Originally Posted by FourthGenHatch
DSM owners should never bash Toyota on "see(ing) how long it goes before something breaks." Toyotas will still be racking up the miles when nearly every DSM ever made is rotting in a junkyard. Toyota builds the essential brick shit house of an engine like no other Japanese company does, maybe most any car maker period. I've seen MANY MKIV Supras come in with over 200,000 miles on them and they start up STRONG and run like new all the time. The 2JZ is one of the best engines ever made if you ask me. Not that the 4G63s are horrible engines, but certainly they can't touch the reliability of a Toyota Supra. They are truly a daily drivable super-car that will take the beating.
I agree whole heartedly. It's the 3rd gen Supras where Toyota learend all of their most valuable lessons. I'm not stranger to Toyota quality, and I never bashed that car. I'm having incredible, fantastic luck with my DSM compared to some of the horror stories that are floating around, so I don't really relate with those stories. I think the car owners that buy certain cars have most to do with that, too. Someone that buys a Supra isn't going to have a problem changing their oil. It's too expensive of a car to neglect, so they usually get treated very well.
I don't down any car anymore. I bought a Honda (which I hated at the time) solely based on it's rumors of reliability. While mine wasn't one of those reliable cars, I made changes. I'm having a blast with it just like with my DSM. Sure, it has its limitations, but everything has some kind of potential. Both of my cars serve me very well. My previous cars did also.
Mr Fatbooty, you don't like reading anything from me because I'm a Republican. 'Nuff said on that. And I have checked out those links on a previous-to-your-post basis, and didn't find the part I was looking for in it. The interface on those websites is only convenient to someone that doesn't have the parts software already. :| It's crap compared to what Honda parts counters use. I'm not saying that it's worthless by any means, just that it doesn't offer what should freely be in the hands of Honda enthusiasts. Releasing the Honda parts counter software into public domains would help the car parts sales and prevent people from buying 3rd party shit. Most DSMers use genuine Mitsubishi parts (which aren't crap, by the way) instead of AutoZone or Advance, etc... they can buy the OEM parts for what aftermarket ones go for, solely because they can just get the #'s for themselves. What Honda tweaker wouldn't appreciate that? You shouldn't have had to know the parts counter guys, it's just interesting that I have met the ones that have hooked me up for years. The guys that hooked me up because I already had the part #'s and they cater to that shit.
I honestly haven't been able to find that kind of customer support on the parts side from Honda, and believe me, I've been looking (for years)... as cheap of a bastard as I am...