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Old 04-20-2013, 11:06 AM   #148 (permalink)
Miller88
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
Only lack of maintenance would be a barrier to very high miles - but these are cheap and sell to people who maybe forget about this kind of thing - like Metros.
People who buy new cars generally don't keep them forever. I'm more interested in the used market.

If they have a belt CVT, that's bad. The chain driven ones (like timing belts / chains) seem to last a bit longer.

I'm all about function. 1) Reliability 2) Fuel economy ... end of list looks.

The 4A is reliable. I'd buy a used automatic spark ( would prefer to row my own).

Still it's a neat car. Depending on the used market in 3 or 4 years (and depending on how many manual trans are out there), I'll be considering one in a few years.
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