12th Sep 2011, 20:45
I know, you and your family have had flawless ownerships with your Yotas. Therefore that means that everybody should have the same identical ownership as yours, and that Toyota's never had any problems, and nobody was ever unsatisfied with theirs, and that all the bad comments and reviews people give them are false and grossly exaggerated. I'm sorry, I forgot who I was talking to.
12th Sep 2011, 12:08
Actually I think it's a little bit fun listening to all the people bad mouthing the Toyotas, putting forward almost outrageous claims.
I've driven a wide range of cars, putting on at least 40K miles a year on my cars. Longevity is important to me on my daily commuter, and I simply demand that any car I buy should do 150-200K miles before anything major happens. I was a GM owner for many years, driving the medium range cars from Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and some Buicks. Besides a Buick Regal 3.8L I had, basically all GM cars I had were some pile of junk. But even this Buick was not fully fault free, at least nothing major broke down. But the I had ALL 4(!!) power windows go out within 2 years.
Just to mention some issues; I had engine break down on two cars before 100K miles, one being a Quad-4 Grand Am, another being the "indestructible" 3.1L V6 on a Corsica where major engine work was done three times (yes, you heard right!) before 100K miles, the last requiring a new engine when the rod bearing failed.
The last GM car I had was the Alero, that was truly a complete pile of junk, literally falling apart after a couple of years. But I had my senses, parting with it after just 3 years.
Now I and my family are happy Toyota customers, enjoying carefree car ownership. I don't have to walk around being worried about my cars breaking down. I leave that to the GM owners.