05-13-2019, 11:29 AM
(05-13-2019, 10:54 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I just trust the dependability of Toyota and Honda more than other brands. She is just entering her junior year of high school and I want a car that will last her another 6 years or so.
I have a 13 Hyundai and it has a USB port. I have about 140,000 miles on it with no issues, but I don't trust it to last another 6 years.
I'll warn you the Honda's and Toyota's of the last 10 years aren't the same cars that built their reputation up. They are basically the same cars as all other brads in terms of dependability. I had a 2012 Accord that the VTC Actuator went out on 50k miles in. Turns out it was a defect from the design on their 4 cylinder engines however Honda refused to acknowledge the design flaw instead forcing people to replace them only for them to continue to fail because of a bad design. My mom had a 2010 Civic that started falling apart around 60k miles, literally her engine mounts broke and the engine nearly fell out the car. In both cases the cars were bought brand new.
In terms of Toyota my mom replaced that Civic with a 2015 Rav4. The transmission went out on the Rav4 50k miles in. This was after my wife who also had a 2015 Rav4, we bought them the same weekend, had an issue with her engine as well. In both cases Toyota tried to get out of the warranties claiming they weren't correctly serviced even though all services were performed at Toyota dealers.
Long story short, the myth of the dependable Japanese car is dead to me. They are all made in America anymore anyways which leads to the same shit standards of production. I had a 2004 Accord that ran for 200k miles with no issue (Car before my 2012 one). Every experience I have had with Honda or Toyota since has been bad, but it could just be a string of bad luck.
