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<blockquote data-quote="wu36ca" data-source="post: 2979513" data-attributes="member: 572583">Wow, I think you totally missed the point of what I was talking about.I drive a new Civic Si //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif&nbsp; I was actually talking about how I hear a main defense of American cars is that they are great if you know how to work on your own car.&nbsp; I am not trying to bash any car, but my point being that American cars are reliable if you have to do a lot of work to them.&nbsp; I am not saying only American car owners care about their cars, what I meant was that other than regular maintenance and maybe a few minor incidentals, any vehicle should not see a mechanic very often.&nbsp; Main point being, the argument I was speaking of says that American cars are great if you are willing to take up the extra maintenance.&nbsp; I think its a stupid argument.And one vehicle is hardly indicative of the population, but to throw my hat into the repair ring, at 70k on a 2004 Silverado the problems included burning oil, leaky exhaust, problems with the rear differential.&nbsp; This car was not used as a work vehicle at all, it was a daily driver.In the 90&#039;s or so the gap was much wider in terms of quality of cars.&nbsp; Honda and Toyota dominated.&nbsp; In recent years the gap has been closing.&nbsp; GM vehicles are starting to step up in the reliability area to the point where it is becoming neck and neck.&nbsp; Now if they could only make a car for less than 25K that is actually nice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wu36ca, post: 2979513, member: 572583"] Wow, I think you totally missed the point of what I was talking about. I drive a new Civic Si [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif[/IMG] I was actually talking about how I hear a main defense of American cars is that they are great if you know how to work on your own car. I am not trying to bash any car, but my point being that American cars are reliable if you have to do a lot of work to them. I am not saying only American car owners care about their cars, what I meant was that other than regular maintenance and maybe a few minor incidentals, any vehicle should not see a mechanic very often. Main point being, the argument I was speaking of says that American cars are great if you are willing to take up the extra maintenance. I think its a stupid argument. And one vehicle is hardly indicative of the population, but to throw my hat into the repair ring, at 70k on a 2004 Silverado the problems included burning oil, leaky exhaust, problems with the rear differential. This car was not used as a work vehicle at all, it was a daily driver. In the 90's or so the gap was much wider in terms of quality of cars. Honda and Toyota dominated. In recent years the gap has been closing. GM vehicles are starting to step up in the reliability area to the point where it is becoming neck and neck. Now if they could only make a car for less than 25K that is actually nice. [/QUOTE]

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