Chryslerman

NYPD has a fleet of Chargers, some V-6 and some HEMI models. Have had them for a few months. The word is that they have done quite well for them, without all the complaints I'm hearing on this board. They are looking at replacing at least part of their sizeable fleet with Chargers in the next year or so.

I've had the worst luck with the Mazda based Escorts. My wife and I each bought 1 (at the same time - Mine a sedan, hers a Wgn) and 2 years later I took an absolute beating. Blue Book went from the $13K I paid new, to $3800. I had too many small problems with it and it only had 22k miles on it. My wifes 3 weeks later was hit by a Gd. Cherokee and totalled. It just clipped the front qtr panel of the Escort and they totalled the Escort. Then my wife got a used HBack of the same year just this past April. The day after we got the title and transferred plates to it, she was hit in the rear at a light. Other than a scratched bumper cover, a bent tailp[ipe, it still drove and all, they totalled it out, saying it had over $3000 damage. We've decided to never buy another Escort again. A number of people I know have had multiple problems with theirs too. Ford could have done MUCH better on the Escort/Tracer.

I saw the Cobalt the first time at the Auto Show. Looked like a freshening of the Cavalier body style personally. Then I climbed in. I can't sit up in the car. My head has to lay on my shoulders to fit in the car! I'm 6'2" and 130 lbs. No matter what I did to the seat, the result was the same. Why??? I know ALOT of people that average about 6' to 6'4" and none could fit in the car. But we could get behind the wheel of the Korean built (smaller) Aveo!! And I actually liked the Aveo better. Interior was better than the Cobalt, fits us taller people too!