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I recall when the Honda Civic first came out. I was living in Montreal and by the middle of the first winter they were so rusted out you could see right through the side to the rear suspension. I don't recall any of them lasting more than one year. One girl I knew didn't drive her's in the winter and got through two years then the engine failed with 25,000 miles on it, off warratee of course as they only had a 12 month warrantee. The car had been $2200 new and the dealer wanted $2400 to replace the engine. The car went for parts. However the Civic was a lot better than Honda's first attempt in North America which was the S-600. They lasted about 1000 miles and were totally orphaned by Honda. Hard to believe that anyone forgave them for their early garbage. Even today I find that Toyotas etc are way overrated, particularly in the area of comfort. This May I rented a Toyota in Ireland that had 6 km on it. With 750 km it quit at a gas station and Toyota told me they would get someone out in a day or so to look at it. Fortunately I was able to get a service shop nearby to sort out the electical problem as I didn't have two days to wait for Toyota, but this was at my cost.
I'll drive a Ford or GM any day over the Asian cars.
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