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Originally posted by Accord17
uhm, if u drive the shit outta any car you'll have problems
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Exactly...but a lot of people (most of whom are ignorant) don't know that. They buy a sports car and figure they can rape it and it'll be just fine. This may be true of...say...a Ferrari because it's built with insanely expensive parts that you pay insane amounts of money for. But the same logic does not apply to your run of the mill sports car. Beat it and it WILL break. I think this is why imports are always rated higher in reliability. Think about it...an Accord makes quite a bit less power than a Mustang GT. Now...if you're buying a Mustang GT it's for one of two reasons...because you like the looks/heritage or because it's fast...maybe both. It's not basic A - B transportation. The chief buyers of Accords, however, just want something to get them to work or wherever on time while doing the speed limit. Now...one of these demographics will flog their car and the other won't. When you flog it, stuff will usually go wrong unless you take preventative measures. This is why I question the F-bodies reliability stats. As for a car ten years old...hell, mine's 20 years old and the only problems I've had with it were ones I actually caused (the most major of which being a cracked block as a result of too much power). My '01 Sonoma has already given me more grief than my 20 year old Mustang. Newer is NOT better.
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