Japanese vs german, reliability

[josh Wyte]

New car comparisons only.  You have no idea what kinda
crap a used car went thru, particularly one over 10
years old...

-josh


--- nwloves <dloves at myhome.net> wrote:
> 90 Accord vs  20V?
> Let's go back 2 years in the used car market.
> 1990 Accord-135k one owner in real nice shape
> costing 5k and acceptable (?)
> problems include the distributor housing, throttle
> positioner, clutch, oil
> seals after 15k, speed sensor, upper radiator. etc
> etc.
> 1990 20V-150k one owner in real nice shape costing
> 5k and no real problems
> yet?
> The Honda has been a financial nightmare with the
> only advantage being the
> fuel consumption.
> Do the math
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "josh Wyte" <josh_wyte at yahoo.com>
> To: <mx at snet.net>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 2:42 PM
> Subject: Japanese vs german, reliability
> 
> 
> > Well to be really fair you ought to compare cars
> in a
> > similar price point.  Not really fair to put a 91
> > Honda Accord up vs a 91 90q20v or a 91 200tq. 
> More
> > like a Lexus ES300 or 400 or Infiniti Q45 vs the
> Audi.
> >  I think the Infiniti and Lexus will come out on
> top
> > reliability wise.
> >
> > My Dad has gotten 150k miles out of a 85 Toyota
> Supra,
> > 89 Acura Legend coupe and a 93 Mitsu 3000GT Vr4
> with
> > nothing but normal maintenance.  ie brakes, tires,
> > oil, clutch here and there.  That pales in
> comparison
> > to the stacks of receipts I've compiled on my '91
> GTI
> > 16v, '99.5 GTI VR6, '93 Corrado VR6 and my '97
> Audi
> > A4.
> >
> > I'm curious to see how the WRX fares reliability
> wise
> > over the next few years.  It looks like a fun car
> and
> > sure goes like stink.  If it holds together well
> it
> > may be my next car.  Parked next to my '92 Acura
> NSX.
> > (I can dream, right?)
> >
> > -josh
> >
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