Those reliability ratings are complete bogus because they do not take into account the fact that Hondas are beat on and Lincolns or Lexus are generally driven by older people and are driven far less miles in the same years.

I've owned 7 Hondas in my lifetime and 2 Toyotas and TOYOTA is without a doubt a more reliable brand. Reason #1: Toyotas don't burn oil Reason #2: Toyotas have non-interference engines...snap your timing belt on a Toyota...no big deal. I've personally seen a Toyota Tacoma 2WD with over 600,000 highway miles on the original engine!

 

Those reliability ratings are complete bogus because they do not take into account the fact that Hondas are beat on and Lincolns or Lexus are generally driven by older people and are driven far less miles in the same years.

I've owned 7 Hondas in my lifetime and 2 Toyotas and TOYOTA is without a doubt a more reliable brand. Reason #1: Toyotas don't burn oil Reason #2: Toyotas have non-interference engines...snap your timing belt on a Toyota...no big deal. I've personally seen a Toyota Tacoma 2WD with over 600,000 highway miles on the original engine!
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AP2s don't burn oil :<

 

wow beat me! still on original motor and original owner

 

 

Not.You don't park in the wrecking yard!

Your way ahead.Keep up the good work.

 

Those reliability ratings are complete bogus because they do not take into account the fact that Hondas are beat on and Lincolns or Lexus are generally driven by older people and are driven far less miles in the same years.

I've owned 7 Hondas in my lifetime and 2 Toyotas and TOYOTA is without a doubt a more reliable brand. Reason #1: Toyotas don't burn oil Reason #2: Toyotas have non-interference engines...snap your timing belt on a Toyota...no big deal. I've personally seen a Toyota Tacoma 2WD with over 600,000 highway miles on the original engine!
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Sorry to burst your bubble about the non interference engines but some of the newer toyota's are now interference engines once they did the VVT-i thing. I do agree about toyota being VERY reliable... I have a 74 corolla original engine and start up on first try! Not bad for a carb'd car.

 

My 1999 Corolla that I had since new, had an engine failure at 120,000 miles. I spent $800.00 on installing another engine w. 80k miles....only to have THAT enigne die on me at around 136,000. Both engines burned oil and blew up...sold the car as a roller for around 2k...carfax'ed it later and noticed the new owner got it running in a month....I should check it again to see if its still running.
Since I've sold that car, I've noticed quite a few of those MY Corolla's with burnt sooty bumpers..and besides Toyota's being numb and boring cars, I haven't driven or looked at many since.

 

Shame about the wreck. Someone should buy the motor, do a teardown, and see what kind of shape it's in.

 

Those reliability ratings are complete bogus because they do not take into account the fact that Hondas are beat on and Lincolns or Lexus are generally driven by older people and are driven far less miles in the same years.

I've owned 7 Hondas in my lifetime and 2 Toyotas and TOYOTA is without a doubt a more reliable brand. Reason #1: Toyotas don't burn oil Reason #2: Toyotas have non-interference engines...snap your timing belt on a Toyota...no big deal. I've personally seen a Toyota Tacoma 2WD with over 600,000 highway miles on the original engine!
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Sorry to burst your bubble about the non interference engines but some of the newer toyota's are now interference engines once they did the VVT-i thing. I do agree about toyota being VERY reliable... I have a 74 corolla original engine and start up on first try! Not bad for a carb'd car.
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I don't put new Toyotas or Hondas in the same category of the well made machines of the 80's and 90's.
The Toyota pickups and the Camry's of the 1990's are the TANKS! The 2.2L camry engine and the 2.7L Tacoma engine are the most bulletproof mass produced engines I've every had the pleasure of owning. Now if only Toyota had been wise enough to use adjustable valves instead of stupid shims....


There are lemon's in every brand I'm sure. A quick check on craigslist will show you about 10X more Civics/Accords with blown head gaskets or broken timing belts for sale than you will find of Camry's or Corollas. Give that both brands sold similar numbers of each car it tells you something.

 

Most of reliability surveys like JD Power are based on "number of troubles during the year following purchase date"

We talk about very long term reliability here. And yes, Honda is #1, because of the machining and manufacturing tolerances of their engines. They have always been industry's benchmark regarding their manufacturing processes.