Survey says: Chevrolet is more reliable than Honda and Toyota!
Those are all of the useful details from the ad. Obviously, it is Chevrolet.
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They then list the thirty-two brands of cars these people owned. Is it significant that less than 6% of people receiving junk mail responded? 1. Do you still own or lease this vehicle? 2. Are you the original owner of the vehicle? 3. Has your vehicle required a repair in the last twelve months? Quote:
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So, the Ipso-facto survey treats a blown head gasket or thrown rod equally with a panel gap. |
So buy a 2015?
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Consumer Reports' 2015 Annual Auto Reliability Survey
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https://www.consumerreports.org/cars...bility-survey/ Toyota was #2 (and #1), Honda was #8, and Chevrolet was #20--out of 28. |
The thing is, I've never cared how reliable a car is while under warranty. It's not my problem regardless.
Reliability matters after the vehicle is out of warranty and owners are stuck with the bill for repair. Perhaps VW has better than average reliability for vehicles under warranty, but there's no way the older vehicles hold up better than average. |
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I bought a 2006 Acura in 2010, so I think the bumper to bumper had just expired, but the powertrain should have been covered for another 2 years.
Still, I don't expect major problems within the first 6 years of ownership. I just had the first thing fail on my Acura, which is the cruise control switch. Bought a new one for $1 and haven't put it in yet, but should be super easy. It would be a shorter to list what hasn't been replaced multiple times on my 1998 Dodge 3/4 ton. To be fair, it's got 350,000 miles, but some basic parts like low pressure fuel pumps only go 20,000 miles before crapping out. |
The Lounge isn't your personal forum. I suggest you have the mods move this. How about https://ecomodder.com/forum/general-...iscussion.html
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A bit surprised to see Kia and especially Audi up there. Honda and Toyota have both been rock solid as far as reliability goes, and from my own family's experience Honda has been a bit more reliable than Toyota, but you'll find people arguing for both. We've owned both (Sienna, Civic, Prius, Insight). Vehicles 10-15 years old.
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Mini being above Chevy makes the whole data set suspect
I would expect mini somewhere below Chrysler Further newer VWs are some of the biggest turds ever created, timing belts, injection pumps and failed auto transmissions just outside warranty. The interior was uncleanable, even the glovebox broke, hidden bolt and all. |
At least in Brazil and some neighboring countries, Chevy is often reported to make engines that are mediocre but reliable and easy to fix. No wonder the Chevrolet Onix took the leadership in Brazil, and Chevrolet also became the favorite brand among taxi drivers in many Brazilian cities.
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Ford was plagued by transmission failures here, and Toyota owners here are more careful about maintenance than it seems to happen there in the U.S., so any reliability ranking might be somewhat biased. Well, the newer generations of GM engines seem less indulging to lack of maintenance as the Stovebolt Six and the 153 straight-4 used to be, while the Corolla now seems to fare better than the Cruze in that regard...
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Mom's mechanic says he came from a Chevrolet family, but drives Fords. Dad had a pretty good experience with his Fords, but not equal to Mom's with her Toyota, although she still has not hit 200,000 miles, let alone 250,000 or 350,000.
It is an ad. One should realize they cherry-pick and otherwise manipulate data, just like I do on my dating profile, where I pretend I have my act together. |
Maybe we should change the thread title then?
'Chevy ad says Chevy is more reliable...' |
The point was that they were using a survey as a source. "Chevy-sponsored survey says Chevy is more reliable?" :)
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JD Power has released their 2018 Dependability Survey
Bottom line - all modern cars are really reliable https://d1arsn5g9mfrlq.cloudfront.ne...s/2018016a.jpg |
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I probably have 5 years of online dating experience, so there was a lot of time to tweak the profile to make it interesting, funny, and honest. A dating profile is just the resume to get the interview. Dating will slowly introduce the character flaws or other areas of incompatibility. Really though, I view it as a numbers game; a process of getting the most exposure as possible while refining techniques to quickly eliminate bad matches. I set no geographic limitations on who I was willing to meet, but lucked out and found my hot wife just 20 min away. |
Since this isn't worth a new thread and this one is down to dating advice — look at this. It blows my mind.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Uv1JImcK1...02379520_n.jpg http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019...-stuck-in.html |
I keep making an effort to finally catch up on my new and unnecessarily-complicated notes and then I get distracted.
Project Farm tested hot glue strength. I use hot glue to pull dents (and mangle the metal in the process). Then I went out with 70% isopropyl alcohol to try to get rid of fossilized Gorilla Glue. It made a visible difference! Maybe using denatured alcohol, 90% isopropyl, and acetone a year ago was the right thing to do, I just needed to put way more effort into it. With cheap hot glue, you put one drop of that stuff on the edge, and the whole patch pops off. Anyway, I moved past that, and was totally ready to write notes. Then I saw the first of these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQKG...b1vc7G&index=3 They are kind of funny, although he curses much more than I like. "There's no way a Chevy Cavalier is more reliable than a Honda Civic." Salesman: "Based on a recent survey, Chevy is more reliable than Toyota, Honda, and Ford--" "You guys didn't survey any mechanics, did you?" Real Person: "I never would have thought--" "That's because you have common sense." Real Person: "I am so impressed--" "You're impressed because they made up an award and gave it to themselves?" "You guys didn't get the JD Power Reliability Award, so you just made one up?" Salesman: "Since you're all millennials--" "Let me stop you right there, I'm not a millennial. Don't get me wrong, I love the Pepé Le Pew look." Salesman: "Let me show you the Chevy Cruise, it was specifically designed for you guys--" "What does that mean, it is easily offended and complains about everything?" "I just looked it up. I am a millennial. I hate myself right now." Real Person: "What doesn't this car have?" "I'll tell you what it doesn't have, reliability, lasting quality, style, speed, safety, comfort, a good price, a good marketing team, consumers, any redeeming qualities, really." For a truck ad, they drive up with a cover on it, and it looks like there is a Ford badge underneath. They rip it off and he says "Put the cover back on it!" "You've got a real problem if you've gotta trick people into liking your truck." Real Person: "This is a Chevy?" "You didn't notice the Chevrolet logos everywhere?" Salesman: "The Equinox starts at $24,525--" "Except this one's $36,950." [On the middle shoulder of the freeway] "You guys took your middle-of-the road advertising literally to the middle of the road?" Salesman: "Have you ever had car trouble in a place like this?" "Yeah, in a Chevy." Salesman brags about J.D. Power Reliability Awards "I just looked them up, and your dependability awards are based on the 2014 models, and there are eighteen of them. You guys got 3/18. You're batting .167." Salesman: "Chevrolet is the only brand to get reliability awards on cars, trucks, and SUVs--" "Yeah, but on engines and transmissions, you got 3/5, so at least your windshield wipers will work while you're waiting on the tow truck." "The only way to make getting into a Chevy a good idea is to make the alternative standing outside on the freeway." "The most reliable trucks on the road--" "Well, on the side of the road." Salesman: "Chevrolet has received more JD Power awards for initial quality than any other car company for four years in a row--" "I have no idea what initial quality means. You guys didn't win the lasting quality award? I just Googled it and it is only for the first 90 days. Did you guys rent this whole building just to show off all the cars you couldn't sell?" They had the ad about everyone receiving the family discount and he said that was good, they just laid off tons of employees, so they could still get the discount! "I switched to Chevy" commercial: "I switched to Chevy. Then it broke down and I switched back." "Chevy switched from American workers to Mexican workers." Making fun of people is fun... |
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