Just a quick note:
My sister bought a 1988 Nissan Sentra brand new, when she bought a new car I "inherited" the Nissan...In 11 years the exhaust(muffler/tailpipe) needed changed twice, it went through a few sets of tires, 2 batteries, and "regular" maintenance (oil, etc.). That's all it needed in 11 years...then it "died" in basically one day at the ripe old "age" of 120,000 miles.
Nissan's are good cars. But the parts are expensive.
I noticed you didn't mention Ford...
