Re: Accord transmission problems - best approach?

TomP wrote:
> 
> Pszemol wrote:
> 
>> "TomP" <roadcyc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> If you have had this car serviced by the "dealer" for the last 5
years.
>>> They may go to bat for you.
>>> 10 year old car: At what point do you take full responsibility and own
the
>>> car?
>>>
>>> I'm curious, just what is your expectation regarding transmission
life?
>> My expectations are for the whole life of the car, 300 thousand miles
or more.
>> Properly mainained transmission should never go bad in my opinion :-)
>> Are my expectations too high for honda?
> 
> Your expectation (IMO) is unreasonable for any brand car, including
Honda, equipped with
> an automatic transmission.
> 
> At what point do you take full responsibility and own the whole car?
> 

you're /way/ too used to being ripped off by detroit garbage whose 
design spec /is/ 100k.  honda /used/ to make automatic transmissions 
that went 300k no problems.  that's why people bought them.  failure at 
detroit intervals puts honda at detroit quality - not good for owner 
loyalty.