I say everyone will have a different opinion. I've heard people say Walker is the best or the Rolls Royce (if you will) of mowers. I think you need to consider the conditions you'll be using the mower in. Some mowers work better in certain conditions than others so yeah it's pretty much a crap shoot.
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Fish
Yeah, a Rolls Royce probably wouldn't be worth much in a Nascar race....
They don't make them any more but New Holland G5035 is very nice and is put together better then most of the other stuff out there. Nice ride, plus a 54" - 66" deck. There are many used out there.
John Deere would probably be the ""Rolls-Royce" given its entry price and cost of repairs. Quality might have been the question you were hoping to ask? Lots of good functioning mowers out there (including John Deere).