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Posted by Dean C (more from Dean C) on Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:17:42 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Reliability vs everything else..., Mike Lynch [Profile/Gallery] , Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:26:46
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Mike, no offense intended, but I think you should re-read your post. It sounds like a line straight from the mothership (GM) on how to sell Saabs. The overall logic in your post doesn't make much sense.

A car is 100 times more likely to need repairs and service than to be in a major accident. There is a balance between reliability, service-ability, safety, performance, price, cost of ownership, styling, and other items including "uniqueness" that an individual making a major purchase must consider. Each person has their own point scale to weigh each item by how important it is to them. Sure, if you have a wife and kids and drive in an area that has a lot of accidents, safety might be weighed heavier than reliability.

While you may be 100% spot-on about the safety of the car, you are totally missing the point about cost of repairs. They are expensive, no doubt about it. However, repairs seem to occur less frequently (for the most part). Saabs are not cheap cars to maintain, no two ways about it.

Everybody knows that Hondas are very reliable cars, and that is why they hold their value. So yes I'm very comfortable with Honda selling 100 times as many cars as Saab does. Why? Because I know parts are readily available when a replacement is needed. Because I know the knowledge to service and repair them is out there, rather than having to drive 20 or 30 minutes to a repair shop that knows Saabs versus drving one town over to get service on a Honda.

My wife drives an Acura, I drive a Saab. I can handle the "pains" that come with owning a Saab because I'm a car person and it's my car. If it were my wife's car, it would drive me up the wall!

BTW, we all know that Saab service is pretty spotty, whereas Honda service tends to be very good overall. Check the JD power ratings out!

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