"Frank" "frank wrote in message
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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. HOnda only had a 4 with the turbo. 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. Found out that
that was a bad design and they had extended the warrenty to 120,000
miles. 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? 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. I only had one way pre-2000 and it ran
like a top. 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.

Still makes no sense to **** lots more against the wall on a replacement.

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.

Only if its a steaming turd with wheels in the first place.