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« on: September 19, 2008, 11:54:33 pm »
I have a 94 Dodge Truck, V6. I backed into a concrete pillar with it and suffered no damage. All it did was straighten out the rear bumper, which was dented when I bought it. So in that sense - the darn thing is made of American steel - it's worth having. MPG stinks, though. Someone in a truck hit my 94 Ford Probe in a parking lot, and just nicking it did over $3000 worth of damage, since the plastic front bumper and headlight had to be replaced. That's what's keeping me from getting a new car now, since they're all plastic, fragile things.
The best vehicle I ever had in terms of maintenance and MPG was a 91 Toyota truck, manual transmission, V4. It was real metal, but had like no parts at all in the engine (comparatively speaking), and I could coast downhill a lot, so it was great. I wish I had kept it. Unfortunately it was too small, so I traded it for a 97 Kia Sportage, which was a piece of junk. It fell apart on me, literally. The front axle was broken, and the damage was not reported when I bought it.