damn it... damn it all to hell! i'm returning your gift.
i think you are right blotter. cars are good enough that the owner, or sometimes just luck of the draw is enough to make one car great and another shite.
I think it's more than that.
There's a reason certain brands score at the bottom of the reliability testing year in year out. Can't just be luck of the draw.
to a certainl extent, but I do think "reliability testing" has become a crapshoot.
they include stuff that really isn't part of the reliability equation.
While I've never followed the Chrysler group of vehicles (I won't comment) Ford is my favorite example being slammed by CR because of the media interface, which has nothing to do with realiability.
and I guess the faulty acceleration case goes on and on....
It does but I do think most would agree it was total BS or at least over blown.
Just because Toyota is settling some cases doesn't mean they're guilty. Many cases have been thrown out and I think Toyota got to a point where it was 'just pay them off and move on'
There's a big jump in recalls from Toyota after all that because they decided to just about recall anything that was a problem to show they're on top of things.