Posted on 09/12/2010 7:39:28 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
These are the cars that cause us to mumble under our breath when they drive by. So smug. So reliable. Sure! Drive right past our shop! How's a mechanic supposed to make a monthly boat payment with so many of these things on the road?
Yes, the cars we hate most, as mechanics, are the cars that provide us with the fewest repair dollars. I mean, you see a '99 Jeep Grand Cherokee roll into the shop and you can practically smell the transmission rebuild. But the cars on this list? You'll be lucky to sell their owners a set of brake pads or a muffler.
If you're looking for a car to buy, however, this list might provide you with some good clues. Oh, sure ... don't worry about us!
P.S. This list reflects our own experience, of course. So when we cite the ready availability of parts, we're talking about the typical repair experience in metropolitan areas in the Northeast. We're not sure the same is true in North Grainbucket, Iowa.....
(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...
You will win but the Accord owner didn’t pay near what you did. My 1992 Accord beat a 2000 Grand AM on open road. That was pathetic.
The Triumph TR-7 Has to qualify as one of the worst cars ever built and I speak from personal experience as I was stupid enough to buy one in the early 80’s. I lived in DC at the time and nearly every morning as I accelerated to get onto the Beltway, the engine would die and I would drift out into 65+MPH traffic and slowly drift to a stop. Do you know what it’s like to have the traffic helicopter of your favorite radio station KNOW your car and refer to it personally on air? After about 25 tows to the dealership service department I was screaming at the mechanic woriking under the hood asking him why in the hell I was having to be towed in there so often and he LAUGHED and said, “that’s why we have quit making this model - basic design flaw”. Luckily my husband yanked me away before I slammed the hood down on the man’s neck.
I didn’t see the Hyundai Sante Fe on the list. My wife loved hers. She drove it for eight years and had no issues.
TR3 but did the work ourselves.
If you click the link it is about how mechanics hate the list because the list cars need so little work!
Hell, I got a 1.1 liter Honda that’ll take your Ford. It does have a hair dryer on it though.
If you’re in a Shelby, I’ll be chasing you but I’ll meet you in Key Largo.
And yes, I meant by. :^)
And how about the excitement of being towed - and the thrill of seeing a repair bill in the thousands - - yep, we miss that alright... /s
Check it out, he wants 175K for a pontiac.
My son’s 2006 V6 Accord w/5-speed manual transmission is very quick. What a great car.
My Trabbi was the most reiable car I ever drove. It never broke down, Not even a flat tire on the original East German tires.
I would still have it but when the speed limit was raised to 65mph everyone on the Freeway was driving 80 mph.
The 600cc two stroke twin was only good for about 70 mph cruising speed.
Sold it to a Crazy Romainian.
I was driving it on Sunset Blvd when a guy in a red Ferrari 250 GT California LWB pulled and gave me the thumbs up with a big smile.
My old 1992 can still hit 120. I am very proud of him.
I had a Chevy Beretta for 2 years, i spent at least $100 a week fixing various things on it for the entire 2 years i owned it.
Very true. But I’ve long since decided that the best cars are paid-for cars, so keeping a Honda that long is OK.
The TR7 was cool looking at the time. The TR8 was a little better. I think they used a US made V8.
This was the final gasps of British Leyland which was a govt owned motor car company like......Obama Motors 1 & 2.
Top Gear had an episode where they tested UK “commie cars” against 1970s eastern european commies cars. A British Leyland Austin Marina versus a Russian Lada I think.
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLW4tVGgz9o
Lada Riva which had been a Fiat 124.
...Asian brands still dominate
The major Japanese brands and South Korea’s Hyundai and Kia make plenty of reliable vehicles. Of the 48 models with top reliability scores, 36 were Asian. Toyota accounted for 18; Honda, eight;Nissan, four; and Hyundai/Kia and Subaru, three each...
http://autos.yahoo.com/consumerreports/article/best_and_worst_used_cars.html
...Toyota and Honda vehicles dominated the majority of the nine categories, demonstrating consistent reliability and performance. But some recent domestic models are also worthy choices, including the Buick Lucerne (V8), Ford Fusion, and Mercury Milan...
> “ I mean, you see a ‘99 Jeep Grand Cherokee roll into the shop and you can practically smell the transmission rebuild.”
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B.S.
The Jeep uses the same transmission that Honda and Toyota use: the Aisan.
Never believe these articles; they’re written for income, not to inform.
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