Okay everyone, I have some MORE questions, this time with less performance and more reliability.
A quick story;
My Bronco was a great truck for a while. Then in January about it started having trouble. Anyway, dumped money into it and it never got fixed, so I'm selling it. I put a lot of money into it and it never was fixed. So, now I'm considering an SC. But I have an obstical. I've checked-out the car, driven it, etc, etc. I absolutely love it. My mother however, while I think she thinks it's a fairly nice car, she's been reading-up. She's read consumer reports and some other stuff. Anyway, all these site list problems with the cars. Possible fires at the steering column, stuff like that. Anyway, she's more than a little worried I'm getting myself into another Bronco that I'm just going to have constant trouble with. Now, I really like this car. I wont kid, I really want it. My mom is trying to convince me to get the same car she has. A '93 Nissan Altima. Now, it's an okay car, but I just can't see myself in it. I know it's a reliable car, but it's just not one of those cars that gets me really excited when I think about it. I'd be more than happy if my mom gave me hers, but I don't want to buy the exact same car as her. Plus, I don't know, I just get this weird vibe about it. I'm not biased against Japanese cars, I like a lot of them infact. But I just can't picture myself in one. Basically, like I said, my mom is worried I'm getting myself into trouble (I'm twenty, if you don't know yet). We're going to get the car checked-out tomorrow, but that doesn't reveal problems that could happen down the road.
What I'm asking is for your stories. Has your SC ever left you stranded? What repairs have you needed to do to the car? How much did it cost? Is the SC an actual reliable car? The one I'm looking at has been pretty well maintained. It's got 96k on the clock and had it's whole top-end rebuilt within the past 10k miles. I'm going to be getting all the maintaince records for it and such. But really, what kind of problems am I looking at? I'm not too worried about blowing a head gasket, as they've just been replaced, so what are some other common problems? I'm getting the feeling from some of these car sites she's been looking at are taking raritys and exgaddurating them.
So what are some of the minor problems I could fix myself? I'm still learning, but I can do some things myself as long as it's not too difficult, but what kind of repair costs am I looking at? What do SC's generally live to be if they're maintained properly?
Also on the car sites, they list the troubles, but I'd rather hear from actual people who have owned the cars and worked on them.
So whats the deal? Can I expect the car to break down left and right with major fixes and mucho-$$$ in it?
I'm really digging this car, but if it's typical of SC's to have major problems I'm going to have to try and talk myself out of it.
Sorry for spelling errors, it's late.
A quick story;
My Bronco was a great truck for a while. Then in January about it started having trouble. Anyway, dumped money into it and it never got fixed, so I'm selling it. I put a lot of money into it and it never was fixed. So, now I'm considering an SC. But I have an obstical. I've checked-out the car, driven it, etc, etc. I absolutely love it. My mother however, while I think she thinks it's a fairly nice car, she's been reading-up. She's read consumer reports and some other stuff. Anyway, all these site list problems with the cars. Possible fires at the steering column, stuff like that. Anyway, she's more than a little worried I'm getting myself into another Bronco that I'm just going to have constant trouble with. Now, I really like this car. I wont kid, I really want it. My mom is trying to convince me to get the same car she has. A '93 Nissan Altima. Now, it's an okay car, but I just can't see myself in it. I know it's a reliable car, but it's just not one of those cars that gets me really excited when I think about it. I'd be more than happy if my mom gave me hers, but I don't want to buy the exact same car as her. Plus, I don't know, I just get this weird vibe about it. I'm not biased against Japanese cars, I like a lot of them infact. But I just can't picture myself in one. Basically, like I said, my mom is worried I'm getting myself into trouble (I'm twenty, if you don't know yet). We're going to get the car checked-out tomorrow, but that doesn't reveal problems that could happen down the road.
What I'm asking is for your stories. Has your SC ever left you stranded? What repairs have you needed to do to the car? How much did it cost? Is the SC an actual reliable car? The one I'm looking at has been pretty well maintained. It's got 96k on the clock and had it's whole top-end rebuilt within the past 10k miles. I'm going to be getting all the maintaince records for it and such. But really, what kind of problems am I looking at? I'm not too worried about blowing a head gasket, as they've just been replaced, so what are some other common problems? I'm getting the feeling from some of these car sites she's been looking at are taking raritys and exgaddurating them.
So what are some of the minor problems I could fix myself? I'm still learning, but I can do some things myself as long as it's not too difficult, but what kind of repair costs am I looking at? What do SC's generally live to be if they're maintained properly?
Also on the car sites, they list the troubles, but I'd rather hear from actual people who have owned the cars and worked on them.
So whats the deal? Can I expect the car to break down left and right with major fixes and mucho-$$$ in it?
I'm really digging this car, but if it's typical of SC's to have major problems I'm going to have to try and talk myself out of it.
Sorry for spelling errors, it's late.