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Now, your argument that owners of Japanese cars tend to take better care of them due to the higher resale value is an interesting one. But it's just an assertion with no evidence to back it up. I don't think it's a cyclic relationship (better resale, better maintenance, even better resale) as you suggest. I think the cars just have higher prices to begin with and last longer, needing fewer repairs. There's plenty of evidence to back that up - decades of Consumer Reports and JD Power surveys. Again, I have yet to see a single survey - ever that suggests any American car manufacturer matches Toyota or Honda on reliability. Show me one and I'll consider that your assertion that 'reliability isn't up to the manufacturer' has even an ounce of credibility. Earlier on in this thread i pointed to the CR 'best and worst used cars' lists and how many Chrysler products were in the 'reliability risk' section. Show me something similar that shows the opposite. Please. Edit: I will say that I found it staggering that the 2003 JD Power survey, which I only recently read, showed that GM and Subaru had about the same number of problems per vehicle over a three year span. GM deserves some praise for that, but I still wouldn't buy a thing they make.
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no, not right. you paid around $3k for your SVX. what did you expect? a flawless car that would not need anything for 100's of thousands of miles? i paid $14k for mine, because i wanted all the updates, a well taken care-of, final year car. i had to replace a $70 coil pack (and i knew that it needed it at purchase) and that's all. original smooth tranny and original quiet bearings. i could have bought a '92 for a couple grand, but i didn't want the transmission paranoia and an ongoing money-sucking project because i just got a house that needed work. i learned a while back that you get what you pay for - buy a cheap car, and you can end up putting more into it than what you paid for it. feel lucky? if the SVX had the years of development that other cars had, it would not be suffering these problems. it was in production for a whopping 5 years - and its demise was known way before that. Subaru wasn't investing any more into a car that was headed for the chopping block. i'm amazed that people buy an SVX for $4000 or less, and then b*tch and moan about the problems. hint: parts/service costs still reflect that of a flagship GT, no matter what you paid for it.
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FYI: I'm not *****ing and moaning. I love my SVX, I bought one with EVERY FREAKING SERVICE RECORD possible. It was EXTREMELY well taken care of, but the simple fact is that no matter HOW well you take care of an SVX, the wheel bearings will fail, and the transmission will die at some point (early). These are PROBLEMS this model has. But according to all of us, they aren't a big deal. If an american car had those same problems, many of you would be quick to call it a piece of ****. For instance, if a chrysler product's transmissions died every 75k, and the wheel bearings didn't last, you would all say "Oh there's typical Chrysler workmanship" and completely ignore the fact that the SVX has the same problems.
- Rob PS: The neon came out in 1995. It had a bad headgasket design. It was fixed in 1998. 3 years. After that, no headgasket problems. But CR and other people still reported it as unreliable, because they were STILL getting complaints from people with the original head gasket (bad design). I would like to point out that Chrysler fixed the problem within 3 years. The SVX was a flagship model produced for 5 years, and they didn't really address ANY of the problems...the transmissions are still likely to die, ditto to the rear wheel bearings. So what's reliable??? |
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Originally posted by Chicane
It was EXTREMELY well taken care of, but the simple fact is that no matter HOW well you take care of an SVX, the wheel bearings will fail, and the transmission will die at some point (early). These are PROBLEMS this model has. you state this like a fact. i'll bet you a case of Mobil1 my original transmission and bearings last well over 100k miles. blah blah Neon's never get a fair shake blah blah blah Neon blah Neons blah..... yeah, that's great. The SVX was a flagship model produced for 5 years, and they didn't really address ANY of the problems...the transmissions are still likely to die, ditto to the rear wheel bearings. So what's reliable??? they *were* updated. read: http://www.drwtransmission.com/subaru_svx.htm that's why i bought a later model. i didn't want to guess when the transmission was getting the death rattle. you obviously found yourself a bargain, and are now complaining about problems. you should have done some research, Chief.
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How long does it take you guys to type these long posts?
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MONKEY! MONKEY BANANAPHONE!
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