh so
[speaker001:] yeah you're right yep
[speaker002:] uh kind of what I'm but it's at the other one my brother's got a Miata and those are fun
[speaker001:] oh those are nice yeah they're they're cute cars
[speaker002:] and uh I yeah well he did he had a a red Miata
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh he actually they came out with a European racing green uh Miata that's a limited edition they're only going to make like three or four thousand so he went out and he traded the other one in and got this one and I'm like um
[speaker001:] oh wow I haven't seen those
[speaker002:] but uh I haven't seen one yet either but supposedly they have some real wood built in to like the clutch and all this and the steering wheel so it's it's very authentic and there only is supposed to be limited edition so it may be may be a good investment
[speaker001:] wow oh yeah definitely if it's a limited edition usually no matter what it is if it's a limited edition it's usually worth something later on
[speaker002:] if it yeah uh-huh but uh I think
[speaker001:] huh
[speaker002:] hello
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] okay yeah I got off my pace or my cordless phone anyway uh hope it's not going bad it's going to bum me out um but he I think he he only spent you know the low twenties so
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] I don't know
[speaker001:] now see I would have never figured that I would have figured that to be a lot more than that for something that's limited edition
[speaker002:] well I don't know I think the demands gone uh down a little bit I think you can the prices aren't as high you know and the the Miata Miata was first introduced uh
[speaker001:] and well they weren't really that bad though when they were introduced were they
[speaker002:] what yeah the demand is so high that uh you know they were going to retail them around like third you know thirteen standard you know and you get your options you're looking at fifteen or sixteen fifteen but there were you know people were buying them for nineteen and twenty
[speaker001:] yeah that's true um-hum
[speaker002:] and um they they may have gone down a little bit but I they're still pretty much in demand
[speaker001:] hum
[speaker002:] I think there's another car coming in it's supposed to come out and compete with that Miata and I can't remember what I read about that but so that's interesting I mean I would think somebody would try to compete with that because it is very popular so
[speaker001:] huh yeah it really is have you seen the new uh Dodge Stealth the the real nice one yeah yeah the Mitsubishi is real nice looking too now those are nice
[speaker002:] but oh yeah yeah and the Mitsubishi three thousand GT is the same same yeah well that's that's that's the same manufacturer and stuff so they just market them but uh yeah those are and those are supposed to be
[speaker001:] right right
[speaker002:] very performance power I mean they're there is yeah big time
[speaker001:] the expensive ones they have a cheaper model too that you can get for about seventeen thousand but those are pretty stripped and there's nothing there's really that one's just more for looks you know it doesn't have any really the performance that the expensive one does
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know but I've seen one of those and it's not that great I mean because they really
[speaker002:] I think they're they're only around uh twenty nine K
[speaker001:] yeah the like I mean they have um better it's not quite as nice for a little bit less
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] yeah they're not really that bad but I don't know like I said it's it's still not practical for me I have a hard time looking at cars like that because I think now there's no way I can do that
[speaker002:] yeah I'm being single and no other responsibilities for yourself I guess you know it's I can I can I've been pretty happy I've I've haven't tried to upgrade myself right now that's uh
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] you know I could I could have you know get something nice and upgrade but I just uh I'm consulting right now so
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] I just made my first job hop about eight months ago so uh
[speaker001:] uh what