12th Nov 2025, 18:52
And another 10 years since your comments and it still stands. Nothing on the modern showrooms will last like cars of old.
17th Nov 2025, 13:20
Right. 10 years ago someone posted a comment regarding a car completely different than the one of the review. How do you know that car hasn't been junked, crushed and been recycled into a Hyundai by now?
17th Nov 2025, 21:10
Not only are prices sky-high, you also have quality control, recalls and reliability issues that are rising faster than the price of something brand new. There are 2023 models dying out on dealership lots that haven't even been sold to the first owner yet. Nobody wants overpriced, unreliable, plastic iPhones on wheels that are recalled every other month.
3rd Jan 2015, 00:34
Well I just visited a car dealership for the first time in nearly 20 years, and boy did I want to throw up after looking at all the overpriced garbage out there today.
Not a single vehicle I saw at the Buick dealership could be given a simple oil change. Not one!
To get enough space for our family, we were limited to riding in two cars. Nothing could seat eight. What seated seven was over $40,000, and all that was offered were a bunch of chrome-ridden oversized mastodons that looked downright chintzy in person. Whoever is designing the front grilles of these cars today must be having hand-to-hand combat with an army of accountants.
We're up to 287,000 miles on the wagon now. A few minor suspension issues have been the only major issue of note since I last responded here. Those issues were only about $300 to fix, and we're still sticking with Michelins regardless of how long this wagon lasts.
If the right version of this vehicle comes around, we'll probably take it and use this one as a parts car for the foreseeable future. I have no desire to take part in the rampant lying and financial nastiness of the new car market, now that I have seen in person how poor of a value they have become compared to what's out there today.