The fervor that people have for Japanese branded vehicles never ceases to amaze me as the absolute worst car I have ever owned was a Honda.
It had the funky CVCC motor and after seventy thousand miles that engine belched blue smoke like a house on fire. The seats were covered with material that looked like it came from a potato sack, except it was not of sufficiently high quality cloth to sack potatoes - the seat fabric wore holes much faster than potato sacking ever would. The body was made of thinly stamped material that you could push in with a finger and rusted at the first opportunity. After about three months, I realized the styling of the car was at best strange, and at worst, butt ugly. It was a true piece of junk that was sent straight to the boneyard when I got out of school and could get something better.
The new ones look to have a bit better fabric on the seats, but have the same cheap front wheel drive architecture, the same flimsy body panels that you can push in with a finger and the styling is, well, less than attractive in my modest opinion. I think I'll start bashing Honda's every time the brand is mentioned.
A Volkswagon Jetta GLI was the second worst piece of junk car that I ever had, but I'll save that rant for a thread when German cars are being lionized ....
Even the OHC Honda engine on my pressure washer is of low quality - it's noisy, a gas hog, and hard to start compared to a Briggs or a Tecumseh.
On the other hand, I really like my new GTO, it has the most comfortable seats I have ever sat in, including my Jaguars, a big 'ol gas guzzling pushrod american V8 engine, and is just a real bargain for the price GM is charging for these cars. I also have no complaints about my S-10 Blazer or S-10 pickup. My next new car will be another GM, Ford or Jag.
GM may do some things wrong, but they have done plenty of things right.
It had the funky CVCC motor and after seventy thousand miles that engine belched blue smoke like a house on fire. The seats were covered with material that looked like it came from a potato sack, except it was not of sufficiently high quality cloth to sack potatoes - the seat fabric wore holes much faster than potato sacking ever would. The body was made of thinly stamped material that you could push in with a finger and rusted at the first opportunity. After about three months, I realized the styling of the car was at best strange, and at worst, butt ugly. It was a true piece of junk that was sent straight to the boneyard when I got out of school and could get something better.
The new ones look to have a bit better fabric on the seats, but have the same cheap front wheel drive architecture, the same flimsy body panels that you can push in with a finger and the styling is, well, less than attractive in my modest opinion. I think I'll start bashing Honda's every time the brand is mentioned.
A Volkswagon Jetta GLI was the second worst piece of junk car that I ever had, but I'll save that rant for a thread when German cars are being lionized ....
Even the OHC Honda engine on my pressure washer is of low quality - it's noisy, a gas hog, and hard to start compared to a Briggs or a Tecumseh.
On the other hand, I really like my new GTO, it has the most comfortable seats I have ever sat in, including my Jaguars, a big 'ol gas guzzling pushrod american V8 engine, and is just a real bargain for the price GM is charging for these cars. I also have no complaints about my S-10 Blazer or S-10 pickup. My next new car will be another GM, Ford or Jag.
GM may do some things wrong, but they have done plenty of things right.
