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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=015262818-25012006>Hello
All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=015262818-25012006>Don't
get the idea that I unconditionally prefer a US nameplate vehicle. When Detroit
wasn't making an economical, Pattern plane sized station wagon, I
bought import. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=015262818-25012006>It
wasn't a brand many of you would have considered, and I got a quarter million
miles out of it, so I bought another, right after. I got a quarter million miles
out of that one too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=015262818-25012006>Dean</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dean Pappas</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Sr. Design Engineer</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Kodeos Communications</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">111 Corporate Blvd.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">South Plainfield, N.J. 07080</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-7817 phone</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(908) 222-2392 fax</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">d.pappas@kodeos.com</FONT> </P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>mike
mueller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 25, 2006 12:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
NSRCA Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Toyota<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV id=RTEContent> I'm with you Dean. I prefer Fords. I have had better
luck with my US cars than my 91 Toyota Previa, and 2 Honda's. I now have a
2003 Windstar that I love and a 97 Taurus that has been extremly reliable. One
other factor is pricing with all the incentives I bought a pretty well equiped
Windstar for $21,500 in 2003. That is money that equates to a real savings
over the Honda or the Toyota which sell at a premium price. I for one can't
justify the price difference. I hope people keep hating American cars so I can
continue to get them cheap. Thanks to all who are helping me out.
Mike<BR><BR><B><I>Dean Pappas <d.pappas@kodeos.com></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>You know, it's a terrible shame that after taking a deserved heck of
a beati! ng for truly poor reliability/design back in the
seventies,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Detroit has honest-to-for-really turned their act around ... and they
don't get credit for it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281214316-25012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
Grand Caravan with the Stow n'Go seats is a marvellously practical
vehicle.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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