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Re: How do you define reliability?
Posted by Bill in VA (more from Bill in VA) on Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:36:10
In Reply to: How do you define reliability?, Noel, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:55:49
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Excellent Point!!!
We had a Honda. Dead reliable, in fact near perfect. Sold it at 85K. Friends have the same model (Accord) but well over 100K. They are now having the more significant repairs. One little fact with some of the Japanese cars is that when things go bad, you need to replace assemblies, not just the bad part. As such, the cost is relatively high.
I used to have VWs. Many trash VWs as unreliable. Mine were always reliable, BUT... they have small repair and maintenance costs that add up very fast. I did most of my routine maintenance, plugs, tune-ups, brakes, shocks, oil changes, etc. Based upon what the VW dealer charged for those services, they would not even be close to the Honda in reliablity. The VWs however were much more fun to drive. If asked about VWs, I will tell people that they are very reliable for major repairs, but the routine stuff will get you.
Unfortunately, in this day and age, "reliability" has been interchanged with little or no maintenance, or tolerant of major abuse. This is compounded by dealers extorting customers like charging $18 for a Bosch platinum plug that I can get for $3.50.
Fortunately, my Saab and dealer have been pretty good so far... KNOCK on wood...
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Posts in this Thread:
- SAABs unreliable???, Finch, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:07:02
- Re: SAABs unreliable???, Brice, Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:33:25
- Re: SAABs unreliable???, JohnInAtl, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:09:06
- Moving into the mainstream....., Mike Lynch
, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:07:19 - How do you define reliability?, Noel, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:55:49
- My 1985 900 is VERY reliable n/m, Henri Lefebvre, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:49:42
- Re: SAABs unreliable???, Harpua, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 02:00:29
- Very well written Harpua. A little more on that?, JDSaab, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:44:59
- A matter of perception and choice, Henri L, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:17:29
- henri, do tell, i have a '75 tr6, email me details? nm, baggsly
, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:29:44 - do you live in CT? i saw a TR6 at a SAAB shop>, prodigal son, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:27:30
- Which clutch on the TR6?, BobH, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:03:24
- Reliability is Improving, Greg Abbott
, Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:05:18
- Re: SAABs unreliable???, Willy, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:09:48
- Don't know. Overall very good luck here., saw, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:56:19
- Like all machines it depend on how they're maintained, Saabpilot
, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:59:15 - Not in circles out here, I guess..., Scott Paterson
, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:06:11 - Re: SAABs unreliable???, Dean, Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:59:35
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