Welcome to Week 29 of the MFRW 52-week challenge. The topic is "Buying a new car. Brand loyalty or best price."
How to answer? The earliest family cars I remember were Studebakers. Then there were beetle bugs (including the Gray Ghost which has handed down from child to child) and a Dodge truck for farm use. New cars I purchased myself were a Volkswagen Rabbit, Datsun King Cab, and two Dodge Caravans. Throw in a Simka and an inherited Buick and Ford Taurus and you can see why "loyalty" to a brand might not be the correct word.
Functionality is more important than brand. A hatchback filled the need for moving items in one case. And the rear seat in the small size pickup so children could safely sit while transporting their stuff in the truck bed met another.need Unlike today with the expansion of car models and manufacturers, back them, options were limited as only one manufacturer had the needed designs.
All I know is I"m hoping my current inherited car lasts a few more years. Then I need one with seats that I don't have to manhandle out when I need storage and something that is easy to load a wheelchair into.
~till next time, Helen
Helen, we had a Volkswagen Beetle when I was in high school. Man, those little cars ran and ran! We bought ours used and kept it for years! You really do buy vehicles for functionality!
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