You'll REGRET Buying These Cars Because They DON'T LAST!

Thanks for doing the public such a community service. Interesting points about electrification and the heat induced engines that are wear and tear on SO many parts where the vehicles aren't long for this earth lol. I'll be sharing on Facebook.

In 1979 I bought a brand new Jeep CJ7 with a manual transmission. I taught my girl friend how to drive a stick shift in that vehicle. When we graduated from driving it around the parking lot, we were ready for the street. We turned out of the parking lot and she started working her way up the gears. When she shifted up into 3rd gear, the shifter pulled out of the floor and she handed it to me. She stayed completely calm and asked me if it that was supposed to happen. I quickly shoved the shifter back into the transmission and kept downward pressure on the shifter until we made it back home. It was a fun vehicle but it sure lacked build quality. That girl friend became the wife and she always insisted on a car with a manual transmission, so it had a happy ending........ of sorts :)

My wife’s cousin is a sales manager for a big dealership for BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and Land Rover and he told us these cars are great cars to lease but very expensive to buy and own. That’s always stayed with me when looking at cars like those.

GM should have never stopped making the 3800.

How could anyone "swear by" that Chevy. I "swear at" mine continually.

QC is a big problem. Car manufacturers just push out their junk and let the consumer deal with it later. As long as everyone gets their money, crap keeps rolling out. People with a lot of money don’t really care. They just buy something else. The big 3 talk about future earnings but don’t do anything about improving quality.

During a stop-over in Chicago way back in the early 2000s, I met a guy who had just quit his high position at Chrysler because he could no long work for them in good conscience.

Too much tech. = way too much trouble.

Toyota for LIFE!!!! To many manufacturers try to sell you something that will make you happy WHEN you buy it…..Toyoda makes you happy later years THAT you bought it.

"The truth is he's just mad at the world his wife made him buy it" 😂 Mini van drivers are some of the most aggressive on the road

I've worked with and around Japanese auto workers and I have to say they are the most committed, loyal, smartest and diligent people I've ever seen. They are like ants. Serious about their work and quality. They live it and it simply shows in their vehicles PERIOD. I thought about stating what I've learned about English and domestic vehicles, but it was much easier cutting to the chase. The people are the difference and there's no changing that. It's the one factor I've learned in the auto industry. Many just don't care and don't follow guidelines, protocols, work instructions etc., etc.,etc., I've Been in quality control on different management levels including 3rd party containment in hundreds of assembly plants and their many suppliers and can.tell you the people are the biggest problem. They don't care. The other issues are no consistency and also they change location of assembly plants, closing down. Moving around to be more efficient and save money or they have to in order to stay competitive. Your best vehicles are made at the same place, consistantly and their suppliers. Kaizen means continued improvement. Toyota invented it and others try to emulate it, but they don't stick to it.

My brother bought his 2017 Hyundi Tuscon new, at 99,990 miles engine had oil issues. $4500 under warranty, exhaust system, intake system replaced. I told him, THATS NOT THE PROBLEM. 2 months later out of warranty, knocking sound, engine repair was over $4000 out of his pocket. He traded it for a Subaru. Meanwhile I'm on 10 years with my 2004 Toyota Sienna I paid $5900 for and its over 200k miles.

What I have learned about Chrysler transmissions is in many cases it's not the transmission. It's the wiring harness primarily with the ground wires. I have seen several get new transmissions or computers when that wasn't the problem.

I owned a couple of 1982 733i with manual trans, back in the 80s and 90s. A blast of a car to drive and not too bad on maintenance. But I would not get near any of the later models. The big "joke" is that you often find techs driving them. The previous owners had enough and handed over the keys.

Love my Toyota Camry. 2014. Great video

BMW= Break My Wallet JEEP= Just Empty Every Pocket.

I'm not sure which engines beyond the 3.5 Ecoboost but Ford is also doing both port and direct injection together to keep the valves clean. Great idea, bravo Ford and Toyota, that walnut wash is a lot of work and isn't cheap.

My wife had a Chevy Cruze she didn’t want it either. Before I met her she was in an abusive relationship where her bf was drunk yelling at her and her son who wanted a Toyota Venza (used) but he insisted and insulted her and said buy the Cruze instead. Bad idea. He wasn’t even paying for it as usual just a controller. I ended up replacing 3 parts on that car before 30k and like you said cooling system issues HORRIBLE! Design failure in my opinion with plastic parts in direct contact with the hot motor that failed, coolant all over the place. Couldn’t get rid of it fast enough. I talked her into getting a Toyota Corolla 2017 SE and after 100k no issues at all. In fact the brake pads on one axle just got changed after 6 years (they were the original from factory) and the other axle pads are still good. 45 mpg on the hwy. not looking back cars paid for runs smooth.

I'm sold on Mazda Mark, after being a part of your channel for sometime now, the Mazda 3 for me anyway seems to be the way to go for both reliability and "Life is to short to drive boring cars" sportiness.

I don't understand people thinking they want a car that will last them over 200k miles and end up trading for a newer version within 3-5 years