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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
Hondas do have a great rep. I got stranded withing the first month of owning my RAV4 -- alternator busted while on I90 moving from NY to IL.  No probs since then, and Toyota fixed it for free and begrudgingly paid my $500 tow bill (towed it back to Syracuse, NOT the nearest station). Nothing but smooth sailing since then -- and some alternators just come off the line bad.
After owning a Z24 as my first car, I vowed never to buy USA again. My main problem is that I want a car designed to run 200K miles before major problems rather than one designed to run 90K miles. So, unless it's a Corvette, and H1 Hummer, or a classic old car (boy, those were GREAT), then no more Detroit iron (erm... plastic and fiberglass) for me.
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But here's the REAL killer in car ownership. Your American car needs more repairs quicker and CHEAPER, your foreign car take longer to need the repair but the repairs cost MUCH more as do the parts. My wife's, then daughter #1's,then #2's 91 Ponitac Sunbird $450 to put a head gasket on it about $900 to put a head gasket on a 89 Honda civic daughter #2 talked us into getting for her. Should put the $500 into getting the Sunbirds trans fixed instead, or find some boy(mechanic) at church that has a crush on #2 and talk him into helping me put the new head gasket on the Honda civic. [img]smile.gif[/img]