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Originally Posted by MASKDMARVL
My point again Im not a Subie guy at all but if I had to choose Foreign vs domstic ANYTHING The choice is SIMPLE. Domestic vehicles are 10 year 100,000 mile cars and thats all. They have an extremely high turnover rate, They litter the junk yards, They keep repair shops in business. Thats just the truth ! Go to your local junk yard and look for yourself How many Cavilier's do you see, Beretta's, Corsica's, The focus, Transam's, Impalla's, S10's, Buick's, Oldsmobiles, Regal's, Fords, Just about the whole domestic line can be found their. For 2 reasons. They dont last, and because they need parts for the ones still running that continue to break down. As you walked tough that junkyard how many Hondas did you see ? how about VWs. The choice is simple, do you want a car that you'll need to put tons of cash in when it ages ? if so just spend it now and buy the 3 series.
And bad paint doesnt warrant junk yard. His perfession is fixing bad paint. So how is this usefull ?
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Unfortunately for you, one of my
endurance racing teammates owns not one, not two, not three, but FOUR junkyards. There is absolutely no correlation between your "observations" and the truth. If anything they get more japanese cars because they rust out earlier (this according to him). Also, like Todd said, it is very demographically driven. In the northeast, folks tend to drive more imports, and as a result, you see more of those in junkyards. I just picked up a window switch for an Acura from him yesterday (for a friend).
Also, its the european cars that keep the shops in business. (tongue in cheek, many/most are very reliable) Our 2001 porsche has had, literally, 4x the repairs that our 2003 Jeep has had. The porsche has 35k miles, the Jeep 125k miles. So I guess, based on this TINY sample size, all porsches are crap, and Jeep is the best brand ever?
Being loyal to one type or brand of car is dumb, and so is generalizing that ALL of ANY type of car is/are better than ALL of another.
Bottom line is what was said earlier - the WRX and the Cobalt are BOTH great cars, and both have plusses, and minuses. Todd's job, as he knows, is to drive them and decide which set of positives better aligns with his taste. If you and others would totally ignore a car because it was American (or European, or Japanese), then you've just limited yourself based on foolish assumptions that are 100% incorrect.