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<blockquote data-quote="HonkyKong" data-source="post: 6194946" data-attributes="member: 611155">Japanese doesn&#039;t always mean quality, alot of people get this in their head and its not true. I&#039;ve had 3 cars, a 1987 Honda Civic DX, a 1997 Ford Taurus, and my current car a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer. The Civic was utter crap, it needed constant repairs and was eventaully totaled when someone tried to drive from one parking lot to another directly across the street without looking and drove right in front of me. The Taurus has been in the family a long time and it has for the most part been trouble free, the biggest problem it has ever had was its water pump breaking when a belt broke, and the rear brakes disintegrating but that was due to neglect. The Lancer has had no real major problems other then having to get a new exhaust system after it was discovered to be completely jacked up do to a computer programing fault(found when car went in for recall on said fault), the Lancer has also had numerous little problems, accessory belt loosening constantly, buggy side mirror controls, constantly needing alignment, a broken weld in the driver side door that rattles when its open, oh and the paint started oxidizing on the bumper after someone bumped into it with their car in a parking lot. The fact is its not always so cut and dry quality and reliability wise when it comes to American vs Japanese.Its not always teenage idiots doing the fast and the furious thing, I see plenty of people well older then me doing it as well.Make sure you do your research on getting a turbo, don&#039;t do any modifications that will make it unsmogable, a trip to the referee will ruin your day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HonkyKong, post: 6194946, member: 611155"] Japanese doesn't always mean quality, alot of people get this in their head and its not true. I've had 3 cars, a 1987 Honda Civic DX, a 1997 Ford Taurus, and my current car a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer. The Civic was utter crap, it needed constant repairs and was eventaully totaled when someone tried to drive from one parking lot to another directly across the street without looking and drove right in front of me. The Taurus has been in the family a long time and it has for the most part been trouble free, the biggest problem it has ever had was its water pump breaking when a belt broke, and the rear brakes disintegrating but that was due to neglect. The Lancer has had no real major problems other then having to get a new exhaust system after it was discovered to be completely jacked up do to a computer programing fault(found when car went in for recall on said fault), the Lancer has also had numerous little problems, accessory belt loosening constantly, buggy side mirror controls, constantly needing alignment, a broken weld in the driver side door that rattles when its open, oh and the paint started oxidizing on the bumper after someone bumped into it with their car in a parking lot. The fact is its not always so cut and dry quality and reliability wise when it comes to American vs Japanese. Its not always teenage idiots doing the fast and the furious thing, I see plenty of people well older then me doing it as well. Make sure you do your research on getting a turbo, don't do any modifications that will make it unsmogable, a trip to the referee will ruin your day. [/QUOTE]

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