From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Car Advice Wanted
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:29:08 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Divine" <chuck.divine at att.net>
To: "Half-Minds" <digbysbeerpalace at yahoogroups.com>;
<dch4 at yahoogroups.com>; <mensafan at yahoogroups.com>; "littlem"
<littlem at yahoogroups.com>; "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: [WSFA] Car Advice Wanted

> All,
>
> As some of you may know, my automobile (a 1999 Camaro) was totalled a
> week ago yesterday (Monday the 14th).  (I was rear ended on Greenbelt
> Road by a middle aged man in a truck. :-( I seem to be physically OK.)
> My plan to keep the car for another 5 years is obviously out the window,
> as is my plan to leisurely examine in about 3 to 5 years time the
> offerings on the market.
>
> The Camarro met my needs and desires quite well.  It was fast enough to
> keep up with the worst traffic, excellent in handling and with enough
> carry space to haul my occasional larger than average load.
>
> I do not like trucks.  I have yet to drive one that meets my desire for
> a vehicle that handles well.  For what it's worth, the Camaro (even the
> 6 that I drove) is also faster than any truck on the market, with the
> possible exception of specially equipped models.
>
> The other guy's insurance company is giving me $7300.  I would prefer to
> keep the cost of a replacement vehicle down.  They are renting me a car
> through Saturday of this week.
>
> Any advice anybody on these lists care to give would be most welcome.

By "trucks" you mean SUVs?

Camaros are relatively small cars.   I'd recommend a (used) Honda Accord.
My '94 has 162,000 miles on it and is nicely broken in.   Honda makes
excellent cars, generally superior to anything General Motors has ever
made.  (In fact, GM is now buying Honda engines.)

--Ted White