While waiting for my personal gears to start meshing this morning, I
skimmed an article in the Burlington Free Press relating the key
conclusions of someone who presumes to write a car book recommending
various vehicles to the unwashed masses. You will understand the nature
of this book if I say simply that crash resistance is considered the prime
criterion, along with repair costs, and that the Ford Escort was highly
recommended. I suppose that the followers of his advice habitually run
into things and cheap repairs would be quite an issue.
But one item caught my eye--it costs over $900 to replace a starter on a
Ford Probe. A remanufactured starter for my bugeye is about $55, and I
probably could replace it between the end of dinner and the beginning of
Roseanne (dirty secret; I watch Roseanne). I may sell the 94 Accord
before it needs a starter and buy something sensible.
Ray Gibbons
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