It's good news this. Now get rid of all tariffs and duties on vehicles , all importation red tape, stamp duties, and have a competitive market. Free of interference where I can import a car from anywhere in the world fill out one form and my only cost is the freight. Anything else is bullshit
This is probably good news to the car nuts who restore & do up cars...
I've got an extended family member who is a self employed mechanic he knows how much car parts costs on different makes & models, how some cars are really pieces of euro trash...
Anyway, for soo many bloody yrs in his workshop unit, he's got this lovingly restored 1985 VK crapadore manual sedan in this stupid burgundy colour.
We get the cars serviced with him, I can't help but laugh when hubs & him get all excited when they look @ this car, it's a vintage I suppose. These grown men acting like excited dodos, he dosent wanna sell it ..yet, I think they'll be a demand fot it by some hoon..
I think the Monaro is probably worth keeping, in terms of resale ...don't think they produced a lot of these..
Thank you Tony for that. When taxi drivers are refusing to drive Australian cars you know the game is up. onsumer Reports has released its annual Auto Reliability Rankings, and surprise of surprises, Japan is dominant. Among brands in 2014, Lexus, Toyota and Acura make up the top three marques, while Mazda, Infiniti, Honda and Subaru sit fifth, sixth, eighth, and tenth, respectively. For those keeping track at home, Japan's dominance wasn't complete, though.
Audi's 2014 models helped the German brand jump from eighth to fourth, while Volvo saw a massive, 13-spot improvement, to seventh overall. Even GMC got in on the action, jumping three places, to ninth.
Outside of the top 10, America, Europe and Japan saw more mixed results. Scion took the biggest tumble of any brand, falling ten positions to number 11, while Subaru, though still in the top ten, dropped five spots (coincidentally, CR had nothing good to say about Subaru and Toyota's joint venture, calling the BRZ and Scion FR-S each brand's least reliable vehicle). Nissan fell nine places to number 22 overall. BMW and Mercedes-Benz each climbed one place, to fifteenth and thirteenth, respectively.
The big earners, though, besides Volvo, included Buick, which jumped nine places to number 12. Chrysler and Ram both saw improvements, turning in at 18 and 19 respectively, although Jeep dropped four spots and Dodge stayed level at number 24. After a big fall in last year's rankings, Ford made a mild improvement, but was still dinged by CR over infotainment issues relating to MyFord Touch. Only Lincoln and Mini scored worse than the Blue Oval.
While the American and European brands have gained ground in terms of individual marques, Japan still has a firm grasp on individual vehicle categories. Of the 18 vehicle categories, ranging from subcompacts to sports cars to full-size pickups, Japanese models led 14 categories, including the midsize car and midsize SUV rankings. Europe captured the remaining four categories, while US cars and trucks were relegated to silver medals, at best.
Take a look below for a full press release on the 2014 rankings from Consumer Reports, and be sure to pick up CR's December 2013 issue for the full story on the annual Auto Reliability Rankings.
*UPDATE: Consumer Reports has removed the Toyota Camry, RAV4 and Prius V from its list of Recommended vehicles, and has added the Tesla Model S as a Recommended vehicle. Read more about those changes here. Note that Lexus is number 1. Peter :pop:
Blondie girl
6 Dec 2013, 04:30 PM
This is probably good news to the car nuts who restore & do up cars...
I've got an extended family member who is a self employed mechanic he knows how much car parts costs on different makes & models, how some cars are really pieces of euro trash...
Anyway, for soo many bloody yrs in his workshop unit, he's got this lovingly restored 1985 VK crapadore manual sedan in this stupid burgundy colour.
We get the cars serviced with him, I can't help but laugh when hubs & him get all excited when they look @ this car, it's a vintage I suppose. These grown men acting like excited dodos, he dosent wanna sell it ..yet, I think they'll be a demand fot it by some hoon..
I think the Monaro is probably worth keeping, in terms of resale ...don't think they produced a lot of these..
If you don't want to do the mechanic thing buy yourself a Lexus. I got mine with a 7 year warranty. Peter
Surely they have something along the lines of RACQ down there.
I have had no issues with my second hand commie in 3 years of ownership but in my last car if it couldnt be fixed by the RACQ roadside help, it would get stuck on a tilt tray and taken to a mechanic for free and once they even supplied me with a free rental car for 7 days when I had engine troubles when travelling.
I've only ever owned Italian and Japanese cars and (touch wood) I've never been stranded anywhere (in over 20 years of owning and driving). You make it sound like it's quite common to get stranded.
I've done a few roadside repairs (leaking radiator hoses, tapping the alternator with a hammer etc), changed more flats than I can remember and a bit of basic repairs myself (this is 15 years ago when the cars were more beat up) but have never actually been stranded. Always managed to get to the next servo and patch up to keep going for example. Unlikely to do it on the more recent cars I've owned but also haven't needed to.
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