Sparred4Life t1_jaerdrz wrote
The Japanese believe that if they make good cars, people will buy their cars again when they need to buy a car. American automakers believe that if people have to replace their cars more often, they'll make more money.
MattR9590 OP t1_jaerkso wrote
Yeah that seems about right. It just seems a little shortsighted on the US manufacturers side though.
Sparred4Life t1_jaev0hs wrote
When you run a business by quarterly reports that can happen.
RSwordsman t1_jaewyr7 wrote
My FIL had a '98 Honda CR-V that had almost 200k miles until it racked up too much in repairs to keep. I told myself when I was in the market, I was definitely going for a Honda.
The time came and I got a used 2012 Civic with 35k miles. Now the car's 11 years old, around 160k miles and still going strong. Building to less than exceptional reliability seems like a terrible business decision unless you go strictly for the customers for whom money is no object, and/or the ones with more dollars than sense.
Sparred4Life t1_jaexdfa wrote
You mean like the ones who will only buy Chevy because their daddy drove a Chevy, and his daddy drove a chevy...? :)
RSwordsman t1_jaexlgd wrote
Either that or people who don't care about having constant car payments and just lease new ones all the time I guess hehe.
Sparred4Life t1_jaey0s4 wrote
Yeah! If that's the approach a new American car will last that long for sure, that's a good point!
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