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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 11 Feb 2010 22:43 On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:38:43 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: > On Feb 9, 2:19 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:48 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: >> > According to news reports today, Toyota apparently has yet another >> > quality problem. There seems to be a growing list of complaints to >> > the NHTSA of Corollas that are exhibiting STEERING problems. >> >> Corollas have always had 'steering problems', in that rack and pinion >> steering gear isn't as sloppy as recirculating ball prevalent in >> American cars. >> >> People complaining about Toyotas should buy GM. > > People who complain about Toyota should buy a VW. Real cars for real > drivers. Being under the hood every weekend is NOT my idea of a "good time". How many coil packs have you gone through? Had one, never will again. Unless I can find a decent Vanagon that is *running*. Even then, I think I'll stick to my Caravans.
From: jim beam on 11 Feb 2010 22:50 On 02/09/2010 02:19 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:48 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > >> According to news reports today, Toyota apparently has yet another quality >> problem. There seems to be a growing list of complaints to the NHTSA of >> Corollas that are exhibiting STEERING problems. > > > Corollas have always had 'steering problems', in that rack and pinion > steering gear isn't as sloppy as recirculating ball prevalent in American > cars. > > People complaining about Toyotas should buy GM. > > indeed - there's no import bitching that a buick couldn't cure.
From: TheTibetanMonkey on 12 Feb 2010 18:40 On Feb 11, 10:43 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:38:43 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey > > showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: > > On Feb 9, 2:19 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:48 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > >> > According to news reports today, Toyota apparently has yet another > >> > quality problem. There seems to be a growing list of complaints to > >> > the NHTSA of Corollas that are exhibiting STEERING problems. > > >> Corollas have always had 'steering problems', in that rack and pinion > >> steering gear isn't as sloppy as recirculating ball prevalent in > >> American cars. > > >> People complaining about Toyotas should buy GM. > > > People who complain about Toyota should buy a VW. Real cars for real > > drivers. > > Being under the hood every weekend is NOT my idea of a "good time". > How many coil packs have you gone through? > > Had one, never will again. Unless I can find a decent Vanagon that is > *running*. > > Even then, I think I'll stick to my Caravans. At least I won't die from chronic depression. After driving a little automatic Toyota, I'd consider harakiri. ;) I think that mystique has been carefully crafted and doesn't square with reality. What's your share of the European market. I bet you can sell to the Europan drivers few of the cars you design for dummies.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 12 Feb 2010 20:06 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:40:21 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey wrote: > On Feb 11, 10:43 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:38:43 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey >> >> showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: >> > On Feb 9, 2:19 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:48 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: >> >> > According to news reports today, Toyota apparently has yet another >> >> > quality problem. There seems to be a growing list of complaints to >> >> > the NHTSA of Corollas that are exhibiting STEERING problems. >> >> >> Corollas have always had 'steering problems', in that rack and pinion >> >> steering gear isn't as sloppy as recirculating ball prevalent in >> >> American cars. >> >> >> People complaining about Toyotas should buy GM. >> >> > People who complain about Toyota should buy a VW. Real cars for real >> > drivers. >> >> Being under the hood every weekend is NOT my idea of a "good time". >> How many coil packs have you gone through? >> >> Had one, never will again. Unless I can find a decent Vanagon that is >> *running*. >> >> Even then, I think I'll stick to my Caravans. > > At least I won't die from chronic depression. After driving a little > automatic Toyota, I'd consider harakiri. ;) OK...benefit of a doubt time...if you look at my other posts related to you. Dude, you bought a TERCEL!!!!!!!!! You can't GET any more econobox than the Tercel, at least for the time. The "...hawk" packages were cool looking, but that was it! No fire-breathing GE series engines...a wheezing 1.5L FE (The F series engines denote "economy". SHould have gotten a tC or an AE92, but I don't think the GTS Corolla was still on sale when you bought your Tercel. You were scraping the bottom of the barrel for a 'ricer'. Not the way to go. Now, if you want to talk Toyotas... http://www.dragtimes.com/images/5319-1985-Toyota-Corolla.jpg http://jeff.supramania.com/exterior_08_10_2004/exterior3.jpg http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/J/2/1/tms_09matrix_xrs_frt.jpg http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jc/images/00celica_gts1.jpg http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jc/images/00celica_gts1.jpg Don't buy an econobox and expect to rice it out. It has been dne, but you're better off starting with one of the above cars. > > I think that mystique has been carefully crafted and doesn't square > with reality. They are NOT the highest performance cars, not even the Supra. Performance is adequate for the class. But the cars that offer more performance in the same class don't have the durability or the reliability, or are outpriced. Nissan and Mitsubishi, for the same class make higher performance cars, but expect to have things go wrong. And we won't even talk about STis or WRXs if all you could afford was a Tercel. > > What's your share of the European market. I bet you can sell to the > Europan drivers few of the cars you design for dummies. Europe has high tarriffs on cars from out of the EU. So, those poor people are stuck with junk like VWs and AUDIs. Ah, well..
From: Mike Hunter on 13 Feb 2010 12:00
If you the President of Toyota said he will stand BEHIND it. ;) "dbu''" <nospam(a)nobama.com.invalid> wrote in message news:k9-dnX_AZOTKd-jWnZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > In article > <8c4ec4c3-6015-4d1c-8032-35f6251bcbb0(a)l26g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, > TheTibetanMonkey <comandante.banana(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 11, 10:43 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:38:43 -0800, TheTibetanMonkey >> > >> > showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle wrote: >> > > On Feb 9, 2:19 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> > >> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:48 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: >> > >> > According to news reports today, Toyota apparently has yet another >> > >> > quality problem. There seems to be a growing list of complaints >> > >> > to >> > >> > the NHTSA of Corollas that are exhibiting STEERING problems. >> > >> > >> Corollas have always had 'steering problems', in that rack and >> > >> pinion >> > >> steering gear isn't as sloppy as recirculating ball prevalent in >> > >> American cars. >> > >> > >> People complaining about Toyotas should buy GM. >> > >> > > People who complain about Toyota should buy a VW. Real cars for real >> > > drivers. >> > >> > Being under the hood every weekend is NOT my idea of a "good time". >> > How many coil packs have you gone through? >> > >> > Had one, never will again. Unless I can find a decent Vanagon that is >> > *running*. >> > >> > Even then, I think I'll stick to my Caravans. >> >> At least I won't die from chronic depression. After driving a little >> automatic Toyota, I'd consider harakiri. ;) >> >> I think that mystique has been carefully crafted and doesn't square >> with reality. >> >> What's your share of the European market. I bet you can sell to the >> Europan drivers few of the cars you design for dummies. > > There is no myth. Toyota's track record is stellar. Check Consumers > Report for the last 30 years. Toyota has been on top of the heap. I > have very good confidence it will remain there, regardless of the U.S. > unions, it's buddies in the WH and their venomous attacks. After this > trashing by the WH/union buddies, Toyota will continue with their > stellar performance in the automotive industry. I will, without doubt, > buy another Toyota. > -- > |