When I got married in 2003, I asked my wife for all her repair receipts for her 1995 Honda Civic. I had mine all filed in my cabinet, over $10,000 worth for my 1992 car that is NOT a Honda. I wanted to file hers also, just to be organized. She stated that she never had her car repaired, so she didn't have any receipts. Of coarse she did her regular maintenance, however that was done by a family member, so there were no receipts either. I was shocked. For the next 3 years until 2006, there still wasn't anything repaired in her car. (The car was repainted in 2005, however that was only for cosmetics.) Finally in 2007, the car had her first repair. The radiator and the distributor cap was replaced. My wife's 12 year old Honda still only had a few hundred dollar worth of repairs. Her mileage is low, only 90,000, however, I'm still shocked at the minimal repairs the car went through.
So the reason I say, that I'M NEVER GOING BY ANOTHER HONDA again isn't because I don't like Honda's. It's because I don't believe in replacing something that isn't broken. At the rate this 1995 Honda Civic is going, it's never going to die.
P.S. There's only one company that makes cars: Honda. The rest only make prototypes.