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Originally Posted by audiophool
And always to trot out the myth of the maintenance-free and bulletproof Japanese cars, lol. I used to have an Infiniti G35 (Gen 2) and was a member on a forum with early cars that were ~5-6 years old and there was always an absolute litany of complaints about this and that failing. Suspension, brakes, interior falling apart, oil-burning engines and rust. Buddy swears by his Toyotas but they spend almost a month per year in the shop just for regular service and it's not cheap.....
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I've been stranded more times in Japanese cars then American and German COMBINED. Had a brand new CRX that use to blow fusable links in winter (at least 6 each winter), bone stock vehicle.
Replaced the alternator in the dog shuttle Accord last year, went with Dealer part. Output was 14v until underhood operating temp was reached, dropped to 8v, bad regulator. Had to haggle with Dealer parts manager for over 1/2hr to swap for another unit because 1st one was NG.