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Originally Posted by toeser
I just don't know who has the time or patience to sit in a car dealer's waiting room for endless repairs. Any car I buy has to score high with Consumer Reports, J.D. Powers, Edmunds, etc. Many German cars have slipped badly for reliability.
This approach has paid off large. I change oil every 10,000 miles and have had to do little else with my cars.
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Consumer Reports. Many years ago, I bought a Renault Alliance. It won car of the year in Consumers reports. The next year they caned it. Aside, the issue with the car was just the engine and the transmission. Fact, but teasing a bit. I bought mine with a bigger more reliable engine and a standard transmission. For me the car was great. It would deliver 40 mpg on the highway at 70 mph. I even towed a boat with mine. Chrysler took over Renault. I knew I was in trouble when all the repair guys wanted to look at my car. Perhaps, the only one they had ever seen that went over 100,000 miles.
Towing a heavy boat with a small car with a standard shift and front wheel drive going up a boat ramp. I've not driven a standard shift in years. I doubt I could do it today.