Just bought my first Toyata in April. A 2008 Sienna mini-van. I bought
it based on very low mileage (21,000) and Toyota's long standing
reputation for quality. It's also a Toyota certified used car with a
lengthy warranty still to go (both time and miles). However, my wife
and I just don't like the car. It has a lot of very annoying road noise
at highway speeds (possibly tires and roof rack) and my wife and I both
find the front seats (nice looking leather) to be very uncomfortable on
long trips. And one thing I never noticed is that despite being a mid
level model it's lacking automatic head lights, automatic climate
control and has control oddities I've not encountered in other cars.
This car will go to a different owner as soon as we get to Florida for
the coming winter season. Maybe a Chrysler Town & Country. Not
recommended by Consumer Reports for reliability but, if nothing else,
I'll regain the cruise control that has the intelligence to downshift if
engine backpressure is insufficient to keep the car at the set speed
when going down steep hills (especially in the West). I drove one
yesterday. Nice and comfortable leather bucket seat.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/10/2012 12:56 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> Very recently announced in the Canadian media
>
> "Toyota recalls over 7.4 million vehicles; largest auto recall since 1996"
>
> Maybe not such a hot brand !
>
> BTW, I got 67 mpg on the last fill up of my 2004 VW diesel.
>
>
>
> On 10/10/2012 1:43 PM, sctroy@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>> From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Need car buying advice
>>>
>>> I'm pretty much now in the Toyota mode and will likely get only Toyotas
>>> from here on out. That is, if I can get a hybrid 4-Runner.
>>
>>
>> I believe Toyota has announced that by 2015 (I think) they will have a
>> hybrid version of every model available.
>>
>> Our 2012 Camry hybrid is excellent - 40-50mpg depending on the type of
>> driving.
>>
>> Steve Troy
>>
>
>
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