Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Originally Posted By: Stu_Rock
warrior, that's kind of a trollish thing to say.
There's always one out there... Thankfully, they're usually easy to ignore.
I've had Hondas before, have two right now. They have their own issues and are far from perfect as well.
I knew that when I bought the car, that there would be an unavoidable $600 repair sometime in the future. Since the car had 44,000 miles on it when it was purchased, I strongly suspected that nothing had been done to it, to deal with the problem.
I knew I would take some heat when I posted. That's OK. I am not sure what you mean by there is always one. And, I am not a troll...although I do live under a bridge. I was trying to make an honest statement without getting off topic. Moreover, those that responded calling me a troll and other personal insults (don't worry, I actually have a great since of humor) missed the point I was trying to make. I am not a huge fan of Honda. I simply think it would be a great idea to ditch the GM 3800 and get something that has a better track record. In saying that, the 3800 could/can be a great engine, however GM has and will cut courners whenever it can. That is exactly why they are OOB! I had a 3800 with the Allunimum Nilon Strap Timing Gear that stripped out at +/- 50,000 miles and GM did not care. You guessed it. All the [censored] in the sump and BOOM! All cars have issues, none had as many as the 3800 that GM knew about and did nothing. I pushed the car farther than it ran. I will never, ever own another GM product (although I own part of it now!) and will spend the rest of my life encouraging others not to deal with them. See what I am talking about...way off topic...just trying to offer the "short version" with my former responce. Good luck with the 3800...I would get rid of it myself!! Thanks for the daggers-keep e'm coming...
Originally Posted By: Stu_Rock
warrior, that's kind of a trollish thing to say.
There's always one out there... Thankfully, they're usually easy to ignore.
I've had Hondas before, have two right now. They have their own issues and are far from perfect as well.
I knew that when I bought the car, that there would be an unavoidable $600 repair sometime in the future. Since the car had 44,000 miles on it when it was purchased, I strongly suspected that nothing had been done to it, to deal with the problem.
I knew I would take some heat when I posted. That's OK. I am not sure what you mean by there is always one. And, I am not a troll...although I do live under a bridge. I was trying to make an honest statement without getting off topic. Moreover, those that responded calling me a troll and other personal insults (don't worry, I actually have a great since of humor) missed the point I was trying to make. I am not a huge fan of Honda. I simply think it would be a great idea to ditch the GM 3800 and get something that has a better track record. In saying that, the 3800 could/can be a great engine, however GM has and will cut courners whenever it can. That is exactly why they are OOB! I had a 3800 with the Allunimum Nilon Strap Timing Gear that stripped out at +/- 50,000 miles and GM did not care. You guessed it. All the [censored] in the sump and BOOM! All cars have issues, none had as many as the 3800 that GM knew about and did nothing. I pushed the car farther than it ran. I will never, ever own another GM product (although I own part of it now!) and will spend the rest of my life encouraging others not to deal with them. See what I am talking about...way off topic...just trying to offer the "short version" with my former responce. Good luck with the 3800...I would get rid of it myself!! Thanks for the daggers-keep e'm coming...
