POS Cars and Why Do People Buy Them???

On my way to work today, I drove past a guy driving a 1st Gen. Neon and I felt such an overwhelming amount of pity that this poor guy has to drive around daily in a POS like that.  My ex-mother in law owned one, and having driven it, I can certainly call it a POS and probably one of the worst cars I have ever driven.   I was also struck that my BMW E30, probably about 15 years older has better engineering and build quality than many cars built today or in the last 10-15 years.  Especially domestic cars.  I can't believe that Detroit has been pumping out a regular amount of crap for decades... BUT PEOPLE STILL BUY THEM!!! I see some people with bumper stickers saying I should be buying a domestic vehicle.  Why should I when most are overpriced crap?  For the quality level, honestly, big three auto workers are overpaid.  Even my Mexican made VWs were better.

Having grown up around European cars my whole life and having driven many different vehicles in my years behind the wheel, it amazes me that people will live with substandard vehicles, especially when they are commuting, sometimes up to a couple of hours a day to and from work. And I'm talking all aspects from build quality down to ergonomics.

Don't get me started on engines etc.  Obviously the Europeans know something we don't, considering a large amount of their car market is diesel.  Yet we can only pick up a handful of diesels on this side of the pond (although this is changing, thankfully) - again thanks to POS products from the domestic car makers who ruined the diesel market.

I bet part of the road rage we have out there is because people are frustrated with or hate their rides.  If you drive a POS, do yourself a favor and drive a better a car.  You might pay more for it, but if it makes your commute a better one, you owe it to yourself. Honestly.