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YUGO never did come out with a 4 x 4 before the factory was bombed did they?

I was thinking of getting a Pilot for my wife

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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

I just bought the 06 Honda Pilot 3 months ago for the wife. I got it loaded with leather and navigation, I think the thing is made really well, It came with a 5 year powertrain warranty, so I opted not to buy the extended. It only costs me 200 more a year for full insurance on it, than it does my 97 Ford Expedition, don't ask me why I still have full on it, it's all paid for ..

She really wants an Odyssey just because all her friends have them but I think the Pilot is a better option. She also thinks the minivan is more kid friendly. That thing just looks so huge! I grew up in Boston and I can't imagine parallel parking that Odyssey.

He knows his chit bigtime

Yah John!

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Yep - the $10 per hour guys check them out, not the $15-20 Flat Rate guys... Otherwise the FR guys would be cranking out checklists in 30 minutes a pop (and finding stuff that the Used Car Department would need to fix and pay for)...

One thing to keep in mind - all car makes brake - some more so than others and some more conspicuously than others.

Couple things I noticed in 7 years of working in dealer service departments in the 80s-90s with Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, Buick, & Jeep:

American Cars run well despite tune ups inthe sense that it is usually a problem with something that causes a poorly operating car.

Japanese cars are more dependent on tune ups to run well and are more susceptible to run like crap when not tuned up.

Japanese cars will last longer on the engine less so on the body (though that has improved considerably)

American factory paint jobs usually suck (far diffferent environmental regs).

Every manufacture has had BIG problems. some, like Toyota, hide them well, sometimes...

Most Tercels from 86-91 went thru expensive carburetors for years. The carbs would run rich and burn out the catalytic converters increasing the cost. A small handful of exceptional carb mechanics could overhaul them - once - and extend the life by about 18 months...

Most - as in MANY MANY MANY - V6 Toyota trucks, Tacomas, and especially the 4 Runners from 88-93or 94 (when they went from 3 liter to 3.4 liter V6) would blow thru headgaskets at dizzyingly expensive cost to the owners as it often happend a couple years after the warranty expired. This went on for years of 2000 dollar headgasket jobs until Toyota came out with some "fixes" and started buying some of the headgasket jobs

There was a recall on 87-90something Camrys to add a heat sink on the radio. Little problem was the radio would overheat and start a fire. - Happened to my mother's car outside a store in Westwood Mass....

Subarus leak like seives - oil and anti-freeze and often at the same time. Chew thru CV boots and axle shafts like Skoal in W Virginia

GM Quad 4s went thru headgaskets almost as fast as Toyota V6 trucks

GM Iron Duke 2.5L 4 cyls eat timing gears (pull up next to 80s-90s GM small & mid sixe cars sounding like marbles in a coffee can from the engine).

Ford power steering sucks

GM power steering REALLY sucks

Ohhhh could go on and on...

I had a 95 k1500 with 286 k great truck ,had to sell her for something with more room. Bought a new 03 xcab k1500 miss the 95 she was mint.:btu:

after reading about trucks[pick-up's] on this thread , does anyone buy a truck for WORK anymore..like putting tools/brush/gravel/garbage/lumber etc. in it...or are they just for show these days?

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Originally Posted by capesams

after reading about trucks[pick-up's] on this thread , does anyone buy a truck for WORK anymore..like putting tools/brush/gravel/garbage/lumber etc. in it...or are they just for show these days?

If hauling fishing rods, foul smelling fishing gear, and occasional dead fish around counts as work then yes. :D

work trucks are hino's and fuso's arround my way.

hino? fuso?.. oh man.. new code..... wheres my decoder ring?, or do I need new one? ;)

CS. I hauled a chit load of brush and wood with mine, after that big blow on Dec. 9.... got pine pitch ta prove it..:hihi:...
most of the time tho, its just a go to dump, or go to beach, or that other place.. oh yeah... work :(...

one's I see around here are all cab an no bed....bet I couldn't go out tommorrow and find a plain jane without leather seats,power windows, big woofer an boommer,free ad sticker's all over, a reel bumper,ac....dang yuppies.

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Originally Posted by capesams

after reading about trucks[pick-up's] on this thread , does anyone buy a truck for WORK anymore..like putting tools/brush/gravel/garbage/lumber etc. in it...or are they just for show these days?

I just bought a 1500 work truck 8 bed...no frills....and yes....for work!!...just brought home a load of firewood too....might even get to the dump soon ...and it will carry ladders
I dont get why people drive pick ups..unless for work...Id much rather drive a car...I make sure we take the wifes Accord when we go out...its a pleasure to drive after being in the truck all week

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Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

work trucks are hino's and fuso's arround my way.

mitsubisi hino and fuso or benz.
small diesel cab-over box trucks. no need for the trailer anymore. ladders on the roof.everything else inside.

I'm kind of partial to the Buicks. My daughter has a 96 Regal with over 130,000 miles on it that hasn't required anything but basic maintainence and wear and tear stuff. The car has been in a wide spectrum of environments: the Arizona desert, New England, DC and now SC. I think the only state on the east coast that it hasn't been in is Maine. Well built car. Same platform as the Monte Carlos and Grand Prix but more comfortable and cheaper for insurance. We also own a 2002 Regal that is doing quite well.

Thats great to hear. I'm glad someone has had luck with them. My father and neighbor both had Buick Regals and had nothing but major problems with them since the first day they bought them.