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Wade Garrett

On 3/30/21 8:48 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:35:14 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:41:08 +1100, "%%" wrote:

"Tekkie©" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 18:33:44 -0500, Jim Joyce posted for all of us to
digest...

On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:05:56 -0400, wrote:

Bear in mind, the manufacturer would be perfectly happy if the car
blew up the day after the warranty expired. Then you would have to buy
another one.

I doubt that any car manufacturer would be happy about that because if
they
build a car that blows up the day after the warranty expires, you can be
sure that the replacement car will be made by someone else.

Maybe for foreign cars. They intend to sell you your next 10 cars.

Nope, they havent been into the american new car every year stupidity.

USA: They want to sell you your next car. There used to be brand loyalty.
Always buy a Chevy. Fords are great, Mopars rule, blah blah, blah. That's
gone.

Not for everyone it hasn't.

You're just as likely to find somebody who's stuck on Toyota or Honda or Hyundai as
somebody who's stuck on Chevy or Ford. Human nature.

I would buy another Honda. It probably wouldn't be new tho.

In 2016, I needed to replace my top of the trim line 6 cylinder Honda
Accord that I had been quite happy with. I planned to buy a new Accord.

But I looked at them and they were sorely lacking in safety electronics-
especially no Rear Cross Traffic Radar Alert...and the Lane Departure
Warning feature was anemic. That took Honda of my Buy List and I got a
Toyota instead.

I'm half in the market for a new car again and I looked at the Hondas- a
brand I've owned many of over the years and usually liked a lot.

They've improved the safety electronics- but have done away with 6
cylinder sedans- replacing them with 4 cylinder turbo engines. And as
with any new engine/car design, their reliability has suffered the last
couple of years- so Honda is still on my no-fly list :-(

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Every time a bird craps on my car, I sit on the front porch eating a
plate of wings to show them what I'm capable of.