Made in Indiana.
Made in Indiana.
I had an '85 toyota 4wd pickup. I really beat the frigging snot out of it, bad, but changed the oil religiously. I put close to 200,000 on it, blew the engine and still managed to sell it for over $1000 8 years after I bought it.
The only repairs were a head gasket and bodywork, all of which I did myself. (of course brakes, shocks, and tires, etc got replaced)
Best-selling vehicle in America . . . 28 straight years!
:-)
Profits to Japan.
We helped my daughter buy a 96 Geo Prizm (Corolla) 5 years ago with an easy 141,000 miles on it; I serviced it every 3,000 miles right up until I did a full timing belt service and sent her off to Va. Beach last year.
She sold it to a member of her husband's family and they are still driving it every day with close to 260,000 on it now.
She wishes she had it back since her Eclipse got eclipsed at an intersection and she has been without a replacement car.
A new baby (her first) is due Monday and now she wants another SUV like her husband's or maybe a van because of the baby.
Babies are expensive enough without having to have their own cars at birth.
It must have been a hundred years ago that I drove my wife home with our newborn son on her lap in our 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix with four speed transmission and Tri-Power.
Her baby will be riding home in a $300.00 "Travel System" that locks into place in the Trailblazer, courtesy of GM designers and the ever-busy social engineers of traffic safety.
Such is progress.