On a 4-mile trip tonight I passed two guys pushing a dead Corvette through an intersection (no lights at all) . About a mile further down the road I passed a big 4 X 4 Silverado (compensating style) stopped at another intersection. The driver was standing on the curb talking on his cell. You couldn't miss the dripping and the big puddle of something growing underneath it. Both of these Chevys were no older than 2005.
I'm always glad we own Toyotas, but I noticed many years ago that when you see late-model cars on the side of the road, they're rarely Toyotas, unless the car is totaled or has a flat.
Natalie
Hi Natalie.
I got to tell you about "the nurses" Avalon! We have a Limited. Its pretty quiet. My wife swears (the RN hearing kicking it!) that "the dash is going to fall off in my lap"
I have driven it on every rough piece of road I can find. I can once in a while imagine I hear a bit of something from right rear side. I took it to the dealer, tech, service manager and the shuttle driver all drove it and could hear nothing.
Point I am going to, based on the GMC makes I have had, I wouldn't had any problem finding this ghost rattle. The damned dash would be in my lap!
Ron in Ca
LOL good point
Natalie
I own 2 Toyotas (4runner and a 2005 Sienna) and a 2006 Corvette. The Sienna left me stranded numerous times, as it has some battery drainage problem. I finally bought priority start.
2005 Corvettes have similar issues. 2006 its fixed.Of the 220,000,000 vehicles in the US today, the vast majority are GM, Ford and Chrysler vehicles, a relative few are Toyotas. Toyota, until recently, never sold more than a million a year while the domestics sold ten million or more annually. You do the math as to which you will see more of on a daily basis
mike hunt
GM, Ford, and Chrysler has a larger percentage of cars on the side of the road. How do you like that math?
*high-five*
Natalie
I often used to say that if it wasn't for the South, the Ford Motor Company would have been out of business decades ago.
Charles of Schaumburg
Bubbas are loyal - nevermind not being able to get to work due to car trouble...
Natalie
Mike Hunter top-posts
[GM, Ford, and Chrysler versus Toyota]
That varies quite a bit with geography. Proportionately speaking, I see a lot more Japanese vehicles in general (and Toyotas in particular) in California than I do in the heartland. I noticed the same thing when I lived in Hawaii.
Geoff
My celica has been down the drive unmoved for 2 months. IT is 15 years old and having an ECU change though, so i let it off :)
Until recently, GM, Ford and Chrysler sold more than Toyota. Now, Toyota sells more than two of those companies, and they're not too far behind the number 1 company. Don't forget that the two disabled cars on the side of the road were "no older than 2005." Jeez, people. Toyotas are more reliable than the domestics. How many different ways can this be proven?
n5hsr writes
Ford sells a disproportionate number of cars in the South?
Geoff
Ever noticed that Southerners are the last group it's socially acceptable to stereotype?
Geoff
You know you are a redneck when your wife, mother and sister are all the same person. ;)
mike
Don't forget the cousin!
First of all, they're certainly not the last.
Secondly, I'm a southerner by birth and breeding
Natalie
You just might be a redneck if you walk your son to school because you're both in the same grade.
They did when I lived down there almost 2 decades ago, driving my funny little white Toyota. Hey, there d***Yankee, why are ya drivin that furren car?
Charlie
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