Writing this article from the perspectives of local, Omaha-Metropolitan mechanics was more difficult than I imagined it being. The idea behind this piece was to provide data on reliable cars (and unreliable parts to avoid) to hopeful car-buyers as the economy starts to tense up. Tariffs are hitting and prices are rising, not to mention President Trump’s flat-100% China-specific tariffs which will likely increase the cost of many things, state-side.

The idea was to go into mechanic shops and ask to interview the people who work on the vehicles – five minutes of their time when they are free – for their opinions on which cars they saw often because of the same thing breaking down, and which ones they recommend, and in return I offered to put a blurb of their business in this article for fre

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