grumpyguy6
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The only reason I got my Civic is because of reliability issues! I was completely and totally in love with my Jeep Wrangler (I still miss her)...until I had to have it towed to a dealer for the second time in a little over a year. At the time it was only 4 years old with 60K on it. There were a few other small issues along the way that had happened, but the fact that it needed to be towed again, was the final straw. I've been driving for over 20 years, and never had to have a vehicle towed. Combined with my 40 mile (one way) commute, I had to let her go.
I worked in the car business for 13 years, and the dealer I worked for had GM (Buick, Pontiac, GMC), Hyundai, Mazda, and Chrysler (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram). I can tell you that the GM service bays were always full, there were usually a good number of fairly new cars in them, and the new cars were usually there for issues (not routine maintenance). Same at the Chrysler store. The Hyundai and Mazda stores usually had older cars in (5 years old or older), or new cars getting regular maintenance work.
From my own personal experience, I've had Mazda's (MX-3 GS, Protege, Protege5, Mazdaspeed6, CX-9), a Subaru (Outback Sport), Jeep's (Wrangler JKU, Grand Cherokee WK2), and this Civic (Si), and the only one to give me any problems was the Wrangler. Yet somehow that damn Wrangler is the one I miss the most. But so far, this Civic has been great! I'm really enjoying it, and ideally I'd like to get another Wrangler for fun (so that I don't have to rely on it), and keep the Civic until the wheels fall off.
I worked in the car business for 13 years, and the dealer I worked for had GM (Buick, Pontiac, GMC), Hyundai, Mazda, and Chrysler (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram). I can tell you that the GM service bays were always full, there were usually a good number of fairly new cars in them, and the new cars were usually there for issues (not routine maintenance). Same at the Chrysler store. The Hyundai and Mazda stores usually had older cars in (5 years old or older), or new cars getting regular maintenance work.
From my own personal experience, I've had Mazda's (MX-3 GS, Protege, Protege5, Mazdaspeed6, CX-9), a Subaru (Outback Sport), Jeep's (Wrangler JKU, Grand Cherokee WK2), and this Civic (Si), and the only one to give me any problems was the Wrangler. Yet somehow that damn Wrangler is the one I miss the most. But so far, this Civic has been great! I'm really enjoying it, and ideally I'd like to get another Wrangler for fun (so that I don't have to rely on it), and keep the Civic until the wheels fall off.
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