Honda vs Toyota ??

"jim beam" > wrote in message
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> Pars wrote:
> > "jim beam" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>>
> >>>There are exceptions to every rule. I agree--Honda should have solved
> >
> > this
> >
> >>>problem before they put that same defective transmission in the 99
Honda
> >>>Accord 6 cyld. cars. Honda dropped the ball. My neighbor has a 99 Honda
> >
> > 6
> >
> >>>cyld. Accord. I have not told them about the problem since it would
just
> >>>cause them to worry. Do you know whether or not Honda is replacing
those
> >>>transmissions for free? if so, I will tell them in case their
> >
> > transmission
> >
> >>>develops problems. I am glad that I have the 4 cyld. version of the
same
> >>>car instead of the 6 cyld.
> >>>
> >>
> >>which about the same time honda took the decision to drop all hatchbacks
> >>here in the u.s., make the civic macpherson strut and adopt red rear
> >>turn signal lenses - one of the DUMBEST things i have ever seen. oh,
> >>and make the accord have twin pipes coming out of the rear despite the
> >>fact that there's only pipe coming under the car.
> >>
> >>whatever my pet peeves, honda have come under a lot of criticism from
> >>the financial analysts for their civic decison - it basically handed the
> >>substantial "enthusiast" market to subaru on a plate with
> >>correspondingly disasterous drops in sales. when's the last time you
> >>saw an rsx, the macpherson "integra"? and toyota have taken a lot of
> >>honda's family sedan market because of the transmission problems you
cite.
> >>
> >>honda used to be run by car enthusiasts. now, it seems to be run by
> >>bean counters who think cosmetic garbage and engineering short cuts are
> >>the way to make money. wrong honda, wrong. that's ford/g.m.'s game. i
> >>used to buy honda because they were well made, well engineered, sporty
> >>little cars. if i was in the market for a new car today, i'd buy toyota
> >>or nissan. or subaru.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's an article I wrote 3 years ago that flowed the same thread.
> >
> >
> >
> > Too bad...what happened to the days when the Civic was all about an
> > automobile
> > that was derived from racing inspired genes. Don't the car company know
that
> > the been counters are only about the short term profit?? BMW, Mercedes,
GM
> > are
> > the kind of car company that are
> > careful about protecting their roots. New roots are going to have be
grown,
> > and
> > since cars are generally alot more reliable when compared to the past,
it
> > shouldn't be difficult for a car company like Hyundai to build something
> > sporting and economical that only cost about 12k. All they have to do is
> > copy
> > the CRX.
> >
> >
> > Pars
> >
> >
> missing link!
>

I did a cut and paste the acutal article (as per above). But here's the
link...

http://groups.google.ca/group/rec.au...987a1d0babffcf

Pars