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Originally Posted by stratofortress
I refuse to put any effort in
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Exactly. You refuse to put any effort in, because like every other 29-year-old, you already know all there is to know. Well, you're driving a Prius, so maybe your value system has a certain bias already, hmmm? So, you don't find it curious, at all, that the German cars that I have owned have all been dead-reliable, and have never had mileage/age-inappropriate repairs to be made (things consumable, like tires and shocks/strut inserts) and have done yeoman duty in all sorts of climate? Maybe you consider it some kind of crazy fortune that my cars are just as reliable as Japanese cars are purported to be, but often aren't, when you look at real data? Sure, maybe it's just a 9-car anomaly. Yeah, that
has to be it! There is a very good reason that Honda and Toyota have been slipping in reliability ratings. And the reason is that the self-feeding myth of "these cars never need repair" is finally being exposed. And, strangely, German cars are starting to catch up. Huh.
Maybe you should put some effort in to finding out why some of us actually have some seemingly astounding luck with cars that aren't from Japan. And why self-reported data really isn't data at all.