Michael Pardee

<kiselink@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:8kcpr0dpb4vlhuoi7a4575dqtp1vqoet3p@4ax.com...
>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
> lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
> bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
> replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
> fluid.......
>
> Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
> Oil leaky V6 engine!
>
> Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>
>
> etc.
>
> If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
> want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>
>
You are correct, of course. Most cars are reliable enough to make it through
the warranty period without major problems, and many will make it through
the extended warranty period without causing the company to lose money on
the average. But if you are going for the long run, the numbers can be very
different indeed. I recently got rid of an '84 Nissan 300ZX with barely 150K
miles that had me working on it virtually every weekend. Electrical
intermittents mostly, but leaky injectors and a variety of other problems
too. And the spark plug access in that V6 would make Mother Teresa curse
God - and she's dead!

My daughter's '93 Accord has been a solid piece of transportation, even
though it is over 200K miles now. Little to medium-sized problems, but
nothing big.

Mike

Hank

Ok, gives us a break down on what you replaced on the Accord and the year
and model of each.
<kiselink@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:8kcpr0dpb4vlhuoi7a4575dqtp1vqoet3p@4ax.com...
>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
> lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
> bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
> replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
> fluid.......
>
> Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
> Oil leaky V6 engine!
>
> Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>
>
> etc.
>
> If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
> want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>
>

Hank

Ok, gives us a break down on what you replaced on the Accord and the year
and model of each.
<kiselink@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:8kcpr0dpb4vlhuoi7a4575dqtp1vqoet3p@4ax.com...
>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
> lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
> bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
> replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
> fluid.......
>
> Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
> Oil leaky V6 engine!
>
> Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>
>
> etc.
>
> If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
> want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>
>

Michael Pardee

"Hank" <jdoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:KeOdnU_Xs4OoIyHcRVn-hg@rogers.com...
> Ok, gives us a break down on what you replaced on the Accord and the year
> and model of each.

I'll volunteer what my daughter's '93 Accord LX has needed between 163K
miles (when we bought it) and now (211K miles):

A timing belt, tensioner (and water pump to ward off evil spirits); both
drive shafts; one power window regulator, an igniter, a heater control valve
(although it appears the control cable is the actual problem), a passenger
door interior latch handle, rear shocks (apparently the original). Those
were 8 instances in 3 1/2 years on a car with more than 150K miles on it -
and only one of those was an emergency repair. The timing belt et al were
overdue when I bought the car.

Mike

> <kiselink@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:8kcpr0dpb4vlhuoi7a4575dqtp1vqoet3p@4ax.com...
>>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
>> lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
>> bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
>> replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
>> fluid.......
>>
>> Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
>> Oil leaky V6 engine!
>>
>> Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>>
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
>> want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>>
>>
>
>

Michael Pardee

"Hank" <jdoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:KeOdnU_Xs4OoIyHcRVn-hg@rogers.com...
> Ok, gives us a break down on what you replaced on the Accord and the year
> and model of each.

I'll volunteer what my daughter's '93 Accord LX has needed between 163K
miles (when we bought it) and now (211K miles):

A timing belt, tensioner (and water pump to ward off evil spirits); both
drive shafts; one power window regulator, an igniter, a heater control valve
(although it appears the control cable is the actual problem), a passenger
door interior latch handle, rear shocks (apparently the original). Those
were 8 instances in 3 1/2 years on a car with more than 150K miles on it -
and only one of those was an emergency repair. The timing belt et al were
overdue when I bought the car.

Mike

> <kiselink@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:8kcpr0dpb4vlhuoi7a4575dqtp1vqoet3p@4ax.com...
>>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
>> lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
>> bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
>> replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
>> fluid.......
>>
>> Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
>> Oil leaky V6 engine!
>>
>> Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>>
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
>> want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>>
>>
>
>

Winky

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:09:58 -0500, kiselink@mindspring.com wrote:

>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
>lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
>bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
>replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
>fluid.......
>
>Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
>Oil leaky V6 engine!
>
>Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>
>
>etc.
>
>If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
>want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>

maybe your toyota was built by the good old american
auto workers union.

Winky

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:09:58 -0500, kiselink@mindspring.com wrote:

>I got a camry and an accord - both with 140K miles. The camry has had
>lots more problems......2 steering pumps, 1 steering rack, sway
>bushings, dash board lights that cost a fortune in labor to access and
>replace, transmissions drain plugs that only drain half of the trans
>fluid.......
>
>Lets see.... how many interior door handles have broken????????
>Oil leaky V6 engine!
>
>Difficulet to change spark plugs in the rear.....
>
>
>etc.
>
>If your just going to keep a car a few years = dont matter but if ya
>want to keep a car a long time!!!!!!!!?
>

maybe your toyota was built by the good old american
auto workers union.