Totota makes better vehicles, period.
GM-Government Motors has made crap for the last 30 years and my guess is, they will continue to produce crap.
I just traded in my 7th Cavalier with 251K and was running great with very little oil burn. I have a Colbalt. I loves my Chebbies
We own two GM cars ( both are more that 10 years old) and one BMW. The GM cars have been rock solid reliable ( one is a truck and we tow a trailer with it). It has 125,000 miles on it and has not had one lick of service other than routine oil changes. The BMW had its radiator, which is plastic, blow up at 75,000 miles. It cost $900 to make repairs, and we were told by the independent mechanic that this is “good life” for a radiator in any and all of the German cars.
As far as Toyotas go, I think they are tinny. And they have had more than their share of manufacturing defects if you read the news.
I’m not happy about the bailout of GM, and I am really not happy that they continue to employ the UAW, but the cars are not junk, and at least they are made in the US ( more or less, since the trucks are assembled in Mexico).
I don’t know how you think that supporting the Japanese car makers is all that helpful to this country. Or buying all that shit at Costco that’s made in China for that matter. We are letting the Chinese sell us the rope with which we will hang ourselves.
Yep. And of course, the only reason GM sells as many cars as they do now is that all government purchases have to preference GM over other makers :/
You can sell a lot of cars, if you make them so poorly that people have to buy a lot of cars. Me and my wallet will stick with a 300,000-mile-capable Toyota, thankyouverymuch.
My wife was driving a Nissan Altima for 5 years after having a Jeep Cherokee. She decided after the Jeep she wanted a sedan type car. After the Nissan it was back to a SUV type vehicle. She leased a 2010 Rav4 Limited and is very happy with it. Our household will not drive anything assembled with UAW labor.
“Toyota makes better vehicles, period.”
We bought our first Toyota, a RAV4, on that belief and were proven wrong. The rack and pinion steering was shot before 50,000 miles. A $2,000 repair bill at the dealer. My wife babies that SUV, so it does not make sense. Back to Honda next time.