Perception of quality, too. Honda once released an entire line of automatic transmission (used across their entire lineup) that basically grind themselves up every 40k miles. Don't hear much about that, though...<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/15/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Doug Henwood</b> <<a href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Those aren't incompatible hypotheses. There are too many carmakers,<br>so the crappier ones take the hit.<br><br>Doug<br>___________________________________<br><a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eugene Vilensky<br><a href="mailto:evilensky@gmail.com">evilensky@gmail.com</a>