Originally Posted By: rjundi
Honda/Acura seems to have a good grip on power equipment/doodads in the Accord/TSX/TL family.
There's not a thing wrong with our MDX either; though it's young in miles (nearing 100k), it's 8-9 years old now. The touch screen works, the rear DVD screen works, each of the three disc drives work (a 6-disc changer in radio, a 1-disc DVD drive under the radio, and a 1-disc navigation drive under the front seat), the heated seats work, all electrical doodads work, etc. It just works.
I've actually not owned any car where we had a lot of electrical problems. Our Chrysler Town & Country minivan was not reliable in some ways, but man, all of the gizmos worked. The navigation, the rear seat video, the power/heated seats, the power doors and liftgate. Those all worked fine. 'Course, it was still very young when we traded it, but all the accessories seemed solid.
I think the fear of new technology simply goes along with...new technology. Some people today, for example, shun touch screens in cars for the simpler VF display of a normal radio. I remember a time when people didn't want those very same new-fangled VF displays and preferred the mechanical radio with mechanical tuning knob. You know, less stuff to break. It's all relative, really.