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Or is it someone else?

Probably unfortunately. Or Honda

word on the street Subaru

I think so?

there are fucking toyota camries in ff8

Best for getting your wheels stolen...

Fluttershy posted...

there are fucking toyota camries in ff8

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7656be6c.jpg

Toyota and Lexus (which is basically Toyota) are in general the most reliable cars you can buy. They aren't perfect though, they recently had a huge recall on the engines of some of their trucks.

I'm happy with my Yaris. Could be better equipped mind, admittedly it is a bare bones model but still.

ISIS agreed

Toyota and Honda

Either Honda or Toyota, though I was raised in a pro Japanese car family. So I might be brainwashed with car propaganda.

weren't Kia rising really quickly in the US? until they started getting easily broken into

so I guess it's still Toyota

Correlation does not imply causation but every person Ive ever known with a Toyota or Honda car has never had an issue and it lasted forever.

With that being said Im 48 and only on my 3rd vehicle my whole life. Ive had 2 Chevy trucks and a Dodge truck and in all those years Ive only had a single thing go wrong that I had to spend money on. The blower motor for my heat/ac went out on my Dodge. Cost me about $300.

Outside of that zero issues. I do regular oil changes, rotate my tires once a year and change the battery like every 7 years.

Id still be on my 2nd truck most likely but 20 years ago when I bought my house and moved farther from work I needed something with 4 wheel drive for winter driving so got rid of my little S10 Id only had for 5 years.

In this day and age I think most vehicles are pretty damn reliable.

Depends what you want.

There's a lot of manufacturers making reliable, relatively cheap to run cars. Toyota is one. Subaru, Honda, Kia, Mazda, are others. Truth is, most modern cars are pretty reliable (compared to what they were).

If you want luxury or high performance, or prestige, you'll want something else.

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/cars-driving/which-car-brands-make-the-best-vehicles-a6159221985/

Apparently it's BMW.

Hyundai.

I own two of them. They're built like friggin tanks.

Ilishe posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7656be6c.jpg

I never realized FFVIII (the best FF) came out on Dreamcast Day. Interesting.

I can't imagine ever buying an American car again. I've owned five Hondas and one Chevy, and the Chevy was complete trash while I put well over 100k miles on all the Hondas (except the newest one, which is only a few months old)

Euripides posted...

I can't imagine ever buying an American car again. I've owned five Hondas and one Chevy, and the Chevy was complete trash while I put well over 100k miles on all the Hondas (except the newest one, which is only a few months old)

I'll take it a step further and say I'll never buy another American made car period. Just like everything else American made, they're complete shit.

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

I'll take it a step further and say I'll never buy another American made car period. Just like everything else American made, they're complete shit.

Well three of my Hondas were built in Marysville, OH

Euripides posted...

Well three of my Hondas were built in Marysville, OH

True. I misspoke. "American made" is an expression I used without really thinking about what it meant.

ReturnOfDevsman posted...

True. I misspoke. "American made" is an expression I used without really thinking about what it meant.

The irony of Japanese cars being built in America and American cars being built in Mexico....

Today Consumer Reports released a list for what they consider to be the most reliable 5-10 year old used cars (I have no idea what their exact methodology is).

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/used-car-brand-reliability-a2811658468/

As expected, Toyota/Lexus takes the top 2 spots. Interestingly, BMW is in the top 10, something that would seem unheard of 10-20 years ago. Buick is also apparently the most reliable American car maker.

Stellantis would have swept the bottom worst three but Tesla had to sneak in to ruin Stellantis from claiming all three spots on the bottom podium.

I'd say Toyota still has it for ICE cars. Probably Hyundai for EVs

YellowSUV posted...

Today Consumer Reports released a list for what they consider to be the most reliable 5-10 year old used cars (I have no idea what their exact methodology is).

https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/used-car-brand-reliability-a2811658468/

As expected, Toyota/Lexus takes the top 2 spots. Interestingly, BMW is in the top 10, something that would seem unheard of 10-20 years ago. Buick is also apparently the most reliable American car maker.

Stellantis would have swept the bottom worst three but Tesla had to sneak in to ruin Stellantis from claiming all three spots on the bottom podium.

The unreliability of the German brands has always been way over exaggerated.

The real issue is because they have high depreciation, a 16 year old trying to stunt in the student parking lot will buy a $3000 BMW from a sketchy dealer, only to find out that the repairs still cost the same even if the car itself is cheap.

Ive owned three German cars and four American cars and the German cars have been way more reliable overall.