Here and in the UK the bodies rust and fall to pieces while the engines remain good.
Don John Coyle wrote: > I wonder if the condition of the roads makes any difference? I don't know > whether Bill's locality has rough roads or not: but, for me, since > 99.99(recurring)% of my driving is on city or highway surfaces, I'm not > surprised that my Honda Integra is now 10 years old and has cost me very > little apart from regular servicing. One air-conditioning module in the > non-consumable range so far, and it's about to have the power steering seals > and the rear suspension bushes replaced, both due to the age of the vehicle. > No sign of any deterioration or breakages to the drive train at all. > > In Australia, Honda's have a very good reputation for quality and > reliability, which keeps their re-sale value well up! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:45 AM > Subject: Re: New telephoto lenses? > > > > <SNIP>> My Honda used to eat front suspensions and CV joints, my wife's > Toyota > >> required regular CV joint replacement, and my Isuzu required an expensive >> tranny rebuild at about 100,000km (GM crap transmission to be sure). >> I'll stick to rear drive trucks now, they seem to have better reliability. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net