My car is not only a money pit, it's a constant source of guilt. In 'An Inconvenient Truth', Al Gore made me feel so guilty about driving an SUV and my personal carbon footprint that I went and looked at new (smaller) cars the next day. Then this morning I saw a bumpersticker on the back of a Ford suv (driving towards the Oakville Ford plant) that said "Lost your job yet? Keep buying foreign".
Meh, I was probably just more vulnerable to the guilt because it was 6am. Trust me, if I could afford to ditch the Pathfinder, I would. In a second. I've never liked that car. Ever. i bought it so I could cart two big dogas and a C-1 around.
Even if I could, it's unlikely I'd buy something domestic anyway.