Originally Posted by redcivicforever
Hondas are good cars...it's just that in comparison with say fords...I've seen many fords that run as reliably as my car or close to it...which I didn't know or I wouldn't have paid what I did for my car. Really, why pay as much for an econo civic as a luxury ford if they are gonna get the same milage? Thats my real gripe I guess.
for one thing honda is a company that builds cars and has your safety and interests in mind where ford is a company for its shareholders where profits are the most important factor leading to pintos, broncos, explorers, etc. that have been the center of lawsuits and avoidable deaths
the reliability of a any ford is no where near that of any well maintained honda (besides the isuzu rebadged passport and slx mistake honda did in the mid 90s)...i've owned over 5 different hondas over the past 10 years each with at least 100k up to 315k...i remember going to get my friend after his 1 year old cougar's tranny seized spinning him out on the highway or my friend's explorer whose tire just went flat and he almost flipped over doing 45mph in a straight line and he didn't even have the ford specified minimum cost firestone tires on them
when you buy an older used honda you are taking a chance...it is almost 50/50 that someone has modified the car, drove it hard and did not maintain it over that period where they also started having problems...when they sold the car they put it back to stock and played off that their car was "never raced" nor driven hard only to the new owners disbelief that the car has several issues they need to fix soon after the purchase