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Aug 7th 2008 5:27PM Shipey,

I gave the CTS a serious thought. But like I said, it is more towards the size of a 5 series, and I just don't need a car that big. The TSX's value for the dollar is hard to ignore. $32,000 fully loaded. Even though it is a cliche I went with the 3 series. The ONLY reason I did it was because I got invoice pricing and 0.9% for 60mo. The CTS is only offering 3.9% for 60 mo. If it wasn't for that I would probably have a TSX parked downstairs.

I forgot to add as well to my original post, that I needed a car this month. The US automakers have great cars coming out in a few years, but guess what? I don't have time to sit around and wait. Maybe next time when I'm shopping I'll buy American. I kind of feel like the US makers are pulling a Sony. (I bought a PS3 when they first came out) "Look at all this cool stuff we have coming out! But it won't be here for 3 years!"

Oh, and GM not selling the Beat in the U.S. in inexcusable. Wagner should be fired.

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Aug 7th 2008 5:17PM Dave,

I wouldn't have looked at a SUV, I don't need it.

I wanted a COMPACT luxury car. The Taurus/ Sable are huuuge. Now, I actually think those two are the best in their class, the Avalon blows. Once again a Lucerne/ Lacrosse are bigger than what I want, plus I don't really like the looks and interiors. Generic old GM styling inside. And they are incredibly thirsty when it comes to gas. Chrylser doesn't make a compact luxury sedan, unless you want to include the Sebring which isn't worthy of rental fleets. And the G8 is a great car, but I don't need something that big/powerful.

As far as helping someone while they are down. It is my $30,000 I'd be spending on a car. Why should I throw that money out the window to get a product that I am not 100% satisfied with? I'm not a charity. Whoever makes what I want gets my money.

And my field is extremely flexible. I'm an accountant. You can do almost any job in business with an accounting degree.

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Aug 7th 2008 5:06PM I wasn't saying they were bad cars. But I would never pick a MKZ over a 3 series (What I ended up getting). Sit in one, then go right into the other. The difference is huge. The Fusion is ok, but no traction control? Not even optional what gives? Accord and Sonata have it standard. And the Focus doesn't have a grab handle to close the door. How do you forget to put one of those on... And if you look at Edmunds long term test Focus, it has all kind of trim issues.

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Aug 7th 2008 4:44PM I just purchased a car a week ago today. I really wanted to do the "patriotic" thing and buy American. I had be researching cars for months and months. But to be honest, every time I compared cars the U.S. automakers were, to put it simply, outclassed by their foreign competition. I was looking to get a car in the compact luxury car segment. Lincoln MKZ?? Pass. CTS?? Very good car, but was both larger in dimensions and more than I was wanting to pay. I wouldn't even walk into a Chrysler showroom, so that's a mute point. In the end, The 3 series, TSX, C-Class, A4 are just too competitive for the domestics. And it is the same in many other classes.

Midsize family sedan? The Malibu is a tremendous improvement over the last iteration, and I would take it over a Camry, but I still think the Accord is a much more refined car. The Hyundai Sonata is damned nice too. The Fusion is good, but doesn't stand out. In the compact segment, the Civic dances on the corpses of it's competition and the Cobalt and Focus are poor excuses that can't even compete against the Fit.

Really the only area the domestics seem to shine is in the truck market, but we all know the deal with that. In the end, no matter how much I want to help my country's automakers and do what people say is the "right thing" by buying American, I just can't bring myself to do it. Until the US automakers can produce a car that I find appealing I will keep looking elsewhere.

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