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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited October 2008
    It's not the best looking car on the street, but it's safe, not overly fast, drives well, and gets decent MPG. A high school girlfriend of mine had one and it's the perfect car for a teen.

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    Jake
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2008
    zingo wrote: »
    It's not the best looking car on the street, but it's safe, not overly fast, drives well, and gets decent MPG. A high school girlfriend of mine had one and it's the perfect car for a teen.

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    If i had a kid I wouldn't let him be caught dead in one of those. I wouldn't even let it park in the driveway at my house!
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited October 2008
    From Consumer Reports.....

    Trouble spots by year 98 Seville
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    - 1998 was a redesign year. Redesigned again in 2005 switching to a rear wheel drive or all wheel drive and renaming it to STS.
    - Retail Price Range - $4615 - $7500

    Looking at the reliability ratings, in depth, on this model and year, the car looks to have a fair reliability rating. The 2004 model has the highest overall reliability ratings for the Seville, followed by the 98.

    Hope that helps,
    Scott
    Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ..... Frank Zappa
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited October 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Thanks for all the input/comments/opinions. We can let this thread die now.

    This is the Polk forum.................remember this will go on for weeks. Then in 2011 someone will revive it only to ask "So what did you end up buying"? :D
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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