1st challenge
STi Round I
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From: On a Lifeboat
Re: 1st challenge
Originally Posted by Nic
If I cared about safety, I'd buy a Volvo... 
Ford's never had a great reputation for building high-quality cars, nor did I imply they did, but let's do a quick comparison here for the 2004 model year since I've got a little time to kill.
As you may very well know, JD Power & Associates works with every major auto manufacturer (37 manufacturers to be exact) in the world by sending surveys to buyers of new vehicles. You'll recieve 2 surveys, one when you first buy the car and another after you've owned the car for a year. Let's take a look at what JDPA's quality studies have shown for the 2004 model year:
Initial Quality Surveys report an industry average of 119 problems per 100 vehicles through the first year of ownership. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi is well below the industry average with a reported 130 problems per 100 vehicles. That's almost 10% worse than average and 25th overall! Of the 18 classes of automobiles, a Mitsubishi vehicle only finished in the top three in 1 class, the premium midsize class where the Galant tied for 3rd place. That's 1 out of a possible 9 Mitsubishi vehicles made! On the other hand, Ford had 7 top 3 finishers in its model lineup with 3 Lincoln/Mercury models also finishing in the top 3 in their respective class. To even further put things in perspective, Hyundai owners only reported 102 problems per 100 vehicles and had 33% of it's model lineup finish in the top 3 of their classes. Mitsubishi can't even outperform HYUNDAI in quality!!
In other words:
Mitsubishi
Ford's never had a great reputation for building high-quality cars, nor did I imply they did, but let's do a quick comparison here for the 2004 model year since I've got a little time to kill.
As you may very well know, JD Power & Associates works with every major auto manufacturer (37 manufacturers to be exact) in the world by sending surveys to buyers of new vehicles. You'll recieve 2 surveys, one when you first buy the car and another after you've owned the car for a year. Let's take a look at what JDPA's quality studies have shown for the 2004 model year:
Initial Quality Surveys report an industry average of 119 problems per 100 vehicles through the first year of ownership. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi is well below the industry average with a reported 130 problems per 100 vehicles. That's almost 10% worse than average and 25th overall! Of the 18 classes of automobiles, a Mitsubishi vehicle only finished in the top three in 1 class, the premium midsize class where the Galant tied for 3rd place. That's 1 out of a possible 9 Mitsubishi vehicles made! On the other hand, Ford had 7 top 3 finishers in its model lineup with 3 Lincoln/Mercury models also finishing in the top 3 in their respective class. To even further put things in perspective, Hyundai owners only reported 102 problems per 100 vehicles and had 33% of it's model lineup finish in the top 3 of their classes. Mitsubishi can't even outperform HYUNDAI in quality!!
In other words:
Mitsubishi
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From: king george
Re: 1st challenge
Originally Posted by TrboDrmr
If the GSX and GS-T are in the 15's then they aren't gonna be that much competition for me.
. And merf why you hating on the dsms at least i still got my whole front end 
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From: Chesterfield
Re: 1st challenge
Originally Posted by TrboDrmr
If the GSX and GS-T are in the 15's then they aren't gonna be that much competition for me.
if they are not, then would I be?? I drive a probe. can we set soemthing up. and since u say u car is really good on the interstate we can do it from a roll lol
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From: Chesterfield
Re: 1st challenge
Originally Posted by 03Slozuki
You said you would buy a Volvo for safety, NEWSFLASH for you, Volvo is made by Ford, so you would still technically be driving a Ford!
Is there a useful purpose to your post or do you just like to see your name on the screen? Why don't you take your little tid bits of knowledge on all things automotive, go back to 757, and face fuck yourself with it?
Last edited by Nic; Jun 10, 2004 at 09:53 PM.