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Canon 20D or Nikon D70s?
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 22:45:48 -0500, "Peter A. Stavrakoglou"
wrote: "Rich" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:14:21 +0100, (Philip Homburg) wrote: In article , Rich dfs wrote: Euro cars score third of three in reliability tests. But it's nice to know you can sit in luxury while you wait for the tow truck. Are you saying that just the cars that don't work get exported from Europe to the US? No, I'm saying European cars on average (the world over) score lower than Japanese, American and perhaps even Korean cars in terms of number of breakdowns and defects. -Rich Over the life span of a vehicle, I believe that the American cars now are the equal of the Japanese cars in TCO. The Korean cars are getting there too - I own a Kia Sedona I bought three years ago and my son drives the Hyundai Elantra we bought four years ago. Both have been extremely reliable. My 1 1/2 year-old Chrysler 300C has been extremely reliable also, this car is the fruit of Chrysler's merger with Daimler. It's solid, quiet, fast, and reliable. If only it didn't cost so much. The 300 is an interesting car. However, from what I've heard, the Hemi, even with it's mechanism to cut down on the number of cylinders (works much better than the horrific GM 8-6-4 option of the 1980s) it averages pretty bad fuel economy. Even a Vette is supposed to be superior. Even though I don't own one presently, I am a bigger fan of European cars than any other make. Having spent three weeks in Greece this summer and doing the same eight years ago, I got to see and drive in quite a few cars that I'll never have a chance to do here. The island I stayed on with family has a heavy presence of French cars. They don't sell them here in the US anymore, the quality years ago when they left the market here was terrible. They certainly have turned that around from what I've seen in Greece. The cars take quite a beating there and they just keep going. The Citroens, Renaults, Peugeots, and even the Fiats and Alfas. The SEATs from Spain and Skoda from the Czech Republic (owned by VW AG) are really nice too. I wish they sold them here, I would certainly consider buying any of them. They are quite stylish too. European cars have styling, luxury (depending on the model) and speed which in-part is due to the fact they don't have to meet U.S. crash worthiness overseas or pollution control standards. -Rich |
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