Reliable's a word you use for a car that always starts of a frosty morning. You dont tap the dashboard and think...
"ahh thank christ for that you old "trusted" rust bucket"
How about calling it a...
" I don't know you from a hole in the wall bud but I'll risk my money and maybe even my health on what a complete stranger says badge" ?
Bit long I know... whats it matter what its called, its just something to separate the wheat from the chaff.