26th Mar 2009, 16:32

"Then had three consecutive Toyota's over a 15 year span and spent exactly $90 in repairs on all three."

Sounds like my friend with a 27 year old Corvette garaged show car with only 19,000 miles with the original tires still on the car. He's had truly amazingly low repairs too. The classic car insurance alone is nearly $300 a year. What truly amazes me is that you you had 3 vehicles changed the oil, fluids, filters, brakes, tires, wiper blades, etc. for 3 vehicles for only $90.00 for 15 years. That's remarkable maybe you have a free oil field in the back yard. It costs me $40 a year just to tag each of mine also. No mileage was ever indicated for the "Toyota" and somehow it's likely irrelevant to a full size truck prospect reading your repair illustration. Is it Tundra or is it "Toyota"... I have had German cars; it cost less to repair my VW than my Mercedes, or should I just say they are German cars. That's why I like specific make, specific model and year, and the other commenter has a good point, were all your domestics (Rangers) ever bought brand new?

When you also read just the mfr. such as "Toyota", Big 3, GM, Dodge, Ford" it is clearly evident it has not or never has been been a full size truck owners comments or it would be clearly identified by a specific full size model... it tends to distort a true full size ownership cost to acquire, if new, options and repair expenditures of this full size class vehicle. I tend to skip these general comments and ones with compact 4 cylinder cars on a full size review. I especially found one of the most recent posts on 3/25 very helpful with a domestic business owner that tows helpful when comparing to my full size new Silverado truck with their late model full sizes indicating model and year of vehicle. It was refreshing and certainly on topic.