U.S. criticizes Toyota for 'misleading' public in recall
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From: jr92 on 8 Nov 2009 00:57 On Nov 6, 6:12 pm, "Kevin John SmallBone" <k...(a)nancy.com> wrote: > "john" <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:3006a514-c723-4773-8ff4-141d2d687117(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > >http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091105/AUTO01/911050362/1148/aut... > > If only you could afford a TOYOTA. Too bad. I cant afford to own a toyota. have too far a distance to go from point A to B. Need to drive,as opposed to walk, if my car breaks down.
From: C. E. White on 8 Nov 2009 11:18 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> Newsgroups: alt.autos.toyota,alt.autos.toyota.camry,alt.autos.toyota.prius,alt.autos.lexus,rec.autos.tech Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 4:26 PM Subject: Re: U.S. criticizes Toyota for 'misleading' public in recall > 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. ;) Not always true...at leat for my Mother. We looked at vehicles from Ford, Toyota, and Honda and decided the Highlander best met here requirments. The closest Ford was an Edge and the MSRP was thousands more with less standard equipment. With rebates it came close to the same and the Edge did have a V6 instead of th Hghlander's four, but this was irrelevant to m y Mother. I think everyone in my family agreed that the Highlander was a far better vehicle for the money for my Mother. Ed > > > "Kevin John SmallBone" <ksmb(a)nancy.com> wrote in message > news:hd2ahm$o1f$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> >> "john" <johngdole(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:3006a514-c723-4773-8ff4-141d2d687117(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com... >>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091105/AUTO01/911050362/1148/auto01/U.S.-criticizes-Toyota-for--misleading--public-in-recall >>> >> >> If only you could afford a TOYOTA. Too bad. > >
From: Wayne on 8 Nov 2009 11:39 "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. ;) > 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 8 Nov 2009 11:49 "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?
From: C. E. White on 8 Nov 2009 16:09
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hd6sqn$29q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "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 |