Midsize SUVs

[PasoRoblesJimmy]

How Toyota Changed The Way We Make Things​

The Japanese Car Company is a corporate behemoth - but it's done much more than just give us Corollas or Land Cruisers. It's changed the way the world makes products. Here's how.

 

[sean donato]

Man have you drank the coolaid

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Tis a tad much.

 

[GeorgiaVol]

Gas hog behemeth. Not midsize. Note the locking front hubs

Gas hog?
Nah. I get at least 11 mpg with it.

 

[CentaurG2]

Toyota does make some good iron. They also collaborate with other car manufactures to produce certain vehicles. The Toyota supra is a rebadged BMW. The 86 is a rebadged Subaru BRZ. They also collaborate with Mazda on electric vehicles. The new MX-30 Mazda is reported to have a cork interior, suicide rear doors and a Wankel rotary. Now that is crazy awesome.



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[sean donato]

Toyota does make some good iron. They also collaborate with other car manufactures to produce certain vehicles. The Toyota supra is a rebadged BMW. The 86 is a rebadged Subaru BRZ. They also collaborate with Mazda on electric vehicles. The new MX-30 Mazda is reported to have a cork interior, suicide rear doors and a Wankel rotary. Now that is crazy awesome.



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Funny you mention cork interior, wife just said about cork flooring... small world. Lol.

 

[Husky Man]

Toyota does make some good iron. They also collaborate with other car manufactures to produce certain vehicles. The Toyota supra is a rebadged BMW. The 86 is a rebadged Subaru BRZ. They also collaborate with Mazda on electric vehicles. The new MX-30 Mazda is reported to have a cork interior, suicide rear doors and a Wankel rotary. Now that is crazy awesome.



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My Best Friend of almost 35 years, was a Toyota Master Mechanic, he said that they were Excellent cars.

But he Rarely lacked for work either, even Toyotas break down, and need more than “Scheduled Maintenance “

Doug

 

[ElevatorGuy]

My Best Friend of almost 35 years, was a Toyota Master Mechanic, he said that they were Excellent cars.

But he Rarely lacked for work either, even Toyotas break down, and need more than “Scheduled Maintenance “

Doug

Yup, skip the timing belt and water pump service and see what happens!

 

[PasoRoblesJimmy]

Gas hog?
Nah. I get at least 11 mpg with it.

Kaizen is a foreign idea to GM.

 

[GeorgiaVol]

Kaizen is a foreign idea to GM.

It is an 89 Suburban 4x4 with big tires and 4.11 gears.
It ain't exactly built with gas mileage in mind.
It will pull my 16' equipment trailer like it is nothing though.

 

[PasoRoblesJimmy]

Yup, skip the timing belt and water pump service and see what happens!

@100,000 miles on an interference engine

The water pump on my 1968 Dodge D200 failed at 20,000 miles. Plus, needed a valve job every 50,000 miles. Blew blue smoke at 150,000 miles.

 

[GeorgiaVol]

Dodge sucks.
My Avenger's went out, it was a $900 bill to replace.
I have never had a Chevy's go out that cost me more than $100 and maybe an hour of work.
Most of the cars I have owned were $25 and 30 minutes.

 

[CentaurG2]

Funny you mention cork interior, wife just said about cork flooring... small world. Lol.

I did look this up. Apparently, you can harvest cork off trees every 9 or so years and the trees can live to 200-250 years old. Neat stuff. Some of the examples of cork flooring look spectacular.

 

[CentaurG2]

My Best Friend of almost 35 years, was a Toyota Master Mechanic, he said that they were Excellent cars.

But he Rarely lacked for work either, even Toyotas break down, and need more than “Scheduled Maintenance “

Doug

I think my 01 Camry had a timing belt. The 2 newer ones had chains. Got to tell you, I can count on 1 hand the number of repairs I did to all three cars other than routine maintenance. Both of the newer cars are still on the road pushing 300k each. Only reason I switched to Honda Accords was to get a manual transmission. For the record, performance of the Accord is way better than a Camry.

 

[PasoRoblesJimmy]

I think my 01 Camry had a timing belt. The 2 newer ones had chains. Got to tell you, I can count on 1 hand the number of repairs I did to all three cars other than routine maintenance. Both of the newer cars are still on the road pushing 300k each. Only reason I switched to Honda Accords was to get a manual transmission. For the record, performance of the Accord is way better than a Camry.

Timing belts on interference engines are an obsolete design of years past. Even the boxer engines in Subarus have evolved from timing belts to timing chains.

The total cost of ownership of Asian vehicles is far lower than the total cost of ownership of Made in the USA, Made in Canada and Made in Mexico crap.

People buy Asian cars for reliability, not for performance.

 

[CentaurG2]

I will agree with you on the reliability. The only thing I replaced on my 05’ Camry other than maintenance items was the driver side front caliper. Sold that car in 2017 with 235k on it and it still had the original Panasonic battery. Manual 5-speed tranny. Made in Japan. Good stuff. Performance? I would take either of these cars without complaint.



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