Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Originally Posted By: wafrederick1
The Japanese use the worst steel on their car bodies,rust out worse the domestic cars.I see them going down the road,any Japanese car with the worst rust spots.Any thing Foriegn,you pay more for repairs including the parts.Do this,price a part for a domestic and a foriegn car.The price of the part for the domestic will be cheaper.With Kias,the insurance is very high on them.Japanese cars have electrical problems which are very expensive.My father went to a seminar on car electrical systems by Auto Value parts stores and the instructor said this.One sensor goes bad on a Honda goes bad,the ECM is toast.Plus Honda loves using vacuum hoses,one intake manifold uses 50 vacuum hose fittings.One wrecking yard in my area makes sure they are still hooked up on the intake manifold or the customer will not buy it.Another yard in my area,Economy Auto parts in Muskegon,Mi does get calls for the Corolla engines and Jimmy the owner wishes he had lot of those selling them for $1,500.00 each.They are hard to get.The automatic transmissions do fall out of them too,my father spoke to another dealer and this other used car dealer said this.The 3.0 v6s in the Toyotas mini truck cannot keep waterpumps and head gaskets in them and this was said on Extreme 4x4.They had one on the show with a bad 3.0,still have it and converted the drivetrian to a Chevy drivetrain.
Best post of this thread!
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Originally Posted By: wafrederick1
It was a 4.3 under the hood of the Trooper I saw and it did say on the emissions label.There is another thing Toyota loves to do,screw up any motorsport and they did it to Nascar: Bought themselves in and buying out teams.The Tundras get the worst fuel mileage even with the v6.In my local paper in about a year ago,there were to dealership claiming the cars got the best fuel mileage: a Honda dealership and a GM dealership.The GM vehicles were better by 3 MPGs.I have worked on a few imports,all their stuff is backwards and the last one was a Hyundai which was a clutch job done over again,someone else's screw up.The clutch operates differantly.Domestic vehicles are easier to work on.
No this one is better...
OMG!
Where do we start???? Rust.. Pay more for parts.. NASCAR.. backwards stuff...
Nevermind.. He would not understand....
Bill
PS: Maybe his Father's friend at Auto Value could tell his buddy at the wreaking yard Jimmy who then could tell another dealer who could tell Extreme 4X4 to have the info on their show...
PPS:
Ok let's get real....
2005 Chevy Cobalt vs 2005 Toyota Corolla
Rear drum. $34 $23
Caliper $49 $41
Rotor $41 $21
Rear Bearing $93 $96
Belt $15 $13
CV half shaft $58 $50
Water Pump $53 $46
WP Gasket $9 $2
Clutch kit $525 $181
Rock auto prices (and I did not round them up or down, just whole amounts)
Yep, those "imports" have expensive parts....
I'm getting way too old for the rest of his "post" to address...
Oh Bill, is this your first time reading his posts? Because you forgot his "Jasper Rep" as well! LMAO!
Previous threads with his "contributions" have been interesting to say the least......
