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Posted by on June 16, 2006, 8:49 am
The other writers are correct that there were American-made combos in
the past. I think that it has always been a challenge to mix the the
two functions, keeping the water in all the right places during wash,
but free to move air during dry.

Negatives to look at concerning the new combos are higher initial cost,
longer laundry processing times, a more complicated repair profile over
the life of the machine, and a less extensive repair network. That
last one is the clincher. Anytime you own a highly exotic piece of
machinery, you are limiting your repair options somewhat to fewer
technicians who have had more specialized training and have access to
proprietary information. Even with a maintenance agreement, your costs
for this or paying for repairs individually is going to raise your
overall operating expense to a level far beyond simpler machines.

Here is a different way to look at it: If you buy a new Toyota Prius,
you aren't going to be able to take it to your neighborhood garage
because the repair methods and proprietary information has not filtered
down to the average mechanic yet. You will be pretty much locked into
taking it to the dealership for your entire time of ownership of the
vehicle. Pity the consumer that buys one of these out of warranty; he
is asking for an empty wallet.


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Posted by on June 16, 2006, 9:29 am
nospamtodd@yahoo.com wrote:

>and a less extensive repair network. That
>last one is the clincher. Anytime you own a highly exotic piece of
>machinery, you are limiting your repair options somewhat to fewer
>technicians who have had more specialized training and have access to
>proprietary information.

Agree on this one big time

Exotic is not always better

I'm not sold of front loaders anyway. I've looked at
top loader fisher paykel and it has great design (fewer
parts)

Posted by rosebud on June 17, 2006, 5:43 am
nospamtodd@yahoo.com wrote:
If you buy a new Toyota Prius,
> you aren't going to be able to take it to your neighborhood garage
> because the repair methods and proprietary information has not filtered
> down to the average mechanic yet. You will be pretty much locked into
> taking it to the dealership for your entire time of ownership of the
> vehicle.

When I was looking into buying a Prius, I found this to be true. (I
was questioning my local mechanic about repair costs.) This
prevented me from buying one. It was unclear to me, that I'd really
be saving money by purchasing a hybrid. Of course this is aside of
the clean air/not using oil issues.

Why doesn't the government do something about this? They want us to
buy them to save oil but then pay through the nose for repairs. I
guess Toyota (or any other corporation) making money is more
important than not using oil.

Bonnie

Posted by hallerb@aol.com on June 17, 2006, 6:00 am
The payback time for saving money on gas with a prius is never:(

Thanks to the initial high cost and battery replacement issues plus
high cost of repairs.

sadly government is ONLY interested in keeping their big money
supporters happy, and big oil is high on that list.

we should have gone to alternate energys in 1972 or certinally since
then


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