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What was the Worst car you've ever owned? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by zachimusprime44@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Every American made car I've owned has been a piece of shit constantly falling apart and needing repair and maintenance. I thought that's just how cars were for a while. Then I started buying Asian and German cars and realized Americans just can't make a good car.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 23 points 2 months ago

It's all in whether management lets the engineers make a good product or pushes for cost reduction above all else. American made Toyotas are just fine.

A similar thing is true with Chinese made goods. Companies that care enough to implement proper process and quality controls can have perfectly adequate quality come out of Chinese factories. It's just that the companies that were quickest to export production cared more about minimizing every last cost than about quality.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I had an American-made 2001 Honda Civic that didn't start having significant problems until it was well over 100k miles. Had an American-made 2007 Accord that never had a major issue with 116,000 miles. Now have an American-made 2023 Integra, and I hope it fares the same.

Edit: but our American-made '96 Astro was a total piece of shit.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago

I had two ford Tauruses and both were gems. However the Chevy Malibu Hatchback I had was garbage.

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago

My dodge durango was the absolute worst. My bmws are amazing.