OK here is my opinion about things. My Eclipse was maintained perfectly and it would need belts replaced, water pump, engine mounts ( old ones gave away), also it made these noises in the engine bay. It had 90,000 miles. My dads 1989 Civic has god knows how much miles now but more than 300,000 miles on it and all he ever changed was the damn starter. And that Honda is 10X more reliable then my car. I know my Eclipse was way faster and looked so much better than the Honda but his engine has perfect compression and never leaked or burned oil. I used to deliver with that car and it never ever broke down. My dad even used it to transfer some bricks or whatever for contruction and he loaded it so much it would scrape the street but it never gave away. I put a TV in the back of my Eclipse and my rear shocks started making noises when I drive. I also went trough a curb once with the Honda and nothing happend. I went through a pothole with the eclipse and I had so much problems with it. I would never trade it for a honda but I just knew that it wasnt as reliable as a Honda.
So in conclusion I think Honda's are more reliable, but just not made for big HP. I wounder when will honda make a AWD 350+hp car
maybe then I might buy a honda. And besides, 2G Eclipses are gorgeous compared to honda's
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