Maintenance Cost: Honda vs. Toyota

[indiej]

this is to get a clearer grasp of comments about maintenance costs. i hope you guys will support this.

Format--

car model, year:

maintenance item:

total cost:

casa or repair shop name:

maintenance date:

comments/remarks:

[mey0r]

mas mura ang parts ng toyota.

[alwayz_yummy]

masmura parts and mantenance ng toyota compared sa same year na honda

[jmpet626]

may nabasa ako na brochure galing sa honda. Compare nila ung price nila vs "Brand T". Lumalabas mas mura sila sa spare parts

[tidus1203]

Mga modern cars from both brands pareho na lang yung maintenance costs nyan. Its not like the 90's where Toyota had an advantage in maintenance costs...

[alwayz_yummy]

totoo..pero time will come na magkakaalamanan yan...

maintence and parts may be different.. katulad sa maxima ko, mahal piyesa, kasi kalimitan sa kasa/authorized dealer lang makakabili..try that on the same model kia, toyota... di din nagkakalayo... plus the fact na matagal masira ang piyesa na nabili ko than those el-cheapo ones...

labor palang talo na kung madali masira ung piyesa...

in the end, daming factors din iconsider..

pero kung 90's car, toyota is still cheaper lalo na corolla...same as kia/ford/mazda

[actor21]

ito nalang para simple: (note i dont own a toyota or honda)

ang PMS ng Toyota every 5,000 kms

ang Honda naman everyt 10,000 kms.

so sino mas matipid? you do the math

[indiej]

looks like we'd have to make a Comments/Remarks only thread

as you all know we already have a lot of comments on other threads such as "this car's maintenance costs are expensive" etc but we don't have concrete data. this thread is for that data.

[OTEP]

OEM vs OEM not much different. But mas madaming replacements/substitutes for Toyota. Yun nga lang, madami ding substandard

[s_quilicot]

maintenance of what certain part? tama si OTEP, may factors to consider din like san bibili ng parts etc ...

im PMS maintenance lang naman, di rin siguro magkakalyo.

[Gen. Miting]

i dont believe in that OEM vs non-OEM no difference. my 10 yr old crv was casa maintained for about 5 years, then 3 years sa servitek. the servitek people messed it all up. wala kasi sila honda checklist for honda. what they have are general checklist for servicing cars. parang pc repair, kung clone lang gamit dalhin mo kahit saan, pero kung may brand dun kasa sony/canon/panasonic/asus service center.

now, my CRV is back to casa-maintained. my last service sa CASA was July 2008 (full checkup). my next due accdg. to Honda was December. and since alternate vehicle ko ito, or 3 times a week lang naggamit. up to now, kahit March na walang pa akong nararamdam masama sa Makina. 9 months na hindi na-service hehehe

pero papaservice ko na ngaun, kasi different climate na tayo, mainit na


kung DIY person ka, puwede siguro. pero not all people have the time to do that and would rather concentrate on more pressing matters like the job/career.

[niky]

If we're talking OEM to OEM, pare-pareho na. In fact, some Honda parts are cheaper.

The idea that Toyota parts were cheaper came about because in the 90's, Honda was innovating... they were using more expensive parts. Honda was one of the very few manufacturers using variable valve timing then, and the engines themselves cost more. The double wishbone suspensions were also more expensive. Toyota, on the other hand, was using an older engine design and a simpler McPherson-multi-link set-up.

Nowadays, the Honda Civic has McPherson struts, just like the Corolla. Both use variable valve timing and eletronic direct ignition... both cost about the same to maintain.

It's all kuwentong kutsero, really. The same people who'd tell you, twenty years ago, that a Toyota would never last as long as a Mercedes...

[shadow]

I agree, pareho lang sila, and pati yun sinasabi na mahal ang maitenace ng Nissan or bulok ang pang ilalim ng Mitsubishi (lancer) partly true siguro noon unang panahon, pero hinde na ngayon