Originally Posted By: element_42
Originally Posted By: opus1
Originally Posted By: benjamming
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Honda is supposed to be spotless, why not hold them to a higher standard?
If you hold someone to a higher standard b/c of their reputation, then it's not really a standard is it? A standard doesn't bend.
Tell that to my boss...me and a coworker are both the same grade-level, but I'm held to a higher standard because I get the job done!
OK, back on-topic. I believe the higher standard is also referred to as "raising the bar".
When the reputation is there, the reality must also be there to back it up. That's fair. If it was strictly a consumer perception of Honda's trouble-free and reliability reputation it wouldnt be fair, but Honda spends billions each year TELLING people how much more reliable they are over the other guys, so it's totally fair to expect them to deliver. When they don't, and get progressvely worse as time passes, people
will call it out.
That's called marketing & all mfg do that. You don't really expect truth in advertising do you?
Again, set a standard & judge all mfg from there. Otherwise, you can't compare vehicles. Sure, there can be a separate category for the mfg claims vs reality but that gets pretty pointless real quick since they all say they are the best thing since sliced bread.