This may well get me flamed to no end, but so be it, I don't care. For me, the biggest drawback to owning a Toyota would be the shame and humiliation of walking outside every day and seeing a Japanese brand staring me in the face. Toyotas are NO MORE RELIABLE than anything else, IF the maintenance and care is kept up on your domestic vehicle. My Mustang has 128k, my mom's 1998 Malibu has 150k, her husband's (not my dad) 1991 5.0 has 150k, and their 1995 Taurus has 200k! Guess what, none of these cars has any trouble, no leaks, no slipping trannys, no blown head gaskets. This new article titled "New quality study shows Ford is second to none"
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080407/clm057.html?.v=101 may interest some of you, but it should be no surprise, since Ford had more top-rated vehicles than Toyota last summer in the J.D. Powers ratings.
And don't try to tell me that your Toyota is an American truck.. I don't care if they melted down civil war cannons for the steel, and had the descendants of George Washington and General MacArthur build your Toyota in Valley Forge. It's still a Japanese truck.
And finally.. Toyotas
are cars for idiots. I get so sick of their ads.. there's nothing unique about a Toyota, but the ads make it sound like because they have recommended sizes of tires and fake woodgrain trim panels that they are the greatest things around. They're for timid secretaries who clutch their starbucks and cell phone in high heels at the service department, not understanding the need for tire rotations and oil changes.
You may now feel free to flame me,
call me an idiot, tell me about your uncle's 1985 Tempo that blew a head gasket.. oh and don't forget to tell me about your Honda that is over a million original miles. Like I care. Buy Ford.