Posted by sleeperspirit
I'm sure there's been a few american car exceptions, but overall American cars are shit.
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They really are. I've worked for Subaru, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen, Porsche, General Motors and a shop that fixed absolutely everything, I've owned about 20 Toyotas, and yeah, I'm sorry... American cars do suck for the most part. I don't think this needs to be the argument like we have on here every month, but I've definitely almost seen it all, and I've worked on a LOT of cars.
I mean, sure, most Toyotas have no sense of character whatsoever, they're about as exciting as a toaster oven, but I've done things to Toyotas that no other car short of a wartime Jeep would put up with, and most of these were in my daily driver... and never have to replace a wheel bearing, muffler strap or control arm bushings.
My VW Beetle at 650,000 km still drives like a new car, doesn't have a single squeak or rattle, and aside from maintenance stuff and a few minor repairs (The most expensive being a steering rack), drives like a new car. And it wasn't taken care of at all for the first half million km. My Jetta has 444,000 on it, still looks great, drives great, doesn't squeak or rattle... I just drove the thing to Florida and back without so much as a hiccup.
And then there's my parents' GMC Sierra... it's 6 years old, under 140,000 miles, the rockers are rusted out, it's had the rear brakes done 3 times, the dashboard looks like a christmas tree with all its warning lights, the engine ticks like a bastard, the tranny has a mind of its own, the doors sag, the wind noise is insane, the chrome is peeling off the bumpers, all the GMC logos fell off of the centre caps and the front wheel bearings need to be replaced every 2 years like clockwork. This truck has been meticulously maintained, always washed and never abused. And it's one of the ones built in Oshawa, so it's (supposed to be) one of the better ones! It's a joke... it's funny how upset my dad gets when he talks about what a piece of crap it is.
/end rant.