Toyota problems? Take a brake!
February 18th 2010 11:42
An avalanche of problems has struck Toyota in the USA as they have Camry’s with unintended acceleration, problems with power steering on the Corolla, Prius with brakes that don’t work and now they also have Toyota Tundra pick-ups (A F100 clone) with driveshaft problems!
The common problem that jumps out of tweaks your nose is that apart from the Prius and Corolla, all the vehicles Toyota are having problems with are in fact an American built vehicles!
There is a message there to car buyers, stay away from American built cars as any Ford Exploder or Jeep Cherokee owner will tell you!
In Australia we face different problems on our Toyotas from our American neighbours: Camrys with no acceleration (although it is the fault of the driver rather than the car) and a fully optioned Prius costs nearly $60000 in OZ! Count your lucky stars the Tundra stayed stateside.
Anyone who has ever been stuck behind a Camry doing twenty kilometres an hour under any and all posted speed limits, will know the frustration that grows to seething rage as the driver makes you and everyone else late for whatever it was you have now forgotten about because of the amount of time you were stuck looking at his taillights!
My theory is that Toyota have secretly discovered time travel and while the look as though they are going really slowly to us , Camry drivers think they are doing 200 kmh.
If you are lucky enough to pass them you will find that inevitably the driver will either be grey of hair and wrinkly of face unless they are on long service leave from their government job!
No wonder people buy Holden Commodores!
The common problem that jumps out of tweaks your nose is that apart from the Prius and Corolla, all the vehicles Toyota are having problems with are in fact an American built vehicles!
There is a message there to car buyers, stay away from American built cars as any Ford Exploder or Jeep Cherokee owner will tell you!
In Australia we face different problems on our Toyotas from our American neighbours: Camrys with no acceleration (although it is the fault of the driver rather than the car) and a fully optioned Prius costs nearly $60000 in OZ! Count your lucky stars the Tundra stayed stateside.
Anyone who has ever been stuck behind a Camry doing twenty kilometres an hour under any and all posted speed limits, will know the frustration that grows to seething rage as the driver makes you and everyone else late for whatever it was you have now forgotten about because of the amount of time you were stuck looking at his taillights!
My theory is that Toyota have secretly discovered time travel and while the look as though they are going really slowly to us , Camry drivers think they are doing 200 kmh.
If you are lucky enough to pass them you will find that inevitably the driver will either be grey of hair and wrinkly of face unless they are on long service leave from their government job!
No wonder people buy Holden Commodores!
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