Originally Posted by
edhewitt
When we first came to Australia we drove to Perth along the south coast from Brisbane, we weren't sure of what car to get so we asked some of my wife's family for advice, there were 2 camps:
1- buy a Japanese car, they are reliable and shouldnt break down, but if they do parts might be a bit hard to get.
2- buy a ford or Holden, when they do break down parts are easy to come by.
We ended up buying a fairly new Japanese car, which did well.
I take it you know that ford actually stands for #$%&ed or repair daily. Holden should really be called hold-on, as in hold on to all the bits that broke so we can fix the car when we get home.
I have a 9 year old holden wagon, that I have known for about 3 years and owned for about 1.5. In the time I have known it ALL that has gone wrong is: various bits of trim breaking/ falling off, the notoriously brittle fuel cap breaking off, the gearbox disintegrating, the A/C degassing itself, the front rotors warping, the factory gas defining itself, the key falling apart. And probably more that I can't remember.