From: Wayne on

"Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message
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> Why would ANYBODY buy a Toyota when there are so many other brands on the
> market, that are as good or better, that are not underpowered and/or over
> priced, should be the question. ;)
>
Right. I have a Lexus, and my next car will be from Government Motors. I
had a GM car before the Lexus, and I enjoyed visiting a mechanic every three
weeks. ;)


From: Jeff Strickland on

"Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message
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> Why would ANYBODY buy a Toyota when there are so many other brands on the
> market, that are as good or better, that are not underpowered and/or over
> priced, should be the question. ;)
>
>

Sorry dude, but my brand new GM car has convinced me that I should never
ever buy a new car again, and a GM car should be at or near the bottom of my
list.

I bought a brand new '85 Chevy that was by far the absolute worst car I've
ever bought. By far. The Pinto that they gave me for a company car on my
very first job after high school was a better car. The '82 Honda Accord that
I owned at teh same time as the '85 Chevy was a better car, by a wide
margin. I traded the '85 fully loaded Chevy for a base model '86 Accord, and
I got the better car when the deal was done.

Sorry man, but if others had the experience I had with my Chevy, having the
government take the company over only makes me ask two questions, Why did
they do it? and Why did it take so long?





From: C. E. White on

"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message
> news:4af5d7cb$0$14951$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net...
>> Why would ANYBODY buy a Toyota when there are so many other brands on the
>> market, that are as good or better, that are not underpowered and/or over
>> priced, should be the question. ;)
>>
>>
>
> Sorry dude, but my brand new GM car has convinced me that I should never
> ever buy a new car again, and a GM car should be at or near the bottom of
> my list.
>
> I bought a brand new '85 Chevy that was by far the absolute worst car I've
> ever bought. By far. The Pinto that they gave me for a company car on my
> very first job after high school was a better car. The '82 Honda Accord
> that I owned at teh same time as the '85 Chevy was a better car, by a wide
> margin. I traded the '85 fully loaded Chevy for a base model '86 Accord,
> and I got the better car when the deal was done.
>
> Sorry man, but if others had the experience I had with my Chevy, having
> the government take the company over only makes me ask two questions, Why
> did they do it? and Why did it take so long?

So you last owned a GM car in 1986? Don't you think things might have
changed in 23 years? The last Toyota I owned was also over 20 years ago, and
it was a horrid POS. However when my Mother needed a new car I didn't assume
all Toyotas were as bad as that POS (although judging by some of my
neighbor's Toyotas, they still can turn out some real POS's).

My experience has been that every manufacturer can screw up and produce some
real turkeys. But they also can get it right too. I tend to pick cars more
on my preceived needs than manfacturer. I've had really good luck with
Fords, so in cases where Ford makes a vehicle that meets my precieved needs,
I am more likelly to buy a Ford. However, when Ford doesn't make a vehicle
like I need, then I'd buy from someone else (like the Toyota Highlander we
just got for my Mother).

Ed

From: Kevin John SmallBone on


"dsi1" <dsi1(a)spamnet.com> wrote in message
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> Sharx35 wrote:
>>
>> "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote in message
>> news:4af5d7cb$0$14951$ce5e7886(a)news-radius.ptd.net...
>>> Why would ANYBODY buy a Toyota when there are so many other brands on
>>> the market, that are as good or better, that are not underpowered and/or
>>> over priced, should be the question. ;)
>>
>> FORD----Fix Or Repair Daily
>>
>
> Here's Ford's vision for the future. Finally, a car I can afford!
>
> http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ford_unveils_new_car_for_cash

WOW - Maybe john can afford another car!