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Old 01-12-2009, 06:04 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by uncledaddy
After 20+ years of automotive service, I beg to differ. In that amount of time, you get to know what vehicles a prone to what failures. Normal wear and tear is one thing but the domestics have shown unusual failures over the imports. I could write you a list, but that would be a whole tread in itself. When I speak of quality, I speak of longevity. Everything from drivetrain to paint. The imports have it over the domestics. The imports also have design advantages. What are the advantages? They look better. Except for the Trucks and SUVs.




After 20 years, I know the same about computers...only I don't. If I went by just what computers I fix, Sony's suck and HP's are great. People don't bring in working cars, and service people have the most colored opinion of anybody, because we mostly only see the broken stuff.

But even so, your 20 years are just personal experience, a small subset of the whole, really.

I just read today, and I'll be futzed if I can find it, an article that show perception of cars versus actual quality ratings. They don't match very well. The perception of Subarus, for example, was a lot lower then the actual reality. And believe you me, Honda can manage to make crap - I replaced the struts in my old 2001 civic 3 times the first year I had the car.

The point is, Ford and GM are a lot closer to the perceived leaders in quality then they ever actually get credit for. Of course, as I always say, perception is 9/10ths of the law.
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