1st Feb 2007, 21:49
Not really, most car makers do a pretty decent job. I've driven old, domestic vehicles for years and never had a breakdown, and I'm talking about taking off on a 2,000-mile drive in a 30-year-old Dodge. Of the one dozen domestic cars that my family has owned with 200,000 miles, we never worried about the excitement of getting stranded on the road. I suppose that is your myth that you feel you must perpetuate, that domestics always break down with your two small children in the rain. The point is that because all cars are more or less pretty decent, why buy a boring crackerbox Toyota when you could have something nice, like a Park Avenue, Explorer, or other domestic? Cars that are actually comfortable and ride well, and have nice options. Or in this case, a real work truck made for people who do real work. I mean seriously, a Tacoma or Tundra is fine for somebody who just got their first job and wants to buy an entry level vehicle, or maybe doesn't know anything about cars, but has bought into the advertising hype about Toyota reliability, but people who appreciate nice things will step up to domestics.
1st Feb 2007, 17:12
OK...
So if they seem to work perfectly and flawlessly in farming and hard working conditions, then why would they break down just driving down the intestate?
Hmmm...seems to be a no brainer doesn't it!
I've actually HAD Toyota vehicle break down on be while on vacation. Whats even better is that it was a sequoia... basically the same thing as the tundra without a bed.
This was the only vehicle that has ever broke down on me, and you guessed it! it was the only TOYOTA too.