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Originally Posted By: bigmike I once knew a guy that never bought a vehicle under 100k miles. He always said that all the problems have been either resolved or are apparent at purchase. Maybe he's on to something. Sounds like a smart guy..... Lot of wisdom in that comment.

Always trying to bend the laws of physics........

Originally Posted By: Schmoe To each his own. I think a lot of these issues must also be blamed on the consumer. Like the Accord brake issues...typical from the factory stuff. They put in soft brakes from the factory to keep them quiet and stop very well. Honda also uses about 55% rear breaking...

The Big Ester 3 are Redline, Motul, and Maxima. Amsoil and Mobil 1 4T racing are mostly PAO.

+1 for selling bikes in the spring -- many riders are looking to upgrade or buy a first bike at the start of the riding season. They look to sell in the fall after the summer riding is over -- they need money for holidays. So, like PT1 said: buy in fall, sell in the spring.

Originally Posted By: PT1 Originally Posted By: Zaedock Chris, please consult PT1's obvious expertise the next time you buy a ride. Just remember to stay clear of the models that only accelerate, rot in half, or can't stop. Jeep Go ahead...buy another one....see what happens. PT1...

Originally Posted By: mechanicx Well the point remains that asian vehicles had issues ranging from headgaskets, Automatic transmissions, CVTs, radiators, rusting, exhaust rusting, brakes squealing, and required lots of maintenance with timing belts, valve adjustment and distributors but these...

Originally Posted By: dishdude How about mentioning all of the Civic HX owners that got "boned" by Honda in the 90s with it's CVT tranny? Or how about all of the 99+ owners that got "boned" with the 5 speed tranny? My dad had a 2001 TL that was on it's 4th tranny at 109k Yeah, too bad how we...

Originally Posted By: JakeR22 I hate my '01 Honda civic. At 205k miles, it's on its second set of brake pads, and it's second battery! I've got a fortune in parts! That car must have hellacious tires. I've never had tires even make it to 100k. Anything else you failed to mention?

Originally Posted By: Familyguy Originally Posted By: ZGRider Well, looks like Honda is next in line for quality problems after Toyota. On AutoBeef, 4 of the 6 worst cars in currently reported problems are Hondas: New Accords are having rear brake (and other) issues, newer Civics are having...

Those WR250s grind up oil faster than than any motorcycle I have ever owned. Search for sunruh's posts with his UOAs from his WR250s. Some oil he has used is out of spec for viscosity in less than 100 miles. Amsoil will only warranty their oil for a max of 5 hours use in a WR250. You want to...

Oh yeah, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX0xrqvlsNI This has been posted here at BITOG before for all the "koolaid" drinkers.

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts Where are these product failure picts? Or is it the usual complaints about what people think is a bad filter. I have been on this site a lot, but have never seen a failed filter pic, just complaints about the probability of failure. I just saw a pic of a Fram...

Originally Posted By: demarpaint I made some nice money selling them. At the time their tranny's stunk, You made good money selling cars with "stinky" transmissions? Did you tell your customers they "stunk?" Or did you let them find out for themselves. No wonder no one knows the real...

Originally Posted By: sayjac I happened to own (now daughters) one of the Honda's on the list. 01 Civic EX AT with original tranny @136k and 3 drain and refills with Z-1. To this point, it's been very reliable with normal maintenance. Also own an 07 3.0L Accord. At ~24k it's been running well...

Could someone post a link to the Fram Sure Drain?

One of our school bus drivers uses a brick to hold the accelerator pedal down in the morning to let the bus warm up. Sounds like a 747 taking off. She does this for 15 mins of so, before she drives it. One morning she left it on too long and the engine grenaded. She's still doing it, however

Originally Posted By: rudolphna Went to the walmart across the street first and picked up a Motorcraft FL820S filter for it for $3.49 (Purolator PureONE) Motorcraft filters are NOT PureOnes. They might be made by Purolator, however

Yeah, oil eats gaskets -- that's why they use it, so you'll have to buy new ones. I bet they could use water instead of oil, but they don't because water doesn't "eat" gaskets.

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts Quote: Shows the power of marketing Almost as powerful as unsubstantiated internet rumors... 8) Yeah, cutting open oil filters, taking pictures, and examining them is a "unsubstantiated rumor?" What is your definition of a "fact?" Something that cannot...