as has been repeated over and over again, and over and over again, you cant make a perfect quality assessment about any line of cars, they are all different. my saab has has every problem in the book, yours had zero. our lexus was trouble free, some arent, our chrysler was trouble free (except a CD player that would refuse to take CDs), others are worse.

you can get a general idea by the company, but that really doesnt explain everything. Ford F150s are generally solid performers, Focuses have had a million recalls. well atleast ford decided to issue those recalls at all, unlike saab. also, i personally dont trust consumer reports, or any type of publication about reliability. people will complain when they have problems, the content ones wont worry about complaining about little gripes, etc etc, but still, they are problems. also, those that have had several small issues may rate a company very poorly, while others may rate a company very highly based on the same amount of trouble.

its all subjective and there is no way to find out for sure besides asking lots of owners lots of in depth questions and somehow know they are being 100% honest and use the same rating scale as every other person filling out the survey(which consumer reports does not know at all). if you want specific info, browse the forums of those cars and see what the typical issues are.

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• I like cars with zero problems., J, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:03:05
  • Matchbox. Maybe Tonka, Ari , Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:35:37
  • Irrelevant (sorry) .. can't based on Make, J Lew, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:00:10
    • Let me tell you about my experience with MB reliability, AdamB , Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:49:44
      • I can't disagree, my friend's ML320 is sh*tty too, that, J Lew, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:25:50
    • Re: Irrelevant (sorry) .. can't based on Make, bourgognais, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:13:29
    • What small animal ..., J, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:07:36
      • Zero defect (or problem) is just a mentality, no such, J Lew, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:46:17
  • 03'aero wagon, and while I have replaced some..., Lynn, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:10:50
  • Re: I like cars with zero problems., keeton, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:05:47
    • My nephew - a Lexus M Mechanic in CA - told me, J Lew, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:12:49
  • My Viggen and 9-5 Aero - trouble free, Paul H, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:31:38
  • what else - another SAAB of course- n/m, JG, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:34:40
  • Re: I like cars with zero problems., LesH, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:40:14
    • Dodge Magnum...not, ckpaden, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:30:23
      • 06 STR-8 will be a monster at 425 hp..., awg, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:15:25
      • Magnum = coffin limo look-alike (nm), J Lew, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:10:45
      • Re: Dodge Magnum...not, phil, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:42:25
        • Re: Dodge - "They Suck" comment follow up, AeroJT, Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:14:13
          • Re: Dodge - "They Suck" comment follow up, Paul Rogers, Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:37:15
            • Re: Dodge - "They Suck" comment follow up, irfan, Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:27:36 <-- Viewing This Message

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