Japanese cars and your preferences?

Question

If you currently own or did own a Japanese car,why did you purchase it?How would you compare it to American or Europe cars?

Answer 1

My family was exclusively a FORD and GM buyer..... and something always went wrong after 20,000 miles... especially the FORDs that would always stall in the middle of traffic. But we kept buying them because the only Japanese car we had was a 1985 Toyota Corolla which my father bought new but it was so underpowered and the a/c was so weak that he traded it in for an Oldsmobile. So I think that experience sorta kept my parents from ever buying another Japanese car.

But when I purchased my first car, I bought an Acura Integra and they kinda started to come around because it was so reliable. Then I traded it in for a Honda Accord and they loved it. So they've been buying Japanese ever since.

We've owned about 10 Hondas and Toyotas and Lexis since then.

No more domestic turkeys for us.

Answer 2

Japanese cars are better

My best car was my 99 Civic that had almost 130k miles.
It was was very reliable and had great resale.

My worst was A Ford.
The 2001 Ford F150 I had was a POS and resale was just as bad.

I think I'll be getting a new Toyota Tundra or Nissan Titan next year and I'm hoping to get a new Infiniti G35 in the next 2 years.

Now I have a 06 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD with over 45k miles for business and the only problem I have had was with the AC. I think I will get another one for work, but I know resale won't be great.

Answer 3

I drive a Toyota Echo purchased in 2000. I wanted a reliable, inexpensive car with great gas mileage and the Echo fit the bill to a T. At that time, no American car came close to the gas mileage #'s.

Answer 4

I would never in a trillion years buy a Japanese car and I better stop now because out of anything I feel passionate about it is the ONLY thing that would get me suspended off of here.

Answer 5

Japanese cars are cheaper, compact, cuter, economical and easier to control and maneuver as compared to their European and American counterparts. It's also easier to park them into small and narrow spaces. Toyota and Nissan are good choices.

Answer 6

Camry. Needed a dependable vehicle for my son to drive to college,60 miles away,3 days/week! Have had 0 problems with it! ;-)=

Answer 7

they are good at making small dependable cars like the civic, and camry...

but as an american, i feel those are underpowered, poorly furbished, and overall too small...