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FILENAME:	4318_1606_1530
TOPIC#:		320
DATE:		920322
TRANSCRIBER:	glp
UTT_CODER:	tc
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TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	3
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
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STATIC_ON_B:	1
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o          A.1 utt1: ((Before)) the one will take, - /
b          A.1 utt2: {F uh, } okay,  /
^h          A.1 utt3: let's see,  /
sd          A.1 utt4: I guess, {F uh, } I can start.  /
sd          A.1 utt5: [ I'm actually, + we're actually ] trying to find one now because --   

bh          B.2 utt1:  Are you really? /  

+          A.3 utt1: -- our family's growing.  /
ny          A.3 utt2: Yeah.  /
sd          A.3 utt3: {F Uh, } {C so } I'm looking at, {F uh, } something larger than what we have.  /
sd          A.3 utt4: We've got, {D like, } an eighty-four Charger that's about gone and [ a, + {F uh, } an ] eighty-nine Horizon.   /
sd          A.3 utt5: {C So, } # I'm looking for something, {F uh, } [ littler # -- +   

b          B.4 utt1:  # Uh-huh,  /
bf          B.4 utt2: which are both kind of small. # /  

+          A.5 utt1: -- bigger, ]  /
aa          A.5 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          A.5 utt3: {F Uh, } {D so } we were thinking mini van for a while  /
sd          A.5 utt4: {C and, } {F uh, } we're looking at, {F uh, } some just four door, five passenger sedans --   

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.7 utt1:  -- as well. /  

qy          B.8 utt1: Are you looking for an American car  /
qrr          B.8 utt2: {C or, } you open to buying foreign cars? /  

sd          A.9 utt1: {F Uh, } I don't really have a preference either way I guess.    

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.11 utt1: {D You know, }  /
%          A.11 utt2: [ it's, + {D you know, } it, ] - /
sd          A.11 utt3: I guess the American cars had a bad reputation  /
sd          A.11 utt4: {C but } --   

b^r          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.13 utt1:  -- I haven't had any real substantial problems with the --   

b          B.14 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.15 utt1:  -- ones I've had. /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  Personally, I have a Japanese car right now,  /
sd          B.16 utt2: {C and } I really like it a lot.  /
sv          B.16 utt3: {F Uh, } I think the Japanese really build good cars -- /  

b          A.17 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.18 utt1: -- {C and } I know that kind of rubs against the grain right now in the whole, {F uh, } {D you know, } buy American, keep American auto workers working right now,  /
sv          B.18 utt2: {C but } I feel that the Japanese have really produced a much higher quality product than our, {F uh, } car manufacturers have for a while. /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.20 utt1: If I were to buy another car, [ I would be, + {F uh, } I would be ] partial to buying another Japanese car,  /
sd          B.20 utt2: {C but } I would also look at American cars,  /
sd          B.20 utt3: {C but } when I bought the car that I bought now, I did that also  /
sv          B.20 utt4: {C and } I just felt that the Japanese car was a much better product. /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.21 utt2: {E I mean, } [ e-, -- +    

sd          B.22 utt1:  {D So, } if I were, -/  

+          A.23 utt1: -- even ] if it's just details, it seems like, {F uh } --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.25 utt1: -- they, {D you know, }  /
%          A.25 utt2: I j-, - /
sd          A.25 utt3: there's a door seal that [ s-, + doesn't quite seal ]  /
sd          A.25 utt4: {C and } you have to take it back every once in a while.  /
sd          A.25 utt5: It's clearly just [ a, + a ] design problem there. /  

aa          B.26 utt1: Right,  /
aa          B.26 utt2: it is.  /
%          B.26 utt3: {F Uh, } I'm kind of, - /
%          B.26 utt4: right now, - /
sd          B.26 utt5: the next car I buy is going to be sort of a sports car.  /
sd          B.26 utt6: I would really like to have a sports car.  /
sd          B.26 utt7: {F Uh } <throat_clearing>, [ I don't really, + I don't ] have a family,  /
sd          B.26 utt8: {C so } I don't need [ a, + a ] mini van or such to, {F uh, } <throat_clearing> haul people around in. /  

b          A.27 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.28 utt1: {C So } I'm looking for more [ a, + a ] two passenger car that, {F uh, } -/  

qy^d          A.29 utt1:  {F Oh, } like a Miata or something like that? /  

^h          B.30 utt1: {D Well, } I like the Miata,  /
ng          B.30 utt2: {C but } I don't like it enough to buy it.  /
sd          B.30 utt3: I would buy something, - /
sd          B.30 utt4: {D actually } [ the, + the ] car that I really like right now is an Eagle Talon, which is an American car. /  

%          A.31 utt1:  {F Um. }  /  

sd          B.32 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } something along that lines. /  

ba          A.33 utt1:  ((Interesting)). /  

sd          B.34 utt1: {F Uh, } {C because } I have [ a, + an ] economy car right now, which is okay,  /
sd          B.34 utt2: {C but } --   

b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.36 utt1: -- {F uh, } I think [ I, + I'd ] like to move on to something a little better. /  

ba          A.37 utt1: ((That's)) interesting.  /
%          A.37 utt2: Yeah,  /
sv          A.37 utt3: I guess probably the factors we'd use to compare are a little different because I look for, {D you know, } size and --   

b          B.38 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.39 utt1: -- safety, and then mileage.  /
%          A.39 utt2: Probably, /  

b^r          B.40 utt1:  Right. /  

%          A.41 utt1:  {F Uh, }  /  

%          B.42 utt1: That's, - /
sd          B.42 utt2: when I bought the car that I bought, I was looking for mileage,  /
sd          B.42 utt3: {C and } I was looking for, {F uh, } dependability and something that was going to last a long time. [ I was g-, + ] [ that I would get a, + for the money that I was going to spend, that I would get a ] return [ that was, + that was ] worth that money. /  

b          A.43 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          B.44 utt1:  {D So, } -/  

b^r          A.45 utt1: Yeah  /
sd          A.45 utt2: [ I c-, + I think ] in terms of computer terminology, I look at, {D you know, } price performance and # things like that. #    

aa          B.46 utt1:  # Right,  /
aa          B.46 utt2: exactly. # /  

+          A.47 utt1: And then a little bit at life expectancy, I guess,  /
sv          A.47 utt2: {C but } it, {D you know } --   

b          B.48 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.49 utt1: -- depends on [ what you, + what you ] pay initially.   /
sd          A.49 utt2: {C But, } {D you know } --   

aa          B.50 utt1:  That's right. /  

+          A.51 utt1: -- I've got a hundred and twenty-five thousand miles on the Charger.  /
sd          A.51 utt2: {D Actually } --   

b          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.53 utt1: -- it was my wife's car that she brought into the marriage  /
sd          A.53 utt2: {C and } she got just a commute between Cincinnati and Dayton. /  

b^r          B.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.55 utt1: It's, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.55 utt2: [ we, + we ] had to replace the friction plate and the transmission at thirty thousand miles,  /
sd          A.55 utt3: {C but } --   

b^r          B.56 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- {F uh, } the other ninety four thousand have been just fine <laughter>,   

x          B.58 utt1:  <Sniffing>.   

+          A.59 utt1:  with it,  /
%          A.59 utt2: [ {C so, } +   

b          B.60 utt1:  Okay. /  

+          A.61 utt1:  {C But, } ] {F uh, } -/  

sd          B.62 utt1: {F Uh, } [ I've had, + {F uh, } I've had ] one or two American cars I think,  /
sv          B.62 utt2: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] they were okay.  /
sd          B.62 utt3: I had a Pontiac once  /
sd          B.62 utt4: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] I never had a problem with it,  /
sd          B.62 utt5: {C but, } {F uh, } my mother had a Dodge at one point  /
sd          B.62 utt6: {C and } [ I, + I ] had driven it a few times  /
sd          B.62 utt7: {C and } I really did not feel [ that it, + that I ] would buy a Dodge <laughter> --   

%          A.63 utt1:  {F Um. }  /  

+          B.64 utt1: -- [ j-, + just ] from, - /
sd          B.64 utt2: {D well, } actually, I had [ a, + {F uh, } a ] Dodge Omni at one point -- /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.66 utt1: -- {C and } that was, I think, what really prejudiced me against American cars [ was + ] because I did not feel that it was a very quality, {F uh, } car. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.68 utt1: {D So, } I guess you'd have to say, if I was looking, I would definitely be looking for a foreign car. /  

ba          A.69 utt1: That's interesting.  /
%          A.69 utt2: {C But, } - /
%          A.69 utt3: yeah,  /
sv          A.69 utt4: [ it, + it's ] hard to beat some of the, - /
sd          A.69 utt5: {F uh, } {D like, } I guess, in particular, we're looking at [ a, + {D like } a ] ninety-one Corsica, {F uh, } buy back at a, they say G M sponsored auction,  /
sd          A.69 utt6: {C but } I think they're obliged to have these things because Hertz and Avis and those folks have it in their contract that --   

b          B.70 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.71 utt1: -- they can sell it back to G M [ after, {D you know, } it's, + after they've ] used it for six months and put --   

b          B.72 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.73 utt1: -- {D you know, } twelve or fifteen thousand miles,   

x          B.74 utt1:  <Throat_clearing>.   

+          A.75 utt1: on it  /
sd          A.75 utt2: {C and } you can get those for {D like } eight thousand bucks if you, -/  

sv          B.76 utt1:  Which is a good deal. /  

aa          A.77 utt1: Yeah,  /
%          A.77 utt2: {C because } I guess, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.77 utt3: {E I mean, } {D well, } ninety-two's, granted, but the new ones, {D you know } -- -/  

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.79 utt1:  -- fourteen to sixteen is what they go for --   

b          B.80 utt1:  Right. /  

+          A.81 utt1: -- on the lot,  /
sd          A.81 utt2: {C so } all the depreciation has been taken off  /
sd          A.81 utt3: {C and, } [ s-, + the ] dealer comes out okay --   

b          B.82 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          B.82 utt2: that, -/  

+          A.83 utt1: -- {D you know, }  /
sd          A.83 utt2: [ [ [ ((I don't know)) what kind of, + I don't know what G M corporate, ] + kind of hit the, ] + I don't know what kind of hit ] they take on it,  /
sv          A.83 utt3: {C but } sounds like everybody's had their chance to make their money off it  /
h          A.83 utt4: [ [ {C and } <laughter>, +   

aa          B.84 utt1:  <Laughter> Yeah,  /
sv          B.84 utt2: I'm sure they did. /  

+          A.85 utt1: {C So, } ] + {C but, } ] {F uh, } I don't know,  /
sd          A.85 utt2: we keep looking at that mini van.  /
%          A.85 utt3: It's just, {D you know, } - /
sd          A.85 utt4: we can get [ a, + {D like } a ] Caravan --   

b          B.86 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.87 utt1:  -- [ for, + ((at)) ] twelve, five -- /  

b          B.88 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.89 utt1: -- {C but } that's a little bit more than we want to spend right now.  /
sv          A.89 utt2: {C But, } {F uh, } {F uh, } it's interesting,  /
h          A.89 utt3: {C but, } {F uh, } I don't know,  /
sv          A.89 utt4: [ if, + if, ] {F uh, } it seems to be, -/ 
