dreas writes:

>I find mine to be a much better car than any of the K-car based
>models being produced at the same time, and it would be very hard
>to convince me to trade it in for anything else. I prefer it to the '95
>Crown Vic taxi that I drive daily, and I doubt that such a no-nonsense
>car will ever be built again...
>
>It was also cheap.

Had a Crown Vic, hated it. Seating was impossible for a 240 pounder who was
also 6'2"...about like a Saturn.

Your last line indicates exactly why it will be some time before we see low
end, good cars again. They are cheap, thus the margin is low (relatively). Look
at models like the Geo and the Escort. Models either grow in size and cost or
die.

Look around and check out the number of smaller, lower cost vehicles that are
worth having these days. Then check out the number of bloated SUVs and pick-up
trucks. For some real fun, try to buy a real working farm pick-up truck, with
rubber floor mats, 3 on the floor (hell, even on the column) and a straight 6
or small V8 and NO fancy crap.

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill