Something came up from my brain about Toyotas and Honda’s. For Toyota, they have alright engines, but some of their engines burned oil, but their transmissions were solid and Honda makes good engines, but bad automatic transmission. Does it make sense?
I suppose you mean automatics. What about a Honda with manual gearbox?
Yes, automatics. Their manuals are solid and aren’t as problematic because Honda originally built motorcycles.
Honda's reliability goes back and forth. The reason behind it is because they don't modernize. They have modernized to a point but they haven't overall.
I have now started to question buying Toyota products in general but I'm not saying it's bad.
There is the good, bad and ugly within these two automotive manufacturers. I've never owned one of those products and wondered if they're worth buying.
New ones probably not. If you manage to find a used low mileage one for decent price, maybe.
Although I’ll say Honda and Toyota still have overall better quality than the US and German manufacturers. I don’t think it’ll be long before you start seeing a bit of a decline in quality and reliability in the US. Toyota will continue to bow to CAFE and Gov. Hondas CVT transmission although improved since they first started using CVT, is still eh. Even some of Hondas motors are not that great and they are supposedly the best engine manufacturer in the world 🤷♂️.
No make is perfect. But it seems to me Toyota and Honda will stand behind their product more often than not, as opposed to other car makes. And it also seems to me Toyota and Honda are more reliable across the board than their competitors. This isn’t 100% across the board, but more likely because of the cultures they have cultivated building their cars.
