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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amigas -- why the 90 day warranty?
Summary: Automobile industry parallels
Message-ID: <1989Nov7.214238.3530@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 89 21:42:38 GMT
References: <1989Oct15.021329.2118@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <23196@cup.portal.com> <1989Oct31.180252.7798@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <756@dsacg2.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
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In article <756@dsacg2.UUCP> nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg) writes:
>In article <1989Oct31.180252.7798@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>> 
>> What a crock.  If it WAS unlikely, then there would be a year warranty, no?
>> Why not, if Commodore isn't going to eat much in repairs?  Or is the truth
>> that the systems DO blow up often, and expensively.  
>
>I'm not sure I can agree with this. What about the automobile industry?
>The American manufacturers developed a fairly poor record for dependability
>compared to the Japanese and now even if they are building much better cars
>(I don't know if they are, I own a Honda) they have to offer 5 or 6 year
>warranties where the Japanese only have 1 or 2 year warranties. The US makers
>need the longer warranty because of their reputation. The Japanese don't need
>a strong warranty program because they build much more dependable cars to
>begin with. I might be alittle partial to the Japanese cars, but there 
>record is supported by many consumer reports.

And there are exceptions to the rule too....

My parents owned a Nissan Pulsar.  It had the following go wrong with it in
the first three years (after the "one year" warranty ran out):

1) Dead automatic transmission, ate the clutches (~1500 to repair)
2) Cylinder head valve & camshaft failure (~1200 to repair)
3) CV joint failure (~800 to repair)

All out of warranty.  All >very< expensive to fix.  All with proper
maintenance.

Would I ever buy another Nissan product?  You guess.

Will I buy or recommend a product that has what I consider to be a 
substandard warranty?  Guess again.

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