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- From: chilton@crc.ricoh.com (Jeff Chilton)
- Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.191126.2419@crc.ricoh.com>
- Organization: RICOH California Research Center
- References: <1992Jul29.145144.4438@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 19:11:26 GMT
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- cbh@opus.mlb.semi.harris.com (Cherie Slasor) writes:
- > My husband and I have narrowed our new-car search to four models, and I'm
- > looking for opinions from any netlanders who may have experience with any
- > of these. I've read all the magazine articles so I'm not interested in
- > rehashes of those. We haven't test-driven any of these yet, so that may
- > narrow down the list (my husband worries about head-room even tho he's only
- > about 5'11"), but I'm still interested in comments about them.
- >
- > What we want is a 1992 2-door car (not a 2-seater because we occasionally
- > have to squeeze a 17-year old in the back) and we'd like to keep it under
- > $15,000 if we can. I know the Mazda would probably have to be a 93 model.
- > These are what we are considering:
- >
- > Mazda MX6 (Base Model - a little out of our price range but maybe they can
- > be talked down.)
- >
- > Eagle Talon (Base Model - not the TSi)
- >
- > Saturn SC
- >
- > Honda Civic Si or DX
- >
- > Any comments, suggestions, don't-dare-buy-this-car advice?
- >
- > Oh yeah, A/C is an absolute must. I will also need cruise control and was
- > wondering if anyone had any advice as to whether it is better to have that
- > as a factory-installed option or if it is OK to add one later.
-
-
- My advice is to forget about all of the above and take a long hard
- look at the Nissan Sentra SE-R. It more than meets your above
- requirements (although you didn't specify the transmission. SE-R is
- 5-speed only).
-