Need DU advice on a new car

[Warren DeMontague]

35. No, in the case of the auto industry, it was that American cars were just not that well made.

We didn't all wake up one morning and go "oh, Japanese cars sound like fun" ... the stuff coming out of Detroit was simply not dependable.

And as much as people try to say "they're better, now" - in addition to being an acknowledgement of a problem in the past, which caused the situation ... still EVERY damn time I get an American car as a rental (because the foreign ones are considered the "premium" cars, hmmm) there is something wrong with it. Every damn time.

I was in Tucson not that long ago and I rented... I don't know, it was a Ford Escobar or something*, brand spanking new, literally had like 50 miles on it. Granted, it was Arizona so it was hot, but 10 miles out from the airport the thing just died. Kaput. Pfffffffffffffffffft. Brand new car. Didn't overheat, didn't have anything obviously wrong with it, it just stopped working. Entirely. And yes, it had a full tank of gas.

If this had been a random outlier, okay... but like I said.

If I'm gonna plunk down, like, 30Gs on something, I want it to be dependable and as a bonus I don't want it to steer like a wet noodle.

Sorry.


* I realize that's not the actual name