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Originally Posted by Bruski
I have never owned a foreign brand vehicle (Toyota, Honda, etc) but I'm told they are more reliable. Do you agree ? If so what makes foreign vehicles less defect prone ? I own a Bonneville and a Blazer. Just had to get the Blazer's fuel pump and fuel "sender" replaced. My mechanic says he's done dozens of the senders ($400 part!!!) in the Blazers. Says they are known to rot. Last year I had to get the Bonneville's upper intake replaced. That present from GM costed me ~$600. This problem is/was a known issue in not just the Bonneville but other GM cars as well ( Lasabre, Lumina, Impala, etc). I once owned a Dodge Neon. Had to have a head gasket job done, not once, but twice. Every 60k it needed replacing. Another US brand known defect. Do foreign brand vehicles have defects such as these ?
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Yes, they all have their problems.
The 400 price for a sending unit and pump replacement is pretty good actually.
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Originally Posted by Bruski
I seem to recall US brand car makers in the early 90's pushing quality. And I believe they were making headway. In the late 90s and on it seems that they are regressing. Could this be because so many people lease now and that they are only concerned with quality for the first few years ?
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This is completely wrong. No........
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Originally Posted by Bruski
I have always bought used domestic vehicles because they are so much cheaper than comparable foreign brands. For example, I bought my Blazer for $3300. It is a '95 with 108K. A similar foreign vehicle, say a Toyota 4Runner, with the similar milage and roughly the same age, I'd be looking in the 5-7K range, perhaps more. With that difference I'd have to incur a lot of problems on the Blazer to make up for the extra 2-3K. So I always wind up buying domestic and keeping my fingers crossed.
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You are plain out asking way to much from a 10 year old vehicle. Expecting any vehicle that old to be "problem free" is a sign that you desperately need a reality check.
ALL vehicles have problems and maintanence, this is life and is nothing to complain about.