Note though that it's not always just Jap vs German engineering but usually simple/small vs big/complex. A half-pint, no-option, 4-banger Civic is not going to need the attention a loaded big car will. At the end of the day I just like driving my car better than the high-volume, cookie-cutter compromises that the Asians make. I can't afford the new ones, so I do what I can with the used.

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