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In the scenario that you presented if I understand your question correctly, I would think the Corolla would be more reliable than the Civic and that Camry also be more reliable than the Accord based on the small displacement and forced induction of the Civic, the more complex 10speed automatic transmission of the Accord...the Civic SI should be just fine.
In the scenario that you presented if I understand your question correctly, I would think the Corolla would be more reliable than the Civic and that Camry also be more reliable than the Accord based on the small displacement and forced induction of the Civic, the more complex 10speed automatic transmission of the Accord...the Civic SI should be just fine.
I have a Honda Pilot with a CVT transmission.....just crossed 200,000.
Didn't want to buy it, but my wife insisted and I told her a transmission repair was in her future.
I was wrong.
I can't believe the number of people who insist that all CVTs are unreliable and should be avoided like the plague, based either on the specific case of the older Jatco transmissions made for Nissan maybe a decade ago, or the ravings of that YouTube quack, Scotty Kilmer. There are *plenty* of recalls for conventional automatic transmissions for anyone who cares to look, and yet, somehow, people don't conclude that conventional automatics are a huge mistake.
Also, we had 4 Mitsubishi - 2 Eclipse, 1 Galant and 1 Expo LRV. Except the Galant, which was totaled at 186 000 miles, all ended well over 200 000 miles with minimal repairs. First Eclipse had over 300 000 miles when we still sold it. LRV had 262 000 when it quit to start and we were moving out of state, so we donated it. Just saying.
The answer is probably the one you do regular maintenance on (probably more frequently than the intervals called for by the manufacturer especially if they suggest it has lifetime coolant or transmission fluid). I got 210K on a 2005 Expedition which was running strong (even with the 5.4L 3V engine) before my daughter totaled it. My son's 11yr old BMW 328i is running well, much better after we changed the transmission fluid a couple of times. My daughter's current VW Tiguan has 195K and is running well (and no longer leaks coolant after I replaced the water pump).
You don't have to buy a Honda or Toyota to get to 200k.
I'm not quite sure what the actual question is here, but, if you want long term reliable service from a vehicle, you need to perform the required maintenance on time and to spec. I think as a hand-waving generalization Toyotas tolerate neglect better than Hondas, but, that's just a generalization.
Agree with the above posters that doing maintenance by the book, for the full life of the car, is the way to get long life from the vehicle. Some people do it while the car is new, and then let things go as the car gets older - bad idea.
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