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I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
vehicle. I want a manual.

On Sep 28, 9:55 pm, "techtechx...@gmail.com" <techtechx...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
> looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
> vehicle. I want a manual transmission.

In article <1191030935.390290.70960@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups. com>,
"techtechxxxx@gmail.com" <techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
> looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
> vehicle. I want a manual.

Get the one where you get the best support from the dealer.

Get the Camry, but we're biased here, it's the Camry group.
<techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
> looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
> vehicle. I want a manual.
>

In article <WbuLi.1575$yc5.106@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"CamryMan98" <CamryMan@camry.com> wrote:

> <techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1191030935.390290.70960@y42g2000hsy.googlegro ups.com...
> >I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
> > looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
> > vehicle. I want a manual.
> >
> Get the Camry, but we're biased here, it's the Camry group.

He posted to all groups.

Face it: all those cars are so similar, it really doesn't matter which
one he gets. He could throw a dart on the wall and end up with a good
car.

What he DOESN'T want is to end up with a good car but absolutely no
support, with a bad dealer who won't fix warranty items and who doesn't
take care of him and his $25,000 purchase.

It all comes down to his support system. Does he have a friend who works
on Hondas? Get a Honda. Is the Honda dealer 50 miles away, but the
Nissan dealer 3 miles away? Does the Nissan dealer have a good
reputation in the community? Yes? Then get the Nissan.

And so on.

<techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1191030935.390290.70960@y42g2000hsy.googlegro ups.com...
>I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
> looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
> vehicle. I want a manual.

4 cylinder or V-6? Coupe or sedan? What are you used to? Fully loaded or
stripped? Of the three you have mentioned, if you are going "cheap" I'd say
Toyota, Honda, Nissan. If you are going more upscale, then I'd go Honda,
Toyota, Nissan. If cost is the main factor, the Nissan might be slightly
cheaper. Looks are subjective, but I like the looks of the Altima Coupe,
then the Accord Coupe. The Camry is that usual Toyota combination of dull
and odd - not bad, but not as good as the others. You should at least test
drive a Ford Fusion (although a manual is only available with the 4
cylinder).

Most cars are reliable these days. You should just test drive a variety of
cars and then by the car you like the best.

Ed

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <WbuLi.1575$yc5.106@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> "CamryMan98" <CamryMan@camry.com> wrote:
>
>> <techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1191030935.390290.70960@y42g2000hsy.googlegro ups.com...
>>> I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
>>> looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
>>> vehicle. I want a manual.
>>>
>> Get the Camry, but we're biased here, it's the Camry group.
>
> He posted to all groups.
>
> Face it: all those cars are so similar, it really doesn't matter which
> one he gets. He could throw a dart on the wall and end up with a good
> car.
>
> What he DOESN'T want is to end up with a good car but absolutely no
> support, with a bad dealer who won't fix warranty items and who doesn't
> take care of him and his $25,000 purchase.
>
> It all comes down to his support system. Does he have a friend who works
> on Hondas? Get a Honda. Is the Honda dealer 50 miles away, but the
> Nissan dealer 3 miles away? Does the Nissan dealer have a good
> reputation in the community? Yes? Then get the Nissan.
>
> And so on.
>

That is exactly why I went with the Honda Accord. The dealership is one
mile from my house and I know the owner's son as well as the service
manager. It is so convenient when I have routine maintenance performed
because I drive it over, and walk home. The last time I walked back to
pick it up, they said they would have drove it to me.... I need the
exercise anyway (ha, ha).

Of course, I got a great deal on the EX L V6 in February '07 because
they sold it to me for $500 below invoice! I wish I could have held out
for an 08, but I needed a car very badly in February.

He's looking for a 2007 and you're anticipating vehicle problems on the most
reliable cars in America. A dealer turning away a warranty repair....Are
you kidding me? Dealers have 2 or 3 people who do nothing all day except
bill the factory for warranty repairs. It's easy money for them or are you
thinking about disputable issues beyond the 3/36 total 5/60 powertrain
warranties?

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
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> In article <WbuLi.1575$yc5.106@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> "CamryMan98" <CamryMan@camry.com> wrote:
>
>> <techtechxxxx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1191030935.390290.70960@y42g2000hsy.googlegro ups.com...
>> >I am looking to buy a car. What do you guys think is better. I am
>> > looking at 2007s. I figure this is the time to get a decent discounted
>> > vehicle. I want a manual.
>> >
>> Get the Camry, but we're biased here, it's the Camry group.
>
> He posted to all groups.
>
> Face it: all those cars are so similar, it really doesn't matter which
> one he gets. He could throw a dart on the wall and end up with a good
> car.
>
> What he DOESN'T want is to end up with a good car but absolutely no
> support, with a bad dealer who won't fix warranty items and who doesn't
> take care of him and his $25,000 purchase.
>
> It all comes down to his support system. Does he have a friend who works
> on Hondas? Get a Honda. Is the Honda dealer 50 miles away, but the
> Nissan dealer 3 miles away? Does the Nissan dealer have a good
> reputation in the community? Yes? Then get the Nissan.
>
> And so on.
>

In article <brALi.1181$sw6.439@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"CamryMan98" <CamryMan@camry.com> wrote:

> He's looking for a 2007 and you're anticipating vehicle problems on the most
> reliable cars in America. A dealer turning away a warranty repair....Are
> you kidding me?

Warranty work pays a pittance compared to customer pay work. Yeah, they
can balk at it, and/or do it badly, or give it to the worst guy in the
shop, or whatever.

The point is, to them it's just another car, to you it's $25,000 out of
your life.

I joined the Camry group because I have problems with my 07 Camry. I
wanted to know if the other owners experienced the same weird things
that I have experienced with the car. So I wouldn't call myself
biased. The reason I chose the Camry over the Accord when I purchased
the car last year was due to the "new body" design. It was love at
first sight. But like most relationship there will be some love-hate
issues. I hate the Automatic transmission response of the 07 and have
been with the dealer several times for warranty work due to said
issue, and up to now the response time is still the same, but a little
bit better. If your going to test drive the Camry, try accelerating
quickly from a turn on an intersection or full throttle from a rolling
start and see if the car will hesitate. Anyway it wouldn't matter if
you got a stick shift. The Camry stick shift is only available with
the 4 cyl. Check what tires comes with the Car, some owners said that
the brdigestones didn't last for a longtime and were noisy at high
speeds, my car came with michellin and they are fine. The 07 Camry has
no coupe version like the altima and accord. The Solara is just a
carry over from the 5th generation camrys and not the 6th gen 2007s.
There were no consumer reports yet when I bought my Camry in 2006 and
there are several websites now that reports discontented buyers of
camrys. Try to google <2007 camry transmission> and see what pops
out.

Dealer support is also good to consider since I've been back to 2
different dealers for warranty support and none of them turned me down
and I didn't even purchase the car from them. Though Toyota of North
Hollywood kept me waiting for a very loooong time before finishing a
simple fix.

And lastly, If the 2008 Scion Xb was already out there last year, that
would have been my car now =)


On Sep 29, 11:29 am, "CamryMan98" <Camry...@camry.com> wrote:
> Get the Camry, but we're biased here, it's the Camry group.<techtechx...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>