5th Dec 2009, 18:08
Typical biased domestic lover comment, simply stating their Honda was the "most poorly built vehicle we've ever owned". Extremely overused, and of course it gives no information on what made their Honda so unreliable. Although the most likely cause is lack of maintenance. Other possibility is they are just so biased against them they feel the need to mud sling.
I'm not partial to any vehicle make myself, but out of all the cars I have owned (3 Honda's, 2 Dodge's, 3 Ford's, 1 Toyota and 1 Chevy) my Honda's have been the best by far. My worst vehicle was the 1 Chevrolet that I owned. I simply buy the best deal at the time. I drive all my vehicles to at least 150,000 miles (out of the original parts if I can.) Only vehicles that made even that mileage on original engine and trans. were all 3 of my Honda's and 1 of my Dodge's. My personal record for highest mileage is 506,000 miles on my first Honda (completely original, traded in on my first Chevy while it was still in perfect running condition.) Lowest mileage record is 43,000 miles on my Chevrolet (required new engine.)
5th Dec 2009, 11:56
I'm sorry to hear that you fell for the myth that Japanese cars need no maintenance. I always have my Honda's regularly serviced (which includes oil changes every 3,000, transmission fluid changes every 60,000, and brakes pads when necessary. I usually get about 100,000 out of my pads.) Those have been the only things I've had done to all my Honda's over the years. Well tires as well, but those will need replacing on any vehicle. All my Honda's have made over 250,000 miles with zero out of the ordinary repairs. Oh wait I take that back, my 3rd Honda required a new muffler at 200,000 miles because I bottomed it out over a speed bump.