I have been looking for a cheap car for a friend's son who is 18. He has NO mechanical ability so I have been looking for something that maybe doesn't look so good but is mechanically sound.
His friends all tell him he should buy a Honda or a Toyota and so he shows me the Craigslist ads for them just about every day. So, in the last week I have looked at 3 Hondas, 2 Toyotas and 1 Infinity. All of these cars had 150K plus miles on them. The Infinity was a total piece of shit, one of the Toyotas was a decent car but overpriced. The other Toyota had Transmission problems.
Now Honda, everybody knows that they are the finest engineered automobiles on the road. WRONG! All were rust buckets, one idled so rough that the whole car shook, one could not find idle and would rev up and down (on it own). One had various suspension issues that made it an adventure to drive. Two of the Honda owners had service records. One Honda had a replacement engine and one had a replacement transmission. All had replacement radiators. All three of the owners went on endlessly about Honda's well known reputation for reliability (while holding a phonebook sized collection a receipts).
So, In my life I have had 2 vehicles that I have put 180K plus on and 1 that has 105K on it. The first was a 1977 Chevy short bed 4x4 (200K when sold), a 1993 GMC Yukon 4x4 (180K when sold) and my current 1997 Tahoe 4x4 (105K currently). Everybody knows what incredible pieces of shit these are right? What's weird is that they all had the original engines without overhaul, the original transmissions despite seasonal duty towing a boat and the only new radiator was in the 1977. The ONLY non-maintenance item I replaced in any of these vehicles was a brake booster in my current Tahoe.
I must just be lucky I guess:bonkers:
His friends all tell him he should buy a Honda or a Toyota and so he shows me the Craigslist ads for them just about every day. So, in the last week I have looked at 3 Hondas, 2 Toyotas and 1 Infinity. All of these cars had 150K plus miles on them. The Infinity was a total piece of shit, one of the Toyotas was a decent car but overpriced. The other Toyota had Transmission problems.
Now Honda, everybody knows that they are the finest engineered automobiles on the road. WRONG! All were rust buckets, one idled so rough that the whole car shook, one could not find idle and would rev up and down (on it own). One had various suspension issues that made it an adventure to drive. Two of the Honda owners had service records. One Honda had a replacement engine and one had a replacement transmission. All had replacement radiators. All three of the owners went on endlessly about Honda's well known reputation for reliability (while holding a phonebook sized collection a receipts).
So, In my life I have had 2 vehicles that I have put 180K plus on and 1 that has 105K on it. The first was a 1977 Chevy short bed 4x4 (200K when sold), a 1993 GMC Yukon 4x4 (180K when sold) and my current 1997 Tahoe 4x4 (105K currently). Everybody knows what incredible pieces of shit these are right? What's weird is that they all had the original engines without overhaul, the original transmissions despite seasonal duty towing a boat and the only new radiator was in the 1977. The ONLY non-maintenance item I replaced in any of these vehicles was a brake booster in my current Tahoe.
I must just be lucky I guess:bonkers: