jeb@eisx.UUCP (Jim Beckman) (02/22/85)
> > But show me any American car that can match the Starion's performance > per dollar and I'll be shocked. I'm serious about this, Mike. I challenge > you to find ANY American car that would match these features for this > price. > If the criteria is to be "performance/dollars" there are two ways to maximize: more performance or (and we have been forgetting this) LESS DOLLARS. Therefore I nominate for first place my 1964 Ford Fairlane. This exemplary vehicle has a 260 V8, three speed stick, no power steering or brakes, simple ignition system, and minimal polution control. I gave $450 for it two years ago, and it now has passed 130K miles, and is probably good for 20 more. It has needed tires, shocks, and brakes, but little else. Performance? Handles like a pig on ice skates. But it gets me to work every day, pulls my glider trailer without complaint (try that with your CRX), and I can work on it myself. The inescapable fact is that you can't buy more engineering for fewer bucks than when you buy a used American car. Jim Beckman AT&T-ISL, South Plainfield, NJ eisx!jeb