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#5523 of 5526 D3 Vendor?? by jodar96 Sep 08, 2009 (6:45 am)
What is D3? Is it third world? I know both Honda and Toyota have global suppliers that saves them tons of money and quality issues. In that area, they have a good system going.   Although we sold our 2008 Accord EX due to seat comfort issue, the car was well built. What Fusion, Sonata, and Malibu can NOT match is resale value of Accord or Camry. We sold the Accord $2K less than what I paid for 9K miles and 15 months later.   I sold my 1994 Accord (bought new) two year, 30K miles later $1000 less than what I bought it for.   Everyone is catching up with the reliability part, they still have a long way to go for the resale value part.   If you want to change cars every 2-3 years, Accords and Camrys are the best choices. If you keep the car 10-12 years, Fusion, Sonata, Malibu should be fine.   Joe Replies to this message: stephen987 (Sep 08, 2009 7:06 am)
#5524 of 5526 Re: D3 Vendor?? [jodar96] by stephen987 Sep 08, 2009 (7:06 am)
Replying to: jodar96 (Sep 08, 2009 6:45 am) D3=Detroit 3 (GM, Ford, Chrysler)
#5525 of 5526 Re: timing belt [stephen987] by berri Sep 08, 2009 (8:20 am)
Replying to: stephen987 (Sep 08, 2009 5:16 am) Meow. That's catty.   As Catbert says "PURRR -"   Lets give the new competitors a bit more time and see what they look like after 5 years and 60K. I hope you're right, but several times before I've heard this D3 is much better now, bought their products and been burned down the road. Its interesting how the new Mazda based Fusion looks good, while the Volvo based Taurus/500 has been mediocre. Shows there is no correlation between vehicle price and quality/reliability. The Opel based new GM offerings are a bit tight, but show promise. I think Hyundai needs a bit more work on suspension.   As for differentiating, I was waiting for a rental car awhile back at PHX and the Hertz person told me they actually got a few Accord's. Despite everyone dissing them as fugly, she said they never sit around long before someone rents them. Actually, you don't seem to get Fusions or Malibu's much as rentals any more. The rental hangar queens seem to be Hyundai/Kia and Nissan these days. Replies to this message: lilengineerboy (Sep 12, 2009 10:45 am)
#5526 of 5526 Re: timing belt [berri] by lilengineerboy Sep 12, 2009 (10:45 am)
Replying to: berri (Sep 08, 2009 8:20 am) As for differentiating, I was waiting for a rental car awhile back at PHX and the Hertz person told me they actually got a few Accord's. Despite everyone dissing them as fugly, she said they never sit around long before someone rents them. Actually, you don't seem to get Fusions or Malibu's much as rentals any more. The rental hangar queens seem to be Hyundai/Kia and Nissan these days.   It might be a regional thing...most of the Ford rental cars have SYNC, which gives you the legally required hands-free interface for phone in most places. As a bonus, it has a USB iPod connection, something Honda still can't seem to get right (although at least they have a connection now, my '07 doesn't and no decent provision to add one).

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