Car vibes please?
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It's a loaded up Passport. I forget which year, fairly recent. They've had to be towed in at least half a dozen times.
I had a boss once who bought one of the ones that looks like an electric razor for his wife . . . I had to go rescue her half a dozen times at least. Of course, she was always snotty about having to ride in the old 1974 Caprice I had at the time, but, like I reminded her once, it wasn't sitting on the side of the road waiting for a $1000 repair
I had a boss once who bought one of the ones that looks like an electric razor for his wife . . . I had to go rescue her half a dozen times at least. Of course, she was always snotty about having to ride in the old 1974 Caprice I had at the time, but, like I reminded her once, it wasn't sitting on the side of the road waiting for a $1000 repair
This one is supposedly the one after the Isuzus. Put it this way, the POS Bronco II she had handled better. Hell, my old short body Jeep CJ5 with the monster V8 was better :rofl1:
I demand a lot from a car It had better perform, be comfortable, be beyond reliable and be quick. Once I drove that old 78 280SL I knew I'd never be satisfied with anything but German engineering again
I demand a lot from a car
It had better perform, be comfortable, be beyond reliable and be quick. Once I drove that old 78 280SL I knew I'd never be satisfied with anything but German engineering again
I demand a lot from a car It had better perform, be comfortable, be beyond reliable and be quick. Once I drove that old 78 280SL I knew I'd never be satisfied with anything but German engineering again
It had better perform, be comfortable, be beyond reliable and be quick. Once I drove that old 78 280SL I knew I'd never be satisfied with anything but German engineering again
You've had some bad luck, and are using the wrong Honda's as examples. We sold Jessie's civic at over 200k, and I believe our history of repairs on it totaled <$1,500. I sold my old integra with 180k on it, I beat up on that thing bad and it still compression tested perfect - and it could handle.
Gotta agree. My '96 Honda Accord has over 200,000 miles on it and has not broken down in the 7 (or 8?) years I've had it. I haven't had any problems, aside from general wear and tear. My brother drives a '93 Honda Accord that's been in my family for 10 years now and my parents have an '01 Civic. I'm not super impressed with Honda SUV's, I think they should stick to cars.
Gotta agree. My '96 Honda Accord has over 200,000 miles on it and has not broken down in the 7 (or 8?) years I've had it. I haven't had any problems, aside from general wear and tear. My brother drives a '93 Honda Accord that's been in my family for 10 years now and my parents have an '01 Civic. I'm not super impressed with Honda SUV's, I think they should stick to cars.
Oh, I'm well over 350,000 on the 318i with no repairs other than what I had to when I bought it (idiot woman had burned up the clutch and managed to tear up the front wheel bearings, less than $300 for both, though) and replacing some fuel lines, and my own idiocy, not realizing the hydraulic fluid for the clutch and brakes are on a common reservoir and needing to top up the fluid )
Heck, I drove my Cavalier for over 250,000 miles with no repairs other than replacing the brakes, never even had to clean the injectors, and it ran almost like new until the SO at the time wrecked it.
Until it gets over 200,000 miles I don't count it as "long term."
German cars and reliability . . . there's a reason you see so many of them out there with all those mileage badges. I think Cadillac started issuing them not too long ago (maybe?), but I haven't seen anyone else putting them out there?
) Heck, I drove my Cavalier for over 250,000 miles with no repairs other than replacing the brakes, never even had to clean the injectors, and it ran almost like new until the SO at the time wrecked it.
Until it gets over 200,000 miles I don't count it as "long term."
German cars and reliability . . . there's a reason you see so many of them out there with all those mileage badges.
I think Cadillac started issuing them not too long ago (maybe?), but I haven't seen anyone else putting them out there?
I'll agree with you on that.
I'll agree wholeheartedly on that. . . My ex and I used to get REALLY weird looks from non-car people because we were into VWs and we'd talk about ours fairly often, but when someone asked for a recmmendation we told them NOT to buy a Jetta/Golf and to go with a Honda Civic instead. They'd be all prepared to hear about how fantastic VWs are and instead they'd get a long lecture on why they should never buy one unless they want a diesel, and that even then, they should never buy one. :rofl1:
I'll agree wholeheartedly on that. . . My ex and I used to get REALLY weird looks from non-car people because we were into VWs and we'd talk about ours fairly often, but when someone asked for a recmmendation we told them NOT to buy a Jetta/Golf and to go with a Honda Civic instead. They'd be all prepared to hear about how fantastic VWs are and instead they'd get a long lecture on why they should never buy one unless they want a diesel, and that even then, they should never buy one. :rofl1: