Gas Prices making a dent ... finally!

That has not been my experience! My Ford F250 was much more expensive to repair and maintain than my Tundra. Plus it was not as well engineered at all. It seems that the American big 3 do the bare minimum to get their vehicles to the end of the warranty period. As soon as my Fords hit 100000 Km they were starting to cost big $$$. I had many Ford trucks before coming back to Toyota. They all had the same rough best before date (100000km)

Nah, there should always be someone with an alternate point of view. Whether it's right or wrong doesn't matter. We can't have everyone thinking within the same "box", can we? Besides, how much Toyota talk is there going on in this group anyway?

A Klock?

I envy the purchasers of vehicles that last 200,000 miles and more without major problems. Wait. I am one! I don't have to envy myself anymore. . . .

Charles of Kankakee

93 Corolla 205,500 miles

OK. Just how do you stand working in IT and being such a liberal at the same time?

I'd figure your head would explode from the contradiction.

Charles of Kankakee

Mike,

How soon you forget. Regean releasing the supply actually caused a net drop in price before very long. In 1990 I was paying 86 cents a gallon and had been paying about that for a couple years. Down from 1.25 in 1980 when Carter was still president.

We have had some wierdness here. Kankakee has been 2.96 to 2.99 for several weeks, up from 2.80. The Hinsdale Oasis on the I-294, never known for cheap gas, has been 2.72 to 2.82 during that period. Today, for the first time, the Oasis was 2.93. Oh, no, there's no price fixing in Kankakee. None whatsoever. Never was.

If you believe that last statement, I have some ocean front property you might be interested in. In Aridzona.

Charles of Kankakee

LOL My five-year-old Echo just went over 60,000, so it's still a cream puff. The '87 Corolla we sold my mom still hasn't cracked 150,000 yet.

Cars don't work hard for us

:-)

Natalie

Have they started putting a "Best Before End" on Canadian Fords yet?

Charles of Kankakee

I have rarely seen a North American brand car (other than a handful of old GM V8's) make it to 200,000 miles with few non-routine problems, even with regular maintenance. On the other hand, I have seen lots of Toyotas and Hondas that have done so, including one friend of mine who put close to

300,000 miles on a late 80s Accord with very few problems. Another friend put 200,000 miles on a '90 Corolla GT-S, and the only major problem was the alternator (it must have been a crappy Delco!).

I buy about one new vehicle a year then pass them or sell them after two or three years, generally. Personally I prefer to drive sporty and luxury RWD V8s or AWD. I have five children, twelve grandchildren that drive whatever I pass on or buy for them, generally. I also have a half dozen cars that I bought new, over the years, that I held on to rather than passed on. As to brands, you name it I probably owned at least one of them. Currently I'm driving two 2005 V8s and a 2006 V6 AWD that I just bought a few days ago.

mike hunt

That may be your opinion but obviously the people buying all those GM vehicles do not agree with your personal opinion.

mike hunt

I don't mind helping you out but I'm not going to teach a class in a NG. Do your own homework, that's what I tell MY grandchildren ;)

mike hunt

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, buy what you wish, I do.

mike hunt

You obviously were not around during WWII if you believe that ;)

mike hunt

Done already. I found a wide assortment of power steering pumps for Lexus, all under $500.00. Thanks for the laugh, though.

They don't know any better.

Bingo! Too many people are easily swayed by promotions and (false/misleading) advertising.

Why would one ever think to compare the vehicles that any manufutactures built twenty years ago to the vehicles another manufactures builds today? All manufactures vehicles today are far superior in all respects to those built then, or even those built ten years ago. I sure your new Honda is a much better car than my 59 Toyapet or my first Civic. LOL

mike hunt

...not to mention the fact that the big 3 sell trucks by appealing to the pants, not the brain. IT'S GOT A HEMI! It's a Titan! blah blah blah....

I thought Viagra was supposed to take care of these things.