[speaker001:] Are you ready to start?
[speaker002:] Yes.
[speaker001:] Okay [throat clearing].
[speaker002:] Have you recently bought a new car Catherine?
[speaker001:] Well, I just found out that my car [talks like an old woman] was thirty months old, and it doesn't [LAUGHTER] seem like it's that old.
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] Seems like I just bought it.
[speaker002:] Oh, wow.
[speaker001:] It's an eighty-nine and I bought it, uh, in, uh, eighty-eight so, yeah.
[speaker002:] Well, I really, I-, the last car we got was a, was a used car. I really don't prefer buying a new car. I like to let somebody else pay for that [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] I know, I really will do that the next time,
[speaker002:] But, uh
[speaker001:] I buy it too.
[speaker002:] mine was a year old,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and we bought it for very functional purposes,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and that was we bought a station wagon. We wanted an economical car
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] to operate, but we wanted one that could carry a lot of equipment. So, we chose a Nissan Stanza wagon.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And I've never been sorry,
[speaker001:] Oh, that's wonderful.
[speaker002:] however the need for that
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] kind of car has changed now,
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] and, uh, while it is still good,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] and it's quite serviceable,
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] and I'll drive it until it no longer is reliable.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And probably then some [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I'll spend a lot of time praying over it before I give it up.
[speaker001:] Sure.
[speaker002:] I think that I would like to, if I-, you know, we all say, if I could have the car I always wanted
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] I would either buy a Nissan Maxima, uh, I'm sold on Nissans.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I a or, or foreign cars actually. Uh,
[speaker001:] But do you feel though, uh, craftsmanship is much superior to the American abilities?
[speaker002:] Uh,
[speaker001:] Is that how you, I have never,
[speaker002:] its reliability.
[speaker001:] Its re-,
[speaker002:] Its reliability. And, uh, I, you know, I've read all the CONSUMER REPORTS and things, and they just run head and shoulders above the American made cars. If Ford was a head and the shoulders above it, I'd buy a Ford.
[speaker001:] Isn't that a shame.
[speaker002:] But I had, uh, had a Ford Escort that absolutely needed taps the day we got it.
[speaker001:] My word isn't that sorry. That's sorry.
[speaker002:] Uh, you know, I mean it was ready for the graveyard.
[speaker001:] My word.
[speaker002:] And I spent as much on that car in twelve months as I spent for the car.
[speaker001:] Oh, mercy.
[speaker002:] So,
[speaker001:] You,
[speaker002:] and that was just trying to hold us, getting out of that was a used car.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] And it was an older car,
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] but, you know, Escort is supposed to have a great track record
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] as far as sales.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But it's just, it just was not deliv-, and you get stung a time or two,
[speaker001:] Sure.
[speaker002:] and you say, no thanks.
[speaker001:] No thanks. That's right.
[speaker002:] So, I just trusted the CONSUMER REPORTS and the auto,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] uh, reports inst-, had my son who knows a lot about that, study them thoroughly, and he gave me four choices of cars to buy [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] An Escort definitely was not among them. In fact, there wasn't an American car in there.
[speaker001:] Wow.
[speaker002:] Uh, the Nissan came and, and we bought the Nissan for functional purposes not what the CONSUMER REPORTS said we should get.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But it served our needs. Uh, later on his reports, the reports that he studied showed that, uh, Nissan was head and shoulders above the rest in the area-, in the class that we were looking for. And that, and I'd rather have a Maxima than a Cadillac. I really would. It's not necessarily prestige,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but it's comfort. Uh, there's a lot of features on there that are desirable if you're going to pay that kind of money for a car. Uh,
[speaker001:] Who makes that car?
[speaker002:] Nissan. M-,
[speaker001:] I mean but where are they, where are they, what, what is their location, is it, uh, Asian or is it European or who,
[speaker002:] No. No, no. Nissan is Japanese.
[speaker001:] Oh, it is Japanese.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, uh-huh,
[speaker001:] Okay,
[speaker002:] uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I didn't know.
[speaker002:] Yeah. And, uh, if I couldn't have my luxury Maxima
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] then I'd buy me a fancy little red C R X sports car [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Okay [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I mean, you know, every othe-, every one of us have two sides [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Yeah, I guess so that's true. Yeah.
[speaker002:] Yeah. Now what about you, if you could have the car that you wanted
[speaker001:] If, if,
[speaker002:] what would you get and why?
[speaker001:] if I had the car I wanted. Gee.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Probably, um, uh, let's see, I like the looks of the Lincoln Town car [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yeah. See there,
[speaker001:] But I, I don't know the performance of it. That's a,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Ford product,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, you know,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] I would get hung up by my boot straps if I ra-,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] if I ever mentioned the Ford product in my family.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I tell you that's sad too because there one time Ford was the best,
[speaker001:] Yeah,
[speaker002:] that was made.
[speaker001:] yeah.
[speaker002:] Really was.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, uh, I, I really have not seen, now a lot of the American cars actually are, are, parts are produced in foreign countries and assembled here or vice versa.
[speaker001:] Can I put you on hold for one minute?
[speaker002:] Of course.
[speaker001:] Thank you. [pause] Well, that was one minute. They hung up.
[speaker002:] Okay [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Uh, at any rate do you have color preferences or what would be the features that you would be looking for?
[speaker001:] Um, well, the comfort of a large car that the security of a large car.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Um, and the luxuries of a large car.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Uh, now color preferences, I think I would opt to go with a bronze.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Which is probably closest to gold that you can get [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Yeah. Oh, wow. [LAUGHTER] We like the stuff that glitters [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Good.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] There's nothing wrong with that. Actually I think probably if I were going to get a-, if I were going to be practical, which doesn't mean I would be,
[speaker001:] Right, well, practical yes that's,
[speaker002:] I would prefer white.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Because, simply because it's more visible at night.
[speaker001:] Right and it's cooler I believe,
[speaker002:] And,
[speaker001:] too,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] when you're driving in,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh. Now the interior, okay, I don't care about the interior just as long as it's not black or red.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] But if I had the little red C R X,
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I guess the interior would have to be black leather and I'd have to live with that.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] And if I got the C R X it would have to have a real good sound system in it because I'd want that too.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] I'd just go back to my teenage years and just throw all my experience to the wind [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Um, can you, uh, hang on again hon-,
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Thanks [pause]. I've got the phones for lunch hour.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] So.
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Just don't mind me if I bounce back and forth.
[speaker002:] That's okay.
[speaker001:] Um, so you like to listen to, uh, a lot of music, or do, is it talk shows.
[speaker002:] No, no, no. I generally would p-, uh, prefer to listen to, uh, well, I listen to K C B I a lot but I will listen to the news and the, and the traffic and those things at work.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh, uh-huh.
[speaker002:] But if I'm going to be traveling in that car for any period of time,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I want some real good classical music.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] I love classical music, and you just can't enjoy it unless you've got a good sound system to produce all the,
[speaker001:] All the, yeah.
[speaker002:] all the characteristics of the instruments.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh. That's true.
[speaker002:] So I do love classical music or it li-, or, or, uh,
[speaker001:] Do you listen t-,
[speaker002:] contemporary classical.
[speaker001:] Do you lik-, listen to W R R?
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] Sure do.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] W R R and the Oasis are the two that I listen to,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] more than anything else.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And I do like them. And I'd like to have a compact disc player in the car. That would be,
[speaker001:] Those are nice, aren't they?
[speaker002:] something that I would really like.
[speaker001:] Yes, those are nice.
[speaker002:] Those compact discs,
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] really are good for cars because they don't melt, they don't warp.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] You know, [LAUGHTER] there's nothing in there that can wrap around the, the, uh, rollers or anything. It seems like a really good answer to portable music,
[speaker001:] Huh.
[speaker002:] that you can choose.