[speaker002:] okay Ellen what kind of a car do you think you're going to buy
[speaker001:] well as a matter of fact I was thinking about that the other day and uh I really don't know the answer um I would sort of like to uh think about something in the way of uh uh sort of a sporty car but not any not you know a luxury type sporty one but um
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] something that still has a lots of amenities and you know gadgets and things
[speaker002:] oh you do want a lot of that stuff
[speaker001:] yeah well yeah I like I like some of those things they come in really handy
[speaker002:] what kind of uh things are you going to consider you know what uh you said something about the about the well what do you call them you said amenities
[speaker001:] amenities
[speaker002:] that they have but what about um their reputation of the company or the price
[speaker001:] um well of course I guess uh price is always the big consideration but
[speaker002:] it is for me other people don't seem to have the same problem
[speaker001:] yeah  well that's that's a big one in my book but uh um
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I have preferences for uh for some um makers over others um and I would sort of like to buy American
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] but you know I'm not so totally hung up on that that I wouldn't buy something else how about you
[speaker002:] well um the last car we bought was American because of because of that reason but have not been entirely happy with um several things about the car it doesn't seem like the quality is quite as high as I expected it to be
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] because several things minor things sort of but still they cost us money um that we didn't feel like we should have had to pay on a car that that was that new
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] you know we bought the car new and after um well well well under two years we had to replace the clutch
[speaker001:] oh
[speaker002:] and they just said well you know clutches are disposable and I said since when brake pads are disposable you know we know that but I never thought a clutch was disposable
[speaker001:] yeah yeah yeah I wouldn't have thought so either
[speaker002:] yeah so that was that was kind of a shock
[speaker001:] oh oh yeah I I guess there's a lot to to think about when you're trying to make that decision
[speaker002:] yeah you know the less actually the less you spend on a car it seems like luxury cars they're called luxury cars even though they're much more expensive like like uh um a Mercedes Benz they don't have the history of breaking down or things like that that would go wrong would definitely not be considered disposable
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] you would never think of having to replace the clutch in a Mercedes
[speaker001:] no but then um
[speaker002:] especially not after two years
[speaker001:] no but on the other hand I guess too uh whenever you do have to have some major work done on one of those it costs a fortune
[speaker002:] really oh I don't know
[speaker001:] yeah I've uh worked with a couple of people who have owned uh various years uh Mercedes and
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] even though they do a lot of the work themselves then just buying the parts and everything is is pretty expensive but for them it's it's sort of a hobby too to own them
[speaker002:] yeah what kind of what brand of car are you thinking about buying or like what things are you looking at
[speaker001:] well I haven't really really gotten that far with it um I've always sort of liked General Motors a little bit better than some of the others but uh
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] oh I guess I really don't know
[speaker002:] how come I've been kind of um I guess the commercials are getting to me the Toyota commercials and I know that a lot of people I've I've known that have had Toyotas have been just extremely happy with them that hardly had any problems at all
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that I think that's
[speaker002:] I think they have a really good um quality
[speaker001:] um-hum my uh daughter has owned two different ones and uh you know we've had some work done on them but it's not too bad and the reason one of the reasons we um bought the first one was because a friend of ours had a Toyota that he just really drove for years and years and years and he lived way out in the country so he put a lot of miles on it
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and you knew it had had been through a whole lot
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and yet you know it it held up pretty doggone good so
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I thought they would
[speaker002:] they seem to be really durable
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] so I don't know I'm I'm not ready to buy a new car yet but I don't know if if the next time I'm going to try to to stay with buying something American or if I'm going to go for a little more what I would consider to be a long-term investment
[speaker001:] yeah well and I guess you know you always have to think about things like your gas mileage and stuff like that you know you
[speaker002:] oh it's easy to get gas mileage in this car it gets excellent gas mileage
[speaker001:] yeah yeah that's one of the big throwing cards for some of the foreign ones
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] well we talked long enough
[speaker002:] I think so
[speaker001:] okay well enjoyed it bye-bye
[speaker002:] all righty thanks bye-bye