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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Slartibartfast)
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
- References: <1993Jan15.172315.19876@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan19.083408.4345@informix.com> <1jkteoINN6uh@male.EBay.Sun.COM>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:30:48 GMT
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- In article <1jkteoINN6uh@male.EBay.Sun.COM> elkinbar@filly.EBay.Sun.COM (Greg Elkinbard) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan19.083408.4345@informix.com>, aland@informix.com
- >(Colonel Panic) writes:
- >>
- >> Actually, that's not a bad example. A recent CR rated the Probe GT and the
- >> MX-6 LS in the same article. As for repair ratings, they characterized the
- >> past years' models of the Probe as "worse than average" but of the MX-6 as
- >> "better than average". Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm sure somebody will [-:),
- >> but even in 1992 and previous, weren't they the SAME DAMN PLATFORM with the
- >> EXACT SAME MOTORS?!?!
- >>
- >>
- >> --
- >> Alan Denney aland@informix.com {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
- >>
- >The same platform and the same engine, doesn't mean that the cars are the same.
- >As my parents found out when they bought a British "clone" of an Acura
- >Legend, the Sterling. And while the engine, transmission, and the suspension
- >peaces on the Sterling are still functional, everything else fell apart.
- >The interior electricals failed often enough to push the reliablity rating
- >of the car far down.
- >
- >Greg
-
- Yes, Greg, but you forget, the Sterling was made in England, where
- reliable cars are only made by GM (Vauxhall) and Rolls Royce. The Legend was
- made in Japan. The Probe and MX-6, and 626 for that matter, are all made in
- the same plant in Flat Rock, MI. Obviously the same car made in different
- factories by different companies could, and probably would, have dissimilar
- repair records, but cars made in the same plant by the same workers won't...
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- --
- Chintan Amin The University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign c-amin1@uiuc.edu
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