Reply #118: Funny that

[madokie]

I've worked on many different autos and I never did see why TOYota garnered such high praise. my neighbor has a rather new corolla and he is forever having to work on it, Even though its never been in an accident it was wearing the front tires uneven and when they finally fixed it it took the use of a small grinder elongating one of the holes so they could actually get the adjustment right. Now it seems to be wearing the tires evenly but this is after much heartache and arguing with the the dealer that something was wrong. He was telling me the other day that the Ford Ranger he bought a few months ago is by far the best vehicle he's ever owned, he's 66 Years old btw. He also told me that when they replace the toyota they has now they would be buying a ford focus. Upon my badgering him to at least check out a Ford they finally did and when they got back home he called me first thing and said to me that there is no comparison between the toyota and the ford, that the ford focus was twice the car their corolla is. Tells me this is the last toyota he will ever own.
When he takes it to the dealer to have it serviced he tells me that it cost an arm and a leg and that they are always telling him that he needs to replace the brakes. Hell my ford f150 which has had its fair share of hauling big loads both on it and on trailers is still on the original brake pads and it has 12 years and 130,000 miles on it. I'm going to change them this summer not because they are worn out but just because I feel after all this time I should.

Toyota is not as good of an auto as they, toyota, would like you to think. I suspect that the magazines that were touting all the merits of them were taking money on the side to print that bull too.