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Originally Posted by cbass
Some of that reputation comes from the dark age of american cars. I don't believe their reputation is deserved. Have you seen how many class action lawsuits Honda has been involved in or Toyota?
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I agree that GM and Ford have closed the gap and I will look at GM when my wife's next car is due. I was a diehard GM guy until my 96 Firebird V6 fell apart at 36,00
1 miles with three big ticket repairs. Then my attitude changed to "If it is a front wheel drive, basic transportation I'm buying the most reliable."
As for your bad luck with Honda, take it as that. I noticed you break engine mounts, transmissions and suspension components so you may have a aggressive driving style than my wife. A 4 cylinder car also has lesser components throughout compared to a 6. Wife's car had no problems at 150k and I did drive it on weekend so I know how it preformed. My cars are denied nothing so if it needed parts, it would have gotten them. And consider that at 150K it was time for it to go
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Originally Posted by sycraft
Higher performance, tighter tolerances, easier to wear out to keep in proper performance. Look at other high end cars, they require replacement of items well before that mileage. Even my sway bushings which perform better than my oe bushings wore out requiring replacement. 44K is early but not out of the question. At least you are not doing a 4K timing belt replacement every 30k miles...
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Considering the load those mag
shocks are dampening on a ZL1 rear axle, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised to see early failures