P.T.CRUISER VS. HONDA ACCORD

light was red, honda beside me...light turned green, he spun his tires so i
figured it was a race, had him behind me before 3rd gear.
fools never learn.


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That is one of the problem with FWD cars. When one gets on them
they sit there and spin the wheels. Even a puny 4cy like
a Civic can spin the front wheels.


mike hunt

 

put see how many times over the life of the car you visit the repair
shop over the honda....that race he will win......

 

<<put see how many times over the life of the car you visit the repair
shop over the honda....that race he will win......>>

THAT is not a TRUE STATEMENT and IF your wanting to start a flame
war, you have just done it.

 

nice, driven the turbo gt yet?

Punch

2003 GT owner

 

I tried that race once. A co-worker bought a 1993 Honda Prelude the same
month that I bought my wife's 1993 Eagle Vision TSi (Dodge Intrepid
twin). 3 years later, he'd sold the Prelude because it had spent a grand
total of 6 weeks in the dealer's garage over that time and had had over
$3000 in repairs (albeit covered by warranty, but those costs just get
rolled into new-car prices). It had also stranded him 4 times.

Its now 10 years later, the Eagle has 203,000 miles on it, and shows no
sign of slowing down. It has stranded my wife ONCE (bad crankshaft
position sensor- $30 and a half hour to repair). Yeah, American cars
really suck, don't they?

And by the way, the PT Cruiser has a statistically BETTER quality
history than my wife's car.

 

I had much the same experience with a 1984 Accord purchased new and a
1989 Acclaim purchased new to replace the POS Accord. The Accord needed
major engine repair at 72,000 miles (new cam and full set of rocker
arms) and had a host of other problems that commenced at about 60,000
miles. The happiest day of my ownership of that car was when I traded
it for the Acclaim when it had 90,000 on it. The only car I've ever had
that didn't make 100,000 miles.

The Acclaim died at 146,000 miles and 10 years of age, but it took a 120
lb. whitetail deer to do it in. :-( It still had the original exhaust
system, front brake rotors, etc. at that time whereas the Accord
required replacement of both at the 60,000 mile mark. And Accord
exhaust systems are (at least were in the late 80s) horrendously expensive.

My current Grand Voyager is nearing 147,000 and running quite well other
than a stumbling at certain throttle settings which I'm pretty sure is
the TPS. I'll replace it when it either gets bad enough to be really
annoying or bad enough to trip the computer.


Matt

 

gee i am really scared.....fact is they make a better car...period...

 

| that was actually the first time i raced someone with my pt, it's a 2002 5
| speed with 10,000 miles,not like it gets ran hard, just a small drive to
| work everyday and two 1000 mile trips for vacation
|

My wife used to have a 1997 Neon Sport 5-speed that was tough to beat.
60MPH in about 7-8 seconds! She was always racing that thing!!! The only
competition she found were Mustang 5.0 V8s, so she said!

 

My ancient 1987 Buick LeSabre(aka - the beater mobile) still runs
with over 140K on it. I put a new transmission in it and it should
be good for at least until 200K.(130K on the original transmission!)

Yeah - the rest of the car rots and falls apart. The 3800 engine is
very good.

Two cars - the Volvo 240 is the nice one and the Buick - the freeway
beater. Actually, it's better on the highway than the Volvo, but
don;t try taking it into the mountains.