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May 22, 2010 at 5:02 AM #553815May 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM #552889
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ParticipantAs the owner of at least a dozen Toyota products throughout my life, I can truthfully say they are the most reliable vehicles on the face of the earth!
My first one was a 1970 (1969 1/2?) Corona Mark II (aka RT-43), yellow with a black vinyl top and LOADED (for the era).
http://designora.com/graphics/toyota-advertising/
Similar to the 7th image on this link but w/o the stripe (the new “hot” one). . . LOL! Mine had a little fancier grille with a “Crown” on it.
Lexus products with their double-wishbone steering and reinforced heavy steel doors run like champs and have a LONG LIFE. Besides my “quintessential neighbor” with the 15 year-old SC he and his 86-yr. old spouse “take for a spin” frequently, my Lexus is 16 years old and runs like a top. I’m planning on leaving again for another 3300 mi. road trip with it in a month. I also have friends with 14 and 19 year old luxury sedans, both which still “float like a boat” and get 29 MPG on the road, even though they have an 8 cyl. eng.
This is part of the problem of why the dealers are unable to sell new in a downturn like this, IMHO. Why would a former owner sold on these kinds of cars, like myself, buy new even if they had the money (and absorb much higher ins. prems. & reg. fees), when the “old one” runs fine?? Most of these cars have been maintained properly. If they are garaged throughout their lives, their 10 layers of paint are still beautiful after 20 yrs!
May 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM #552995ParticipantAs the owner of at least a dozen Toyota products throughout my life, I can truthfully say they are the most reliable vehicles on the face of the earth!
My first one was a 1970 (1969 1/2?) Corona Mark II (aka RT-43), yellow with a black vinyl top and LOADED (for the era).
http://designora.com/graphics/toyota-advertising/
Similar to the 7th image on this link but w/o the stripe (the new “hot” one). . . LOL! Mine had a little fancier grille with a “Crown” on it.
Lexus products with their double-wishbone steering and reinforced heavy steel doors run like champs and have a LONG LIFE. Besides my “quintessential neighbor” with the 15 year-old SC he and his 86-yr. old spouse “take for a spin” frequently, my Lexus is 16 years old and runs like a top. I’m planning on leaving again for another 3300 mi. road trip with it in a month. I also have friends with 14 and 19 year old luxury sedans, both which still “float like a boat” and get 29 MPG on the road, even though they have an 8 cyl. eng.
This is part of the problem of why the dealers are unable to sell new in a downturn like this, IMHO. Why would a former owner sold on these kinds of cars, like myself, buy new even if they had the money (and absorb much higher ins. prems. & reg. fees), when the “old one” runs fine?? Most of these cars have been maintained properly. If they are garaged throughout their lives, their 10 layers of paint are still beautiful after 20 yrs!
May 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM #553482ParticipantAs the owner of at least a dozen Toyota products throughout my life, I can truthfully say they are the most reliable vehicles on the face of the earth!
My first one was a 1970 (1969 1/2?) Corona Mark II (aka RT-43), yellow with a black vinyl top and LOADED (for the era).
http://designora.com/graphics/toyota-advertising/
Similar to the 7th image on this link but w/o the stripe (the new “hot” one). . . LOL! Mine had a little fancier grille with a “Crown” on it.
Lexus products with their double-wishbone steering and reinforced heavy steel doors run like champs and have a LONG LIFE. Besides my “quintessential neighbor” with the 15 year-old SC he and his 86-yr. old spouse “take for a spin” frequently, my Lexus is 16 years old and runs like a top. I’m planning on leaving again for another 3300 mi. road trip with it in a month. I also have friends with 14 and 19 year old luxury sedans, both which still “float like a boat” and get 29 MPG on the road, even though they have an 8 cyl. eng.
This is part of the problem of why the dealers are unable to sell new in a downturn like this, IMHO. Why would a former owner sold on these kinds of cars, like myself, buy new even if they had the money (and absorb much higher ins. prems. & reg. fees), when the “old one” runs fine?? Most of these cars have been maintained properly. If they are garaged throughout their lives, their 10 layers of paint are still beautiful after 20 yrs!
May 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM #553581ParticipantAs the owner of at least a dozen Toyota products throughout my life, I can truthfully say they are the most reliable vehicles on the face of the earth!
My first one was a 1970 (1969 1/2?) Corona Mark II (aka RT-43), yellow with a black vinyl top and LOADED (for the era).
http://designora.com/graphics/toyota-advertising/
Similar to the 7th image on this link but w/o the stripe (the new “hot” one). . . LOL! Mine had a little fancier grille with a “Crown” on it.
Lexus products with their double-wishbone steering and reinforced heavy steel doors run like champs and have a LONG LIFE. Besides my “quintessential neighbor” with the 15 year-old SC he and his 86-yr. old spouse “take for a spin” frequently, my Lexus is 16 years old and runs like a top. I’m planning on leaving again for another 3300 mi. road trip with it in a month. I also have friends with 14 and 19 year old luxury sedans, both which still “float like a boat” and get 29 MPG on the road, even though they have an 8 cyl. eng.
This is part of the problem of why the dealers are unable to sell new in a downturn like this, IMHO. Why would a former owner sold on these kinds of cars, like myself, buy new even if they had the money (and absorb much higher ins. prems. & reg. fees), when the “old one” runs fine?? Most of these cars have been maintained properly. If they are garaged throughout their lives, their 10 layers of paint are still beautiful after 20 yrs!
May 22, 2010 at 10:55 AM #553860ParticipantAs the owner of at least a dozen Toyota products throughout my life, I can truthfully say they are the most reliable vehicles on the face of the earth!
My first one was a 1970 (1969 1/2?) Corona Mark II (aka RT-43), yellow with a black vinyl top and LOADED (for the era).
http://designora.com/graphics/toyota-advertising/
Similar to the 7th image on this link but w/o the stripe (the new “hot” one). . . LOL! Mine had a little fancier grille with a “Crown” on it.
Lexus products with their double-wishbone steering and reinforced heavy steel doors run like champs and have a LONG LIFE. Besides my “quintessential neighbor” with the 15 year-old SC he and his 86-yr. old spouse “take for a spin” frequently, my Lexus is 16 years old and runs like a top. I’m planning on leaving again for another 3300 mi. road trip with it in a month. I also have friends with 14 and 19 year old luxury sedans, both which still “float like a boat” and get 29 MPG on the road, even though they have an 8 cyl. eng.
This is part of the problem of why the dealers are unable to sell new in a downturn like this, IMHO. Why would a former owner sold on these kinds of cars, like myself, buy new even if they had the money (and absorb much higher ins. prems. & reg. fees), when the “old one” runs fine?? Most of these cars have been maintained properly. If they are garaged throughout their lives, their 10 layers of paint are still beautiful after 20 yrs!
May 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM #552927ParticipantRe: the orig. Lexus/Bob Baker lawsuit in SD (Chula family driving in Santee), I think you will have to see how it turns out. IMO, Bob Baker was culpable in that its incompetent detail crew put a large heavy vinyl SUV mat over the floor of an entry-level sedan (the rental they were driving), removing the original mats. This is a fact that has already been verified by several wits.
Yes, Lexus floor mats are very heavy. But they have rings in them and are designed to be bolted under the driver’s seat to the floorboard by special clips.
I think this case spurred “copycat” cases throughout the US. Unfortunately, Toyota is now suffering from bad PR and very high attorney fees. THE CASES WILL HAVE TO “SHAKE OUT” THOUGH. It’s hardly the time to JUMP to conclusions, yet.
These cases caused Toyota to do a “peremptory strike,” IMO, to issue recalls on their own just to cover their a$$.
I agree that the new “IS” models don’t hold a candle to the older entry-sedan. They are more stripped down, lost 3-4 ft. in length, with smaller trunk eating into interior space.
Perhaps Toyota felt in recent years that it had to reduce size and std. equip. in order to compete today.
May 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM #553033ParticipantRe: the orig. Lexus/Bob Baker lawsuit in SD (Chula family driving in Santee), I think you will have to see how it turns out. IMO, Bob Baker was culpable in that its incompetent detail crew put a large heavy vinyl SUV mat over the floor of an entry-level sedan (the rental they were driving), removing the original mats. This is a fact that has already been verified by several wits.
Yes, Lexus floor mats are very heavy. But they have rings in them and are designed to be bolted under the driver’s seat to the floorboard by special clips.
I think this case spurred “copycat” cases throughout the US. Unfortunately, Toyota is now suffering from bad PR and very high attorney fees. THE CASES WILL HAVE TO “SHAKE OUT” THOUGH. It’s hardly the time to JUMP to conclusions, yet.
These cases caused Toyota to do a “peremptory strike,” IMO, to issue recalls on their own just to cover their a$$.
I agree that the new “IS” models don’t hold a candle to the older entry-sedan. They are more stripped down, lost 3-4 ft. in length, with smaller trunk eating into interior space.
Perhaps Toyota felt in recent years that it had to reduce size and std. equip. in order to compete today.
May 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM #553520ParticipantRe: the orig. Lexus/Bob Baker lawsuit in SD (Chula family driving in Santee), I think you will have to see how it turns out. IMO, Bob Baker was culpable in that its incompetent detail crew put a large heavy vinyl SUV mat over the floor of an entry-level sedan (the rental they were driving), removing the original mats. This is a fact that has already been verified by several wits.
Yes, Lexus floor mats are very heavy. But they have rings in them and are designed to be bolted under the driver’s seat to the floorboard by special clips.
I think this case spurred “copycat” cases throughout the US. Unfortunately, Toyota is now suffering from bad PR and very high attorney fees. THE CASES WILL HAVE TO “SHAKE OUT” THOUGH. It’s hardly the time to JUMP to conclusions, yet.
These cases caused Toyota to do a “peremptory strike,” IMO, to issue recalls on their own just to cover their a$$.
I agree that the new “IS” models don’t hold a candle to the older entry-sedan. They are more stripped down, lost 3-4 ft. in length, with smaller trunk eating into interior space.
Perhaps Toyota felt in recent years that it had to reduce size and std. equip. in order to compete today.
May 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM #553619ParticipantRe: the orig. Lexus/Bob Baker lawsuit in SD (Chula family driving in Santee), I think you will have to see how it turns out. IMO, Bob Baker was culpable in that its incompetent detail crew put a large heavy vinyl SUV mat over the floor of an entry-level sedan (the rental they were driving), removing the original mats. This is a fact that has already been verified by several wits.
Yes, Lexus floor mats are very heavy. But they have rings in them and are designed to be bolted under the driver’s seat to the floorboard by special clips.
I think this case spurred “copycat” cases throughout the US. Unfortunately, Toyota is now suffering from bad PR and very high attorney fees. THE CASES WILL HAVE TO “SHAKE OUT” THOUGH. It’s hardly the time to JUMP to conclusions, yet.
These cases caused Toyota to do a “peremptory strike,” IMO, to issue recalls on their own just to cover their a$$.
I agree that the new “IS” models don’t hold a candle to the older entry-sedan. They are more stripped down, lost 3-4 ft. in length, with smaller trunk eating into interior space.
Perhaps Toyota felt in recent years that it had to reduce size and std. equip. in order to compete today.
May 22, 2010 at 11:14 AM #553896ParticipantRe: the orig. Lexus/Bob Baker lawsuit in SD (Chula family driving in Santee), I think you will have to see how it turns out. IMO, Bob Baker was culpable in that its incompetent detail crew put a large heavy vinyl SUV mat over the floor of an entry-level sedan (the rental they were driving), removing the original mats. This is a fact that has already been verified by several wits.
Yes, Lexus floor mats are very heavy. But they have rings in them and are designed to be bolted under the driver’s seat to the floorboard by special clips.
I think this case spurred “copycat” cases throughout the US. Unfortunately, Toyota is now suffering from bad PR and very high attorney fees. THE CASES WILL HAVE TO “SHAKE OUT” THOUGH. It’s hardly the time to JUMP to conclusions, yet.
These cases caused Toyota to do a “peremptory strike,” IMO, to issue recalls on their own just to cover their a$$.
I agree that the new “IS” models don’t hold a candle to the older entry-sedan. They are more stripped down, lost 3-4 ft. in length, with smaller trunk eating into interior space.
Perhaps Toyota felt in recent years that it had to reduce size and std. equip. in order to compete today.
May 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM #552947Participantomg, this thread spurred me to go back in time on the internet.
My first Toyota was JUST LIKE this SW but for having a hard-top and being a 4-dr. sedan.
I was even looking at the video of the parts and manual – LOL. Me and my stepdad put a spider joint and exhaust system/muffler in it and it had the exact same carbueretor, which we rebuilt. It had a 4-on-the-floor and an awesome heater/AC.
Shades of GUNK!! The Corona was my *4th* car. Bought it for $700 from a young couple that just had a “shotgun” baby and needed $$ fast.
It replaced my ’66 turquoise imron Chev. “Corvair” (which I had to throw in 3rd and push to get started), my ’72 avocado Chev. Vega Wgn. (shook on it’s motor mounts so was recalled), and my ’68 Chrysler Newport, which fit nine teenagers at the drive-in fairly comfortably. My dad took the Vega back to his business after getting it fixed.
When I totaled the Newport (bought for $250), I made nearly $1000 off its “Mopar” parts as they fit six other models perfectly. Then sold the body for scrap with four bald tires and got another $40!
The Corona drove circles around all these other cars and got better gas mileage, to boot. I’ve driven all Toyota products since then.
Now, my mind is truly “somewhere else” and I need to go work outside – LOL!!
May 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM #553053Participantomg, this thread spurred me to go back in time on the internet.
My first Toyota was JUST LIKE this SW but for having a hard-top and being a 4-dr. sedan.
I was even looking at the video of the parts and manual – LOL. Me and my stepdad put a spider joint and exhaust system/muffler in it and it had the exact same carbueretor, which we rebuilt. It had a 4-on-the-floor and an awesome heater/AC.
Shades of GUNK!! The Corona was my *4th* car. Bought it for $700 from a young couple that just had a “shotgun” baby and needed $$ fast.
It replaced my ’66 turquoise imron Chev. “Corvair” (which I had to throw in 3rd and push to get started), my ’72 avocado Chev. Vega Wgn. (shook on it’s motor mounts so was recalled), and my ’68 Chrysler Newport, which fit nine teenagers at the drive-in fairly comfortably. My dad took the Vega back to his business after getting it fixed.
When I totaled the Newport (bought for $250), I made nearly $1000 off its “Mopar” parts as they fit six other models perfectly. Then sold the body for scrap with four bald tires and got another $40!
The Corona drove circles around all these other cars and got better gas mileage, to boot. I’ve driven all Toyota products since then.
Now, my mind is truly “somewhere else” and I need to go work outside – LOL!!
May 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM #553540Participantomg, this thread spurred me to go back in time on the internet.
My first Toyota was JUST LIKE this SW but for having a hard-top and being a 4-dr. sedan.
I was even looking at the video of the parts and manual – LOL. Me and my stepdad put a spider joint and exhaust system/muffler in it and it had the exact same carbueretor, which we rebuilt. It had a 4-on-the-floor and an awesome heater/AC.
Shades of GUNK!! The Corona was my *4th* car. Bought it for $700 from a young couple that just had a “shotgun” baby and needed $$ fast.
It replaced my ’66 turquoise imron Chev. “Corvair” (which I had to throw in 3rd and push to get started), my ’72 avocado Chev. Vega Wgn. (shook on it’s motor mounts so was recalled), and my ’68 Chrysler Newport, which fit nine teenagers at the drive-in fairly comfortably. My dad took the Vega back to his business after getting it fixed.
When I totaled the Newport (bought for $250), I made nearly $1000 off its “Mopar” parts as they fit six other models perfectly. Then sold the body for scrap with four bald tires and got another $40!
The Corona drove circles around all these other cars and got better gas mileage, to boot. I’ve driven all Toyota products since then.
Now, my mind is truly “somewhere else” and I need to go work outside – LOL!!
May 22, 2010 at 1:58 PM #553640Participantomg, this thread spurred me to go back in time on the internet.
My first Toyota was JUST LIKE this SW but for having a hard-top and being a 4-dr. sedan.
I was even looking at the video of the parts and manual – LOL. Me and my stepdad put a spider joint and exhaust system/muffler in it and it had the exact same carbueretor, which we rebuilt. It had a 4-on-the-floor and an awesome heater/AC.
Shades of GUNK!! The Corona was my *4th* car. Bought it for $700 from a young couple that just had a “shotgun” baby and needed $$ fast.
It replaced my ’66 turquoise imron Chev. “Corvair” (which I had to throw in 3rd and push to get started), my ’72 avocado Chev. Vega Wgn. (shook on it’s motor mounts so was recalled), and my ’68 Chrysler Newport, which fit nine teenagers at the drive-in fairly comfortably. My dad took the Vega back to his business after getting it fixed.
When I totaled the Newport (bought for $250), I made nearly $1000 off its “Mopar” parts as they fit six other models perfectly. Then sold the body for scrap with four bald tires and got another $40!
The Corona drove circles around all these other cars and got better gas mileage, to boot. I’ve driven all Toyota products since then.
Now, my mind is truly “somewhere else” and I need to go work outside – LOL!!
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