No JD Powers isn't just INITIAL quality. Do you always speak emphatically of things which you obviously have no knowledge. JD Powers researches all manner of things, including long-term durability. Why do you always shoot your mouth off without doing any research or even any serious thinking? Go here and learn: http:// www.jdpower.com/ On Oct 22, 2006, at 3:55 PM, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
> JD powers is INITIAL quality, not how > Well something is built for long term but rather how > Well something was assembled & inspected before > It leaves the factory. PERIOD. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > graywolf > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 12:00 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > Ah, bullshit, the american and japanese cars are likely built on the > same assembly line nowadays. Even as far back as 1980 that was > possible, > > now it is likely. Hey, Joe, is this a toyota or a chevy, which > badge do > I put on it? > > -- > > J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> Don't forget that JD powers numbers are only for initial >> Quality which is essentially how well the car is assembled >> And inspected before it leaves the factory. It has almost >> Nothing to do with build quality and long term reliablity. >> jco >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Paul Stenquist >> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:28 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: The JCO survey >> >> Look at the JD Power numbers. Toyota and Honda are leaders in >> quality, > >> but GM is close to the top these days as is Ford. All of the US >> carmakers outperform the Europeans. It's not opinion. It's fact. >> On Oct 22, 2006, at 5:11 AM, keith_w wrote: >> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> Sorry, but you don't have a clue. >>> I have a lot more than a clue, Paul >>> My family and I have lived with various GM cars over the years, as >> well >>> as perhaps 30 other vehicles personally. >>> That includes a number of Chevys and Buicks. >>> And for me, a preponderance of foreign iron, including Mercedes, >> Hondas >>> and Toyotas. >>> >>> The Hondas and Toyotas have out-performed and outlasted any of my >> other >>> cars, in all respects, without regard to marque. >>> >>> GM's shoddy workmanship and inattention to quality control as a way > of >>> automotive life, has lost me as a customer for life. >>> >>> keith whaley >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
