Apologies for prior terse response, I wasn't talking about a personal experience, just the almost-goes-without-saying truism that japanese brands are the most r

Apologies for prior terse response, I wasn't talking about a personal experience, just the almost-goes-without-saying truism that japanese brands are the most reliable and have dominated pretty much every car reliability rating since the 70s. You used a single anecdote to make a very broad claim so the burden of proof is on you to back that claim up. The data is really easy to find. Here's two examples of CR results: 2011: https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-survey-article-1.968094 https://www.nydailynews.com/autos/japanese-cars-reliable-sur... 2021: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dominate-new-consumer-reports-reliability-study-but-domestics-deliver-surprises/ https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/11/japanese-makers-dom...