For a good comparison we'd need to look at somewhere rust free like the south west. When I'm in LA I regularly see hondas and toyotas from the early '80s, not many from the '70s though its true.
The earliest Japanese cars were VERY cheap cars. You've got to admit they learned their lessons FAST though. Took maybe 20 years before they exceeded American car makers that had been around for 40-50 years. -Curt Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:58:09 -0400 From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wheel bearing fiasco. Message-ID: <521e2c21.1080...@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Curt Raymond wrote: > Yeah you want a good quality American car like a Pinto or Vega or Cordoba. > > Oh wait. > Well, there are a lot more Pintos than Coronas and Civics running around these days, at least here in the rust belt. My '76 Civic died of rust. My 1975 Civic got parked because of worn out clutches in the Hondamatic transmission and then it died of rust. It had already been rust repaired and repainted when I bought it in 1984, and the floor was not in the greatest shape when I parked it for good in 1987. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
