| Had 95 Explorer, swore it would be last American car for me. In hindsight it wasn't really all that bad, mainly it just annoyed me. Had it 8 years for about 90K, maint was relatively inexpensive (big items like suspension was covered on recalls), never stranded me anywhere and started every time I needed it. What made me crazy was the crappy attention to detail when they built it...interior trim pieces falling off after a year, stick shift knob coming off in my hand all the time, low resale when I decided I needed another car, busted tie rods from city streets, etc.
With my 4 yr old pilot, the only issue to me so far is the crappy paint that Honda uses. It seems soft to me...anything that touches it leaves a mark. Never realized how much I loved the clearcoat finish on the Ford. |