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Originally Posted by Rob
My ass the 3.8L is reliable. I have had a SHIT ton more claims on any GM motor versus a mitsubishi. The spy hunter movie line was good, the mitsu's can use smoke screen for the oil burners and the GM's can use it for the coolant burners. Give me a break. 
It cracks me that a guy buys a GM and let's say his family has bought them. Let us also presume that they have never had a problem with those cars at all, which is great. But it is pretty presumptuous to think the rest of the world has had the same good luck especially when there are a crap ton of consumer guides out there bashing the shit out of 'em. |
The only consumer guide typically bashing them is the notoriously unreliable Consumer Reports. JD Power's has been giving GM division good reliability ratings for the past 4-5 years. Toyota/Honda level ratings, not quite, but better than average. But rather than accept the data as presented, it seems people would prefer to bicker over the tendencies of the buyres.
GM makes some very solid motors, and the 3.8 is one of them, and has been for years since it was sliced off of a Buick V8 back in the 60s. GM has made some very bad motors, and the 60 degree V6s and Quad 4 are among them. GM also has made some of the best transmissions in the buisiness for years, enough so that BMW, Rolls, and Bentley have all purchased them at one time or another (BMW still does).
And yes, I always have to have fun with Manybrews. His Mitsu fanboyism trumps my GM fanboyism by at least 2x. Maybe 3x. Also as I've mentioned before, I happen to own a Toyota product.