10-14-2013, 03:49 AM
I think Consumers Report is a good guide but I don't allow it to influence my decisions concerning things that I have some passion for. Motorcycles and cars come to mind.
Frankly while I've had some "bad" cars back in the seventies and eighties the cars and trucks I've owned in the last 15 years or so have all been basically pullet proof. I don't run cars beyond about 60 thousand miles or so but in my early buying days I had lots of trouble with cars in the first year or so of ownership. So right out of the showroom. Much improved today.
Bikes the same. Nothing to complain about with Honda, Harley or Triumph. Never owned a new BMW so I can't comment there. My used low mileage BMW's cost me some money, more then I think justified.
I like the older BMW's but I've decided not to buy anything with Carbs. Fuel injection just works so much better. Especially with the lousy gas we have to use today.
Frankly while I've had some "bad" cars back in the seventies and eighties the cars and trucks I've owned in the last 15 years or so have all been basically pullet proof. I don't run cars beyond about 60 thousand miles or so but in my early buying days I had lots of trouble with cars in the first year or so of ownership. So right out of the showroom. Much improved today.
Bikes the same. Nothing to complain about with Honda, Harley or Triumph. Never owned a new BMW so I can't comment there. My used low mileage BMW's cost me some money, more then I think justified.
I like the older BMW's but I've decided not to buy anything with Carbs. Fuel injection just works so much better. Especially with the lousy gas we have to use today.