You are entitle to your own opinion but I know that since I switched from
buying
Toyota / Lexus vehicles to domestics I have saved thousand of dollars every
time I buy another new car and I have been saving hundreds of dollars
annually on the maintenance costs at the dealerships.

mike

"Roadrunner NG" <RRNG@highlandcraft.com> wrote in message
news:466a0fbc$0$19508$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Mike, I agree, that's why you should try a cost to own comparison on
> edmonds.com. They compare on a 4 year basis, Maintenance, think repairs
> before and after 90 days, more like about the time the warranty ends,
> Resale Value (you know about that one Mike ), and yes original sale price
> and regular maintenance. Try for example comparing Camry, Accord, Malibu,
> and any other comparible domestics, and see what you come up with.
>
>
> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:mYednWDi9ZU6VPTbnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@ptd.net...
>> The fact is most ALL of the vehicle manufacturers fall within the
>> statistical average of 2%, which is the average number of faults for ALL
>> manufactured products. Naturally one will be on top and one will be on
>> the bottom in ANY list but a variation of .05% to 1% is in indeed
>> meaningless.
>>
>> What the customers should be more concerned about is the total cost to
>> drive the vehicle home, dealer service, shop rates for that service,
>> insurance, and parts costs, not whose brand in on the grill.
>>
>> mike
>>
>> "Rising Sun" <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote in
>> message news:6cfe4cac44b46f92eb10fc79aedaea4a@pseudo.borke d.net...
>>> The Autobeat http://snipr.com/1n8lb
>>>
>>> ..General Motors and Chrysler tumbled down the list in J.D. Power and
>>> Associates' annual Initial Quality Study. The study measures problems
>>> found in the first 90 days of ownership after interviewing 97,000
>>> consumers.
>>>
>>> GM did poorly and a company spokesman argued that the survey doesn't
>>> matter. All of GM's brands finished below the industry average, which
>>> is 125 problems per 100 vehicles...
>>>
>>> The reason it doesn't matter, says the spokesman, is that the
>>> difference between top performers and the middle of the pack is
>>> statistically irrelevant. Toyota, which tied Jaguar for sixth with 112
>>> problems per 100 vehicles, beat Chevy by just 17 problems per 100 cars.
>>> He makes a point. Few consumers will notice 17 problems per 100
>>> vehicles. The Power study, he told me, is becoming less and less
>>> relevant because quality is reaching parity.
>>>
>>> There's some truth to that. But the argument naively misses a huge
>>> point. While some brands like Mercedes moved way up the charts this
>>> year and others, like Chrysler, tumbled way down, hot names like Honda
>>> and Toyota are in the top 10 every year. Every year!
>>>
>>> Consumers love and trust those brands. And those companies have been
>>> dining on Motown's market share for decades now. Sure, Detroit is
>>> close, by the numbers anyway. But consumers won't believe that Detroit
>>> is as good as Honda and Toyota until they beat them and beat them
>>> consistently in J.D. Power surveys, Consumer Reports studies, word-of-
>>> mouth recommendations and just general buzz. I'm sorry, why should a
>>> guy who's on his third Toyota or Honda buy a Chevy? Because the initial
>>> quality is almost as good and the disparity is statistically minuscule?
>>> There's a great sales pitch...
>>> ==========
>>> Rising Sun: http://snipr.com/eat_me_jarhead
>>>
>>
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