From: Mike Hunter on 2 Mar 2007 21:01 Teh problem in the US is people that do not know how to drive are teaching their children how to drive. LOL Mike "C. E. White" <cewhite(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:0d3Gh.5725$PL.1874(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Jeff" <news(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:8KLFh.4265$854.1397(a)trnddc04... > >> Teenagers are not that good as drivers. The Mustang can go too fast for a >> teenager. If you son gets killed or kills someone else or there is a >> serious injury, I wonder how cheap it will turn out. > > What car can't go "too fast?" Would the world be safer if he was driving > a Excursion? Or maybe I should stick him in a Scion tC - oh wait, those go > fast, are small, and have one of the worst injury loss ratings of any car > sold in the US. > > Ed >
From: Mike Hunter on 2 Mar 2007 21:03 I see a lot of Toyotas traded in on other brands. I wonder why. mike "C. E. White" <cewhite(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:ng3Gh.5727$PL.3700(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Wickeddoll�" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:es7bb5.5e4.1(a)news.evilcabal.org... >>> Since when are there so many Ford and GM lovers reading a Toyota group? >> >> Because they like to keep trying to convince us that we shouldn't like >> the cars that have worked very well for us for a very long time. >> >>> Seems to me that these Ford and GM advocates are getting awfully >>> nervous lately. It's actually kind of funny. >>> >>> Dante >> >> In a sad way, yes. > > On the other hand, it seems to me that some Toyota owners are awfully > defensive. Maybe thay feel the need to inflate the "goodness" of Toyotas > as a way of excusing themselves for over paying for average cars (annd in > some cases clearly worse than average cars). > > Ed >
From: Scott in Florida on 2 Mar 2007 21:13 On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 21:03:59 -0500, "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2(a)mailcity.com> wrote: >I see a lot of Toyotas traded in on other brands. I wonder why. > > >mike They are Al Bore type people.....LOL -- Scott in Florida Global Warming....the new Liberal Religion
From: Jeff on 2 Mar 2007 21:35 "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2(a)mailcity.com> wrote in message news:y72dnTnSbsUoSnXYnZ2dnUVZ_o2vnZ2d(a)ptd.net... >I see a lot of Toyotas traded in on other brands. I wonder why. > > > mike > > > "C. E. White" <cewhite(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:ng3Gh.5727$PL.3700(a)newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> >> "Wickeddoll�" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:es7bb5.5e4.1(a)news.evilcabal.org... >>>> Since when are there so many Ford and GM lovers reading a Toyota group? >>> >>> Because they like to keep trying to convince us that we shouldn't like >>> the cars that have worked very well for us for a very long time. >>> >>>> Seems to me that these Ford and GM advocates are getting awfully >>>> nervous lately. It's actually kind of funny. >>>> >>>> Dante >>> >>> In a sad way, yes. >> >> On the other hand, it seems to me that some Toyota owners are awfully >> defensive. Maybe thay feel the need to inflate the "goodness" of Toyotas >> as a way of excusing themselves for over paying for average cars (annd in >> some cases clearly worse than average cars). >> >> Ed The highest brand loyalty in the auto market is Toyota. GM has the highest manufacturer loyalty. The F series has the highest loyalty for a full-size pick-up truck, but Toyota got it for the Compact Pickup. Honda and Chyrsler had the highest loyalty for, well, nothing. http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007/01/gm_toyota_owner.html Jeff
From: Wickeddoll� on 2 Mar 2007 22:05
"Jeff" ... > > "Mike Hunter" ... >>I see a lot of Toyotas traded in on other brands. I wonder why. >> >> >> mike >> >> >> "C. E. White"... >>> >>> "Wickeddoll�" ... >>>>> Since when are there so many Ford and GM lovers reading a Toyota >>>>> group? >>>> >>>> Because they like to keep trying to convince us that we shouldn't like >>>> the cars that have worked very well for us for a very long time. >>>> >>>>> Seems to me that these Ford and GM advocates are getting awfully >>>>> nervous lately. It's actually kind of funny. >>>>> >>>>> Dante >>>> >>>> In a sad way, yes. >>> >>> On the other hand, it seems to me that some Toyota owners are awfully >>> defensive. Maybe thay feel the need to inflate the "goodness" of Toyotas >>> as a way of excusing themselves for over paying for average cars (annd >>> in some cases clearly worse than average cars). >>> >>> Ed > > The highest brand loyalty in the auto market is Toyota. GM has the highest > manufacturer loyalty. The F series has the highest loyalty for a full-size > pick-up truck, but Toyota got it for the Compact Pickup. > > Honda and Chyrsler had the highest loyalty for, well, nothing. > > http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2007/01/gm_toyota_owner.html > > Jeff you don't really think the die-hards are going to listen to anything other than Toyotas suck do you? I said it before, and I'll say it again; if I wanted a large vehicle, I'd go domestic - even Ford. It's the "economy" ones that bite big. Natalie |