I mean he is that far off.
I mean he is that far off. Todays cars are not like your Toyota, or even prelude. The body is even different materials. Todays cars are built to make it 10 yrs. I think the avg cars life time today is just that.
We just sent our Nissan to the junk yard, it was a 2011 256k miles and never had one issue other than the MAF. The cvt never serviced and never changed. In 2021 it still drove strong, however, the body was being oxidized pretty bad. The engine was about to break its timing chain.
Amazingly , that car was sad to see go just because of that reliability factor. This Civic 2017 touring, its a nice car not built even to the standard of that 2011 Nissan however, the AC has been out twice now, the axle was shot after 40k. The car began smelling like shit around then too. The wiring has been horrid in terms of breaks in them, faulty connections, misfiring for no dam reason. Already i've changed out the injectors, spark plugs 3 times now, new coil packs, new upstream o2 sensor, not to mention my axles are making noise again, the alignment pshh, shocks non existent and the road noise was insane! The fog lights broke in the first few months even. Ive also been through 3 windshields. Went in for the ac this last fall, also asked if they would check into why i was getting 300,301,302,304 codes all of sudden, they recommended a valve adjustment... I had enough funding to address one large repair for backup and i knew better that it wasn't the problem for the misfiring.
She talked me into it " oh yeah it could cause misfires.." and i also read that morning that the service interval was also to have the valves adjusted. The past 4 months ive gone back to this dealer 6 times now for the same shit. Misfire limp mode. Cant drive it in with limp mode, restating the car fixes for a second or doesnt. Hell, ive even picked up the mechanic there, tossed him in the driver seat and said, "get on it.., drive it like you stole it. " Finally he felt it , no code tho and without that code he cant know what to fix.
Once we got back to shop, i took my dipstick out and said do me a favor and tell me if you smell gas and shoved the stick to his nose i said i never have smell oil thats this strong. He smells it , " ah man i cant tell i smell this all day. UgH. I love Hondas until now . As im installing my o2 sensor today, praying my converter is still ok. Worst of all is that smell. Its pretty bad and embarrassing. Shits a joke .
Kinda stuck with it and am upside down with the ride financially due to these things and milage. Ive cut the maintenance down to 3500 ish miles about 40-50% oil life left i swap it out. We have paid a shit ton in money out and vow to never buy their cars again. I say that all of it as im sitting here looking at my 1992 toyota 4runner snd shit its still a beast. Looks shining and like it did when we got her. We just decided to buy a new car and welp i can tell it will be lucky to see 10 yrs too. However, a lot better.
Anyways, they are all bad the newer cars but who used to be good and reliable like Honda, they have changed ... sadly.