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03-27-2015, 12:27 PM
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That's why they recommend changing the belt every 60,000 miles.
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Yeah, and that's going to cost you what?
$800 bucks at the dealer?
Or maybe a cool $1000?
I dunno, but that's one of the main reasons I got a 4 cylinder Honda Accord instead of a 6. The 4 has a chain.
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03-27-2015, 01:29 PM
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I dunno, but that's one of the main reasons I got a 4 cylinder Honda Accord instead of a 6. The 4 has a chain.
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The '92 Accord EX I used to have didn't.
The 2.3L Ford Rangers I've had were "non-interference" engines. I lost a belt in one of them and it didn't damage the engine at all. I replaced the belt myself in a couple of hours.
Those are really bulletproof engines. Ford uses it as their workhorse small pickup engine and in the past it has been made in turbo and diesel versions, all were tough to kill.
John
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03-27-2015, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
The '92 Accord EX I used to have didn't.
The 2.3L Ford Rangers I've had were "non-interference" engines. I lost a belt in one of them and it didn't damage the engine at all. I replaced the belt myself in a couple of hours.
Those are really bulletproof engines. Ford uses it as their workhorse small pickup engine and in the past it has been made in turbo and diesel versions, all were tough to kill.
John
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I won't own anything other than a Toyota or a Honda.
I drove American cars from 1963-1990, then I switched to Japanese.
The change was dramatic.
I'll never go back.
I'm too old to deal with an unreliable piece of shit.
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03-27-2015, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom Joad
I won't own anything other than a Toyota or a Honda.
I drove American cars from 1963-1990, then I switched to Japanese.
The change was dramatic.
I'll never go back.
I'm too old to deal with an unreliable piece of shit.
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There really isn't any difference any more, especially since most of the Japanese cars we buy are made right here.
American car companies do a very decent job these days.
John
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03-28-2015, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
There really isn't any difference any more, especially since most of the Japanese cars we buy are made right here.
American car companies do a very decent job these days.
John
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There are two 15 year old Chev Impala LSs in the garage that say they have been doing a damn good job for quite some time. After her time teaching in Japan if I was silly enough to bring home a rice burner Florence would set fire to it in the driveway.
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03-29-2015, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
There are two 15 year old Chev Impala LSs in the garage that say they have been doing a damn good job for quite some time. After her time teaching in Japan if I was silly enough to bring home a rice burner Florence would set fire to it in the driveway.
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Yeah but you're one of those older than dirt old dudes that keeps it in the garage except for once a week when you make a three mile round trip to get groceries. Of course is lasts forever. A car owned by a senior citizen is the next best thing to keeping it in a time capsule.
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03-30-2015, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
There really isn't any difference any more, especially since most of the Japanese cars we buy are made right here.
American car companies do a very decent job these days.
John
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Yep. However, John, you are talking to people who will cite a Pinto they had in high school 40 years ago as proof that every Ford, GM or Chrysler product ever built is a piece of shit. Completely ignoring all of the 40+ year old American branded vehicles still in use.
It's called "narrowmindedness".
Dave
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03-30-2015, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
There really isn't any difference any more, especially since most of the Japanese cars we buy are made right here.
American car companies do a very decent job these days.
John
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I don't care. I gave American Cars more than a fair chance. I gave them second, third, and fourth chances. They blew it. I'm done with them and I'm never going back.
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03-30-2015, 12:11 PM
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I don't care. I gave American Cars more than a fair chance. I gave them second, third, and fourth chances. They blew it. I'm done with them and I'm never going back.
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^^^My point made in three sentences.^^^
Dave
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03-30-2015, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak
^^^My point made in three sentences.^^^
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You're Goddamned right!
I wouldn't go back to my Ex-Wife either.
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