01-29-2009, 11:22 AM
Normally, I don't care much for suv's. I think they became popular as an alternative to the manufacturers stopping production on station wagons for families; but if I lived in snow country, I think I would have an suv with four wheel drive and plenty of ground clearance. I'm sorry to hear about your experience with the Honda. I am a "car nut" and one of the things that amazes me is that the Japanese cars seem to be riding on a reputation earned when they built good cars. I have had too many friends tell me about the "lemons" they got when they bought late model Japanese cars thinking that they were getting the sort of quality and reliability that Japan built their reputation on 10 years ago.