Hey guys I need to take a survey for my sociology course, and i just need you to answer these questions. You can leave comments either next to or at the end of the survey.

Thanks

Age
Sex
Martial Status

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)

3. How long have you had your vehicle?

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?

17
Male
Single

1. Price.
2. Honda Fit.
3. 1 year and two months.
4. Yes.
5. Depends on what 'better' is.

EDIT: 5. No. If anything, it's a bonus because I know they're trying absolutely as hard as they can to make a car that people want, at a price that people will like.

15
Male
Single

1. Off-Road performance
2. Jeep Wrangler
3. 8 months
4. Yes
5. Depends what car's

46
male
single
1. preformance
2. 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
3. 4 years
4. Yes
5. No ( Not for what I'm looking for in a car and that's in my price range under 40K.)

21, male, whatever she says we are

1) Reliability and performance. Fuel economy isn't a huge concern for me (at the moment).

2) Nissan S14 200SX

3) 9 days

4) Yes. She's marginally more reliable than my previous car.

5) No; I don't see how a manufacturer's financial issues should be a reason to not buy a (new) car. A good product is a good product, and once you've bought it that's the end of the story. As long as they upheld the warranty for the full length I agreed to at purchase, then I would be happy.

18

Male

Dating

Performance

Chevy Camaro Z28

1 year 2 months

Yes

No

Male

22

Single

Price and specs

BMW 318i

1 year 7 months

Yes

No

20

male

single

price

suzuki zen

1 year

yes

yes

the FBI... is watching us...
16
male
oh I love my girlfriend...
1. gas mileage (well my incomes are short, what do you want me to do?)
2. Jeep Liberty 2006 (¿^?)
3. 2
4. wat?, no rly, yes I do.
5. naah...

26
M
Single (in a relationship). And on your report, type "Marital" not "Martial"

1. I look at practicality first. This would include reliability, mileage, safety.

2. 2006 Scion xB

3. 2.5 yrs

4. Definitely

5. I'd always feel uncomfortable buying American, so no, not because of their current predicament.

15
Male
In a relationship

1. Reliability,Performance

2. 2007 KIA cee'd wagon

3. almost 10 months

4.Yes

5. No

Age: 30
Sex: M
Martial Status: Married

1. cost to purchase
2. mazda rx7 s4 1988
3. 4 years
4. yes very
5. no

21
Male
Single

1. Whether I can afford the insurance

2. i) 2008 Subaru Impreza
ii) 2000 Tickford Racing Puma
iii) 1991 Toyota MR2
iv) 200x Westfield

3. i) 5 months
ii) 1 Yr 10 months
iii) 11 months
iv) 3 years and still building it :-k (no time!)

4. i) Yes, very
ii) Mostly, only when its being driven often, when it sits for a while it does not drive well and things can go wrong
iii) Hasn't let me down yet and according to the service history in all its 114,000 miles it hasnt had any issues either
iv) Well it doesnt run so can't comment!

5. The ONLY reason I would buy an american car would be something that is rare here like a new Mustang or a Camaro, or old classic muscle cars. And it would HAVE to be a V8. With what I have experienced of American cars the quality just isnt up to that of the cars we have here...

18
Male
Dating

1. Performance and Price

2. 2000 Lexus GS 300

3. 3 months

4. Yes

5. Not at all

20
Male
Single

1. Performance and cost of insurance
2. 2001 Mazda MX-5
3. 2 years
4. Yes
5. No

26
Male
Single, in a relationship almost engaged

1. A little bit of everything, but mostly price.
2. 2006 Nissan Altima.
3. 2 years and 8 months.
4. The make and model in general, yes. My specific car, no.
5. If I felt comfortable behind the wheel and driving it. But the problem with so many American cars is that they feel like fleet or rental cars on the interior. And I dunno about you, but I spend the most time inside my car and that needs to be up to snuff. At any rate, I'll consider and test drive any car; I'm not a badge snob.

22
Male
Single

1. Performance
2. Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch SXI
3. 19 months
4. Yes
5. No

Age - 19
Sex - Yes please (very bad joke, ok, male)
Martial Status - Not married

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
-Depends what car I'm looking for. But generally performance, setup(as in front-engined, RWD, weight distribution, suspension type), price and looks.

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
1973 Porsche 915 911S Targa

3. How long have you had your vehicle?
1 year

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
Yes (eventhough it's not a daily used car)

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?
Which predicament? No. I don't look at the brand, I look at the car.

Age - 41
Sex - M
Martial Status - Married

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
- Styling and performance.

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
- Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V6 2007

3. How long have you had your vehicle?
- year and a half

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
- Yes

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?
- No.

27
M
Single

1. Performance

2. 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP

3. 20 months

4. Yes

5. No

24
M
In Relationship

1. Performance, design, engineering, performance and performance

2. 2002 Mazda Protege DX and 1986 Mazda RX7

3. 6.1 years and 5 Months

4. Yes and Yes/No( Is a race car, don't expect much of reliability) No problems so far so for now yes...

5. No

19
M
Single

1. Performance, looks, reliability, gas mileage, insurance cost

2. 2002 Chevy Camaro Z28

3. 5 months

4. Yes

5. No

22
Male
Engaged

1. Main reason would be performance...but there are so many more things than JUST that.

2. 2003 Ford Escape...:(

3. 2 years

4. Surprisingly yes

5. No, as posted earlier, then won't just be throwing out crap if they arn't making money. They don't have the brand name recognition anymore like Toyota does where they can poop out terrible cars and everyone eats them up.

37
male
married (second time)

1) Performance.....(t was a 66 GTO, with a tri-power, that got about 7 mpg.....not really good on gas)

2) 81 chevy corvette, 65 mustang gt convertible, 71 240Z, 68 AMX.....etc.... (I have a decent collection..:D)

3) that varies by the car, but most a minimum of a couple years

4)absolutely

5) Not at all....in fact, I would like another vette

Age: 21
Sex: male
Martial Status: single and looking...

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
gas mileage, reliability, safety. I started to look for a car in late spring of 2005. I got my 2001 honda civic ex coupe in the beginning of that summer. I was also looking into the 2001 prelude, and 2000 civic Si. But the insurance on these cars is insane for a 18 year old to insure. :(
2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
see above
3. How long have you had your vehicle?
since summer of 2005
4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
yes its reliable, its a honda duh.
5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament? No i wouldn't feel uncomfortable. If I had the money to by a new mustang gt, and had the money to buy gas for it I would get it in a heart beat.

22
Male
Dating

1. Performance

2. 2001 VW Jetta VR6 and 1985 VW Cabriolet

3. 4.5 years and 9 months

4. Jetta: yes for the most part. Cabriolet: it has no motor in it currently, but I guess it would coast down a hill pretty well.

5. No

Age - 19
Sex - Once in Greece (very bad joke, ok, male)
Martial Status - Not married

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
-Depends what car I'm looking for. But generally performance, setup(as in front-engined, RWD, weight distribution, suspension type), price and looks.

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
1973 Porsche 915 911S Targa

3. How long have you had your vehicle?
1 year

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
Yes (eventhough it's not a daily used car)

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?
Which predicament? No. I don't look at the brand, I look at the car.
I made your bad joke even worse...:D

28
Male
Engaged
Price
Subaru Legacy
3 months
Yes it's reliable, so far
Of the 3, I would only buy a ford

Age--25
Sex--Male
Martial Status--Married, 3 years

1. Fun-to-drive, gas mileage...everything else comes afterwards.

2. Currently a 2007 Honda Fit, 1998 Honda Accord LX--Previously owned a 2006 Accord SE and a 1991 Civic Si hatchback

3. The Fit since April 2006, the Accord since 2002. Sold the SE Accord a few months ago, and the Civic a number of years ago.

4. They were/have been very good cars. No major problems in any, and one ('98 Accord) has over 100,000 miles, and another ('91 Civic) had almost 200,000.

5. I wouldn't feel uncomfortable buying an American made car for the reasons listed. They are fine automobiles for most folks. Unfortunately, I find them incredibly un-appealing for the most part, and if you couldn't tell, I'm sort of brand-loyal.

Age 23
Sex M
Martial Status Single

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
Potential

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
Ford F150, Cadillac Seville
3. How long have you had your vehicle?
Ford F150-4 months Cadillac Seville -2 yrs maybe?

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
Lolz, by reliable you mean..once it's broke and i fix it it stays fixed? yeah....
My Cadillac has the voted WORSTE engine of all time, but it just rolled over 100,000 miles this year with my only problems being my alternator...so MY particular car is reliable..but as a whole my car was a piece of crap..

F150's goin strong

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?
What perdicament is that?
GM makes the fastest Coupe and Sedan on the buyers market

Ford's Mustang is selling like hot cakes and still looks nice and performs remarkably well, not to mentiont he ford GT rules u 4 free

and Chrysler is pumping out Benz's like no ones business



Yes i'd feel comfy buying american

20
Male
Single

1. Performance (fun to drive, not necessarily specs)

2. 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX

3. 14 months (in terms of mileage, I've had it for 26,000)

4. Yes (though almost all of us have said this)

5. It might be in the back of my mind, but it wouldn't stop me if I was attracted enough to the product itself, especially as long as they have local dealerships to service the car under warranty still.

I smell troll. The guys posts once, edits, and then never returns.

No demographic info from me.

I smell troll. The guys posts once, edits, and then never returns.

No demographic info from me.

That's ok, I'll do it for you!

Lsixer

73
Male?
Chained down

1. Germanity
2. Audi TT & some weaksauce Beamer
3. 9 years and 30 years
4. No, they pretty much break down at the slightest hint of being turned on.
5. I HATE ME SOME FORDS! GRRRR, NO MERIKAN KARS!

porr Lsixer... he's just got Pwned, now make yours ¬¬

That's ok, I'll do it for you!

Lsixer

73
Male?
Chained down

1. Germanity
2. Audi TT & some weaksauce Beamer
3. 9 years and 30 years
4. No, they pretty much break down at the slightest hint of being turned on.
5. I HATE ME SOME FORDS! GRRRR, NO MERIKAN KARS!


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:D

Heres my license, take the demographics from it. :rolleyes:
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31
Man
Swinger

Vehicle history i.e. chassis structure, any crashes, engine, drivetrain etc etc.

Hyundai Getz.

2 months.

Definitely.

No.

15
male
pimp or just a guy thats having multiple complicated relationships with different chicks

1. Performance
2. well its my moms but its a 2008 BMW 750li
3. about 2 weeks but we had the 2006 750li in a different color for 2 years but the lease ran out so we got another one.
4. Yes
5. not really depends what car

15
male
pimp

1. Performance
2. well its my moms but its a 2008 BMW 750li
3. about 2 weeks but we had the 2006 750li in a different color for 2 years but the lease ran out so we got another one.
4. Yes
5. not really depends what car

Lol............

31
Man
Swinger

Vehicle history i.e. chassis structure, any crashes, engine, drivetrain etc etc.

Hyundai Getz.

2 months.

Definitely.

No.
I think I found a picture of your car on the interwebz... :D

http://www.crankshafted.com/upload/files/19/Hyundai%20Getz.jpg

18
Male
Single

1. The things were mainly price, MPG and insurance costs.

2. 1993 Peugeot 205 1.1i

3. just over 2 years

4. Not by a long shot

5. No

Age: 19
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Single

1. When you first decide to buy a car, what do you look at first? (Gas Mileage, Performance, Relability, Features, Saftey etc.)
Performance, Price

2. What kind of automobile do you own? (Make and model please)
1996 Honda Civic

3. How long have you had your vehicle?
4 years

4. Would you consider your car to be reliable? Yes or No
Yes

5. Would feel uncomfortable buying an American Car due to GM's, Ford's and Chrysler's current predicament?
No, in fact I would prefer an American car.

18
Male with feminine qualities
Lonely single looking for a partner to share life with.

1. It's about how it makes you feel. I bought both my car and my bike for affectional reasons. Other than that, I'd say looks.

2. 1998 Mitsubishi Carisma 1.8 GDi LS

3. Around three months

4. No, but I belive my car is an isolated incident. My parents had an identical car back in the days, and it was as reliable as Chuck Norris' Dodge Ram

5. No. I actually want a Chevy as my next car. Not an American Chevy, but it's a GM vehicle nonetheless.

Age: 24
Sex:Male
Marital Status: single-ish

1. Gas mileage and performance

2. 2003 Acura RSX-S

3. 5 months

4. incredibly!

5. If you are talking about economic problems, that is not limited to domestic products. But no, I would not shy aware from them. Even the Japanese make crap from time to time

T-R-O-L-L

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