From: doug.bryce{at}sympatico.ca (Doug Bryce)

Another one - up here in Ontario, at least - is number of doors!

One of the guys at work drives a VW Golf TDI 2-door.   Apparently it's
classed as a sports car because it only has 2 doors.

The TDIs are lively cars, and I badly want one, but a diesel sports car?   
Gimme a break.

Doug

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:23:36 -0400, "John Beamish"  wrote:

>Loads of variables:
>
>1.  Your neighbourhood
>2.  Your driving pattern (commute or not; short or long commute)
>3.  Cost of vehicle
>4.  Cost to repair vehicle
>5.  Theft (somebody mentioned this downthread)
>6.  Engine size (4 vs 6 cyl)
>7.  New vs. old.
>
>Since you're in a real rush, maybe you should consider either several month
>rental (monthly rentals seem to be about 1.25 * monthly payment based on
>what I discovered a couple of years ago) or buy a used car and use that
>while you're shopping around -- less pressure to make an immediate choice.
>
>Finally, this is a great time of year to be buying because dealers are
>trying to clear their lots of (well, lots of -- sorry, couldn't resist the
>pun) last year's model.
>
>
>"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
>news:413ff8f7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I'm looking for some kind of article on the web about just what cars are
>> cheaper to insure than other cars, but I haven't come up with the magical
>> keywords yet to get it.  I'd really appreciate it if someone comes up with
>> such an article!
>>
>
>

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