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Because I worked on them!
"S.S." > wrote in message ... > razz wrote: > > > We had it since brand new, bought in 86, got rid of that scrap pile in 91 > > with a 130 k's on the clock. started to rust out pretty bad to. All routine > > maintenance done by me ( worked for honda dealership at the time ). The shop > > was well stocked with vehicles in for repairs and tsb's all the time. Same > > as the Toyo shop across the lot from them at that time, no different from a > > ford or gm or chrysler shop. Had just as many cars going through the doors > > as any one else. And to this day, at the auto mall here in the city i see > > the shops full of cars, Toyo's, Honda's, Gm's Ford's, and so on. I see no > > difference in reliability or the number of occurances in these cars than > > from any others. > > Just curious, how do you know that ALL of those Hondas and Toyotas you saw > in the shops were there for something other than regular maintenance (not > counting TSB's and recalls)? > > Perhaps your Accord was a rare lemon? I still see a handful of late 80s > Accords running today. A friend of mine put close to 500,000km on an '86 > Accord with very few non-routine problems. He ditched it in 2001 when the > rust caught up with it, but the engine (carbureted) and auto tranny were > still all original and good. > > Perhaps you have seen no difference in reliability, but I have. |
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