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Brian Smith wrote:
> "jim beam" > wrote in message > t... >> but for stuff like that, i don't think you should be paying - you should >> have one of the allison design team down there resolving your problem. >> from a manufacturer perspective, they need as much field service feedback >> as possible to make sure your stuff works properly. if nobody bothers to >> let the design team know [not the service tech] that their filters clog >> outside of the lab, they'll never deal with it. here in san francisco, a >> number of the taxi companies run fleets sponsored by auto makers so we >> have all the latest and greatest of their vehicles in taxi livery charging >> up and down the badly pot-holed streets, hills, etc. they do this so they >> can install "black box" data recorders in them and find out how their >> vehicles perform in "real world" for a hilly city. they do it in las >> vegas too for heat. if they have the data, they can design accordingly. >> no data, inadequate design. > > I do understand what you are saying, but a small fleet of trucks doesn't > seem to draw their attention. I would think that one truck having problems > with their product would garner attention, but not yet. > > it's also possible, depending on their business model, that they don't want to resolve the issue - either a local or corporate decision. when i was a pup at university, one of my professors did some consulting work with one of the big auto manufacturers to help them limit the life of their transmissions via metal fatigue. [it's a very hard technical problem because things tend to either break right away, or last forever.] but the point is, life limitation is very much on the agenda in certain situations. i'm not sure it would be for commercial applications, at least from a corporate standpoint, but you may have been up against local sales quotas, and failures are a sales opportunity. |
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"jim beam" > wrote in message t... > > it's also possible, depending on their business model, that they don't > want to resolve the issue - either a local or corporate decision. when i > was a pup at university, one of my professors did some consulting work > with one of the big auto manufacturers to help them limit the life of > their transmissions via metal fatigue. [it's a very hard technical > problem because things tend to either break right away, or last forever.] > but the point is, life limitation is very much on the agenda in certain > situations. i'm not sure it would be for commercial applications, at > least from a corporate standpoint, but you may have been up against local > sales quotas, and failures are a sales opportunity. All true. |
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E Meyer wrote:
> The only non-routine problems I've treated on Nissans have been the > occasional engine compartment electrical connector that needed > cleaning/reseating (plagues the '02 Pathfinder) and periodic throttle body > cleaning ('91 240sx and '96 I30). It's the newer Nissans that are crap. Older Nissans were much more solid. A friend of mine put over 200,000 miles on a '90 NX with little trouble. |
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On Feb 27, 10:43 am, "Dano58" > wrote:
> On Feb 26, 5:17 pm, "DodgeDriver" > wrote: > > > We are in the USA. Granddaughter is looking to buy her first car. She is > > talking Honda Civic. Don't know why, but she believes that is what she > > wants. She will have about $5,000 (US) to spend. I lean toward something > > not more than 5 years old. Haven't started looking but thought I would ask > > this group for opinions a Civic. Are all Civics created equal or are > > there certain models/years to stay away from? > > > Thanks for any help. > > $5k will buy you a 10 or so year old Civic here in NJ... I like them a > lot but was looking at Accords for my son (I wanted a little larger > car to compete with the SUV's). We ended up with a '99 Subaru Legacy > with AWD that he likes a lot. Paid well under $5k for it, too... > > In addition to what the others have said, stay away from any car that > has been 'upgraded' with aftermarket air intakes, wheels, headlight/ > taillights, etc. As you'll see, Civics are very popular with the tuner > crowd, but many of them have stuff added with no thought of how it > will work, just how it will look (or sound). Also look for one with > mechanical records, and preferably with the timing belt replaced. > > Dan D > '07 Ody EX > Central NJ USA |
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"High Tech Misfit" > wrote in message
... >E Meyer wrote: > >> The only non-routine problems I've treated on Nissans have been the >> occasional engine compartment electrical connector that needed >> cleaning/reseating (plagues the '02 Pathfinder) and periodic throttle >> body >> cleaning ('91 240sx and '96 I30). > > It's the newer Nissans that are crap. Older Nissans were much more solid. > A friend of mine put over 200,000 miles on a '90 NX with little trouble. One of the most troublesome cars I've ever had was an '85 300ZX. There were problems related to poor maintenance, especially the use of straight water in the cooling system (I violated my rules for used car standards because I lusted after the car). But the real killer was in the electrical system. At 17 years and 150K miles it was developing new intermittents faster than I could track them down. A few years before, an intermittent connector on the ignition coil caused it to die half a dozen times a day for two months. The first month it didn't even stay dead a minute at a time... very frustrating. Mike |
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On Mar 1, 8:55 am, Doug B > wrote:
> wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2:17 pm, "DodgeDriver" > wrote: > >> We are in the USA. Granddaughter is looking to buy her first car. She is > >> talking Honda Civic. Don't know why, but she believes that is what she > >> wants. She will have about $5,000 (US) to spend. I lean toward something > >> not more than 5 years old. Haven't started looking but thought I would ask > >> this group for opinions a Civic. Are all Civics created equal or are > >> there certain models/years to stay away from? > > >> Thanks for any help. > > > For $5k I'd buy an american over a jap car anyday. > > Your bias is evident in your use of an ethnic slur in your reply, making > your opinion even more worthless than most. Whatever. I owned three japanese cars and one american. I like my japanese cars. But I have to give it to the americans that the car was 1. rattle free 2. did not need any major repairs 3. pulled like a locomotive All three of my jap cars rattle. All three came with wimpy engines and one out of three was a total disaster maintenance wise. So you opinion be as it may I should say that there is a lot of things to like japanese econoboxes for, but reliability is not one of them for sure. |
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What were the three Japanese cars and what was the American car? Are
the Japs even Hondas? Or are we comparing 80s Civics to an '07 Cadillac or Lincoln? |
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:17:00 -0500, "DodgeDriver"
> wrote: >We are in the USA. Granddaughter is looking to buy her first car. She is >talking Honda Civic. Don't know why, but she believes that is what she >wants. She will have about $5,000 (US) to spend. I lean toward something >not more than 5 years old. Haven't started looking but thought I would ask >this group for opinions a Civic. Are all Civics created equal or are >there certain models/years to stay away from? > >Thanks for any help. Five grand might be enough to lease a base model *new* Civic for three years, full warranty coverage. Or maybe lease a three year old Civic from a dealer for three years, fancy model. J. |
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