On 3/31/2021 2:18 PM, %% wrote:


"Frank" "frank wrote in message
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On 3/31/2021 11:50 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Frank "frank writes:
On 3/31/2021 9:53 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , says...

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 :-(




A few years ago I was looking at new cars and wanted the horse
power of
the V6.Â* HOnda only had a 4 with the turbo.Â* I just thought the turbo
was something else not needed to give trouble ,so went with the Toyota
with out even going to the Honda dealer to look at a car.

Would have looked at the Nissan, but my son had bought one a few years
back and the transmission went out at about 130,000.Â* Found out that
that was a bad design and they had extended the warrenty to 120,000
miles.Â* As it was just slightly over that, Nissan would not repair it
for free and cost my son about $ 4000 to get it repaired.



I'd avoid a turbo too, apparently expensive to fix if there is a
problem
and puts more stress on a small engine wearing it out.

Nissan's were good up to maybe early 2,000's when Renault joined them
and they started to go downhill.

Upon what do you base that assertion?Â* How many, and what model,
Nissan vehicles have you driven?

My experience with Nissan (and Datsun) has been 100% positive with
no significant issues on three vehicles ('81 810 Maxima, '98 I30 and
'12 M37).


You can look it up yourself.Â* I only had one way pre-2000 and it ran
like a top.Â* I got rid of it when it needed joint boots and cost of
repair approached book value.

The book value is irrelevant to that choice.

Book at the time was $1,000. If you start doing thousand dollar repairs
and it gets wrecked you will only get book value. It had nearly been
wrecked the year before when a drunken women hit it and 3 other cars
parked in shopping center parking lot. Also car was over 10 years old
and would have other stuff needing fixing.