03-01-2004, 10:04 PM
I'll say it. Toyota can suck my nuts.
They haven't made a decent car since 1998. Lemme tell ya, that new MR-S and GT-S are HOT HOT HOT :x . The only supremacy that I will give Toyota in this battle are the following:
Toyota trucks and SUVs kick ass, hands down. If I buy a truck, you can be damned sure that it will be a Toyota
The 3S and 2JZ engines are incredible. I should include the 1J, as it is the precursor to the 2J, but they are essentially the same except the 1J is a bit more rev happy at the sacrifice of a half liter.
When they put thier mind to it, Toyota can produce an incredible car (read: supra). The supra and its engine are incredible well developed, coming from the factory like a plush racekar. Stout and reliable, they can be pushed to incredible limits before something will break or give up.
Although I love my Toyota(s), you can be damned sure that I will not be buying another one for a while. In fact, the only way I would buy a Toyota car (trucks are a different story) would be if I could find an MR2 at a most excellent price or another supra (hah, like that will happen). At this point, I continue to be amazed by Honda, Subaru has caught my eye, and Nissan seems to be getting the picture too. So that leaves Toyota sitting there with its thumb up its ass, focusing on the truck segment while its market share in the car market gets eaten up by other companies that can produce a product that is just as good, if not better, whithout it looking like ass.
Forgive me if I seem bitter, but I continue to be let down by the Toyota design dept., and simply can't believe how much they rade people on fixing things (yeah, I went to the service dept. today, so the wounds are fresh).
They haven't made a decent car since 1998. Lemme tell ya, that new MR-S and GT-S are HOT HOT HOT :x . The only supremacy that I will give Toyota in this battle are the following:
Toyota trucks and SUVs kick ass, hands down. If I buy a truck, you can be damned sure that it will be a Toyota
The 3S and 2JZ engines are incredible. I should include the 1J, as it is the precursor to the 2J, but they are essentially the same except the 1J is a bit more rev happy at the sacrifice of a half liter.
When they put thier mind to it, Toyota can produce an incredible car (read: supra). The supra and its engine are incredible well developed, coming from the factory like a plush racekar. Stout and reliable, they can be pushed to incredible limits before something will break or give up.
Although I love my Toyota(s), you can be damned sure that I will not be buying another one for a while. In fact, the only way I would buy a Toyota car (trucks are a different story) would be if I could find an MR2 at a most excellent price or another supra (hah, like that will happen). At this point, I continue to be amazed by Honda, Subaru has caught my eye, and Nissan seems to be getting the picture too. So that leaves Toyota sitting there with its thumb up its ass, focusing on the truck segment while its market share in the car market gets eaten up by other companies that can produce a product that is just as good, if not better, whithout it looking like ass.
Forgive me if I seem bitter, but I continue to be let down by the Toyota design dept., and simply can't believe how much they rade people on fixing things (yeah, I went to the service dept. today, so the wounds are fresh).