Honda Quality
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From: WA
Originally posted by dangarza
Please check consumers reports. The $9.00 is money well spent for 3 months of UNBIASED reliability ratings in cars of all makes and models.
In it, you will see that the S2000 is one of the most (as a matter of fact, in the "sports car" category it is THE most) reliable car you can buy. It has their "recommended" status also. Not so with the Boxster.
Please check consumers reports. The $9.00 is money well spent for 3 months of UNBIASED reliability ratings in cars of all makes and models.
In it, you will see that the S2000 is one of the most (as a matter of fact, in the "sports car" category it is THE most) reliable car you can buy. It has their "recommended" status also. Not so with the Boxster.
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From: Laredo
Absolutely. (Unbiased).
They gather data as objectively as possible. They don't ask whether you like the car or not, they ask if anything has broken down (nothing subjective about that) the thing either works or does not work properly.
And only if they gather a fairly large number of subjects (to make it statistically valid) will they publish anything.
(I was never able to get any reliability data on a supra turbo I had, because there were so few of them.)
Cheers,
Daniel
They gather data as objectively as possible. They don't ask whether you like the car or not, they ask if anything has broken down (nothing subjective about that) the thing either works or does not work properly.
And only if they gather a fairly large number of subjects (to make it statistically valid) will they publish anything.
(I was never able to get any reliability data on a supra turbo I had, because there were so few of them.)
Cheers,
Daniel
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From: Randolph, NJ
[QUOTE]Originally posted by dangarza
[B]Absolutely. (Unbiased).
They gather data as objectively as possible. They don't ask whether you like the car or not, they ask if anything has broken down (nothing subjective about that) the thing either works or does not work properly.
[B]Absolutely. (Unbiased).
They gather data as objectively as possible. They don't ask whether you like the car or not, they ask if anything has broken down (nothing subjective about that) the thing either works or does not work properly.
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From: Alpharetta, GA (ATL)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ralper
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I think of all of the publications out there, Consumers Reports is the most trustworthy.
A few threads down from this one, someone has posted the Consumers Reports article and survey.
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I think of all of the publications out there, Consumers Reports is the most trustworthy.
A few threads down from this one, someone has posted the Consumers Reports article and survey.
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From: Alpharetta, GA (ATL)
And I forgot about the questionable top quality. I mean, come on guys, this is not the Honda that I'm used to. If my top has to be replaced then I am going to think of the build quality of this car as being similar to a Corvette. One thing that I do believe will stand the test of time is the engine.
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From: Indy, In.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by nastinupe1
[B]I am getting some TSB's handled on my car today and was looking at the following website: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb...sb/central2.cfm
I was looking at other cars, namely the SLK, Boxster, Z3, and Miata and noticed that the S2000 had more major problems than these other cars, which is not typical of Honda.
[B]I am getting some TSB's handled on my car today and was looking at the following website: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/tsb...sb/central2.cfm
I was looking at other cars, namely the SLK, Boxster, Z3, and Miata and noticed that the S2000 had more major problems than these other cars, which is not typical of Honda.
