Democrats aren't even inherently evil.
This would tend to make one believe otherwise.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/8/house-votes-favor-illegal-immigrant-voting/
Democrats aren't even inherently evil.
I drive Toyota and only Toyota.
Two Corollas and a 4x4 Tacoma all standard transmission. Corollas are 2008 &2013 and the Taco is a 2015.They’re so overpriced though. They hold their value but they’re overpriced lol. Don’t get me wrong though, I’d love a Tacoma.
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I drive Toyota and only Toyota.
Yeah I know, it's frequently tough to find actually good examples. Oddly enough, I grew up in a UAW town (one that no longer builds cars) where a lot of genuinely good folks adhere to "union good, orange man bad, vote D" but actually live a lot more conservative than their politics would suggest. The appropriate term is ignorant, with 'willfully' as a modifier. One gal I know, off the deep end in the lib pool - facebook memes and everything - owns her own small business and gets bent about the pains of Democratic leadership. The irony is completely lost on her, when it's so much easier to keep believing the same thing she was raised to believe. One of my good friends voted for Obama (Kool-Aid drinker, through and through), but woke up and turned around to support Trump. Stranger things, right?This would tend to make one believe otherwise.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/8/house-votes-favor-illegal-immigrant-voting/
Two Corollas and a 4x4 Tacoma all standard transmission. Corollas are 2008 &2013 and the Taco is a 2015.
Mile count ( all bought new) 2008- 212,000. 2013- 120,000ish and the Tacoma just crossed 75,000 this ending the warranty and now allows me to do some fun stuff to it.
They are worth every penny of the price tag.
I drive Toyota and only Toyota.
I think there is a tuner that will increase its mileage.So did my wife and I for about 14 years. Two 4Runners and a Rav4. But then I needed a full size truck. The Tundra is a great truck, but the gas mileage is abysmal. Probably 6 - 8 mpg worse than the F150 I eventually bought and now drive.
But when Toyota finally gets off their ass and updates the Tundra with a more fuel efficient motor, I'm in.
I thought this thread was about knives. Now we are taking about how Toyota has lost its edge?
I thought this thread was about knives. Now we are taking about how Toyota has lost its edge?
My son drives a hand-me-down '05 Chevy Colorado. He had to replace the thermostat because it ran too cool and would set the CEL. Needed to pass inspection, so thermostat got changed. No other failures. 130-something thousand on the clock.I’ve got an 08 avalon with about 130K. AC died on me years ago and the leak is under the dash. After a couple years I used some metal leak sealing AC thing I bought from Walmart, plus some more refrigerant and it did the trick. Front right axle needs replacing and had an alternator die on me a bit back, but apart from that it’s been fine. Still salty about the AC dying before 100K miles though.
My son drives a hand-me-down '05 Chevy Colorado. He had to replace the thermostat because it ran too cool and would set the CEL. Needed to pass inspection, so thermostat got changed. No other failures. 130-something thousand on the clock.
Not pointing a finger at you, but those who falsely believe Toyota reliability is above other auto makers make me laugh
Dang. I'm almost ashamed to admit I'm a "FordMan"! I'm on my 4th Ford truck (3 F150's and now a 250), and I've kept them all until 150k. I will admit I have replaced a tranny or two...Chrysler/Mopar made the worst of the worst from ’80 through at least the early 2000s on FWD cars…….transmission/trans-axle failures while being unloaded at the dealership from the transport truck were not at all uncommon. Same goes for the rear differentials in the Ram 1500 & Durango from the early 2000s until ??? between pinion nuts backing off causing the complete differential to explode as if a grenade were placed inside of it to failed bearings with 20 miles on the odometer were also common issues. Then you had Mopars “love affair” with one of the absolute WORST engine manufacturers on the planet, Mistubishi! They stuffed a carbureted 2.6l 4 ylinder into countless hundreds of thousands of cars, and to see one that actually ran relatively well with more than 50k on the clock was nothing short of a miracle! No matter how well you maintained those piece of shit engines, they failed, period! the Mikuni carburetor on top was a huge contributor to premature engine failure..but when the carb cost right around $1000.00 in the early/mid 80’s, next to no one fixed them and many of those cars went to the scrap yard with very few miles on the odometers. The other Shistubishi engine they stuffed into millions of Mopars was the Mitsubishi 3.0. It ran “alright”….you wouldn’t win any races with it but it ran well enough to get ou where you were going, but for the 1st 5–7 yeas they used that engine the cylinder head gaskets continually failed again & again & again. The transmissions were nothing to write home about either and no car company in the history of vehicles ever had as many trans issues as Mopar has had. Time will tell if their NEWER transmissions are truly reliable or if they’re just a little bit better than the garbage they were for almost 30 years.
Now, the rst of the “normal cars” I see are all imports…anything from Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia etc etc….
Toyota, mile for mile, IF properly maintained and NOT abused has always cost less to drive per mile when you factor in everything from the price of the car, maintenance & repairs, gas, tires, brakes etc etc…. I had a chart that broke down 250 cars at random, and the top 3 cars that cost the least per mile driven were all Toyota’s. Honda, Nissan, Subaru & now even Kia & Hyundai have all improved to the point that they’re far more reliable than they were even 15 years ago. I still vividly recall the 1st Hyundai I ever saw and worked on. No matter what you did to this car, within a week is wouldn’t run right or go over 35 mph again. The dealership replaced EVERYTHING under warranty, 2–3 times with certain components. It would foul the plugs within 50 miles, yet all of the scanner data stream showed the oxygen sensors switching properly, the dealership had replaced the engine, computer (three times), wiring harness, carburetor *I’m convinced this was 90% of the issue, but the way it was designed there was no way to adapt a different carburetor to fit, let alone work* and the transmission failed @ 8000 miles. I despised seeing that car pull in every other week as there was simply nothing I could do for him other than throw 4 new plugs at it which would be fouled out within a week. That cheap ball buster kept that car for 3 more years until the transmission literally spilled its guts all over the on ramp right down the road from my shop.
Now, most people are going to give you opinions. I offer opinions backed up by data, real world conditions, facts & personal experiences. I hope this satisfies your questions intent as I know I have written a rather rambling reply to a complex question as I like to offer reasoning behind why I feel a certain way about a vehicle or a car company in general.
All of my Toyota’s are still on their original clutches.My son drives a hand-me-down '05 Chevy Colorado. He had to replace the thermostat because it ran too cool and would set the CEL. Needed to pass inspection, so thermostat got changed. No other failures. 130-something thousand on the clock.
Not pointing a finger at you, but those who falsely believe Toyota reliability is above other auto makers make me laugh