Brucey wrote:
-I agree with Dave above, except that as a former young Honda owner I caned it sensless, maintained it well, and it (and several others) have been rock solid even when old and many miles.
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I had a 1990 Honda civic 1.6i16 and I thrashed the hell out of it for about two years. By the time I got rid of it the body was starting to rust but mechanically the car was still spot on. In my opinion the Honda was a lot better built than my BMW. The interior never made a single squeak or rattle, unlike my BMW and I never had to change a single suspension component. As I have said before the BMW is better to drive and look at but it is not as well built as I was expecting
Oh and with regard to service history, when your talking about new cars still under warranty most people will take them to the main dealer. When thinking about how good and reliable a car is going to be I would include in that the level of service given by the dealer. After all whats the point in having a really well built car if the quality is going to be undermined by poor servicing.
Again I must stress that I am not trying to put people off buying BMWs, but I wouldn't buy one because they are well built. Also I am not talking about older BMWs either as the fall of in quality appears to be a more recent occurance.