I am not a Toyota fanboy, never drove one until two years ago. But I gave them a try on their past history recently. So thus in total, I have only been a Toyota owner for two years but I can say this, although there has been some 6 speed tranny shudder shenanigans on my Camry... AS a car guy... their Toyota parts are so interchangeable and so ubiquitous and things in most of there 4cyl engine bays are so simply located, and the track record is so consistently reliable 300k miles.... that I almost CAN'T select a replacement for my recently deceased Corolla that isn't from Toyota.
Other makers have so many engine changes and mid year- engineering changes and tranny changes that I recall my Chevy owning experiences in the mid 2000's as a constant battle figuring out exactly what month the car was made so I could get the right pins, or fuse or some other little thing. And the Fords just seem "blah". And I don't want turbos and their coking and cool down time and their cluttering up the engine bay.
Is there ANY competition for the simplicity and reliability of a Corolla/Rav 4/Camry? I really would love another choice but I am a practical guy and seeing as I have one Toyota left in my household fleet and seeing that just after two years I can see how easy they are to work on and how it will be the boring and more expensive choice to just go with a Toyota.
It' like I've been sucked in by practicality. Not that it's bad. Just looking for other REAL options.
Somebody convince me that there is another maker with simply made non death trap, non (made that engine one year only) compact to mid sized car that isn't basically dead at 150k miles.
Other makers have so many engine changes and mid year- engineering changes and tranny changes that I recall my Chevy owning experiences in the mid 2000's as a constant battle figuring out exactly what month the car was made so I could get the right pins, or fuse or some other little thing. And the Fords just seem "blah". And I don't want turbos and their coking and cool down time and their cluttering up the engine bay.
Is there ANY competition for the simplicity and reliability of a Corolla/Rav 4/Camry? I really would love another choice but I am a practical guy and seeing as I have one Toyota left in my household fleet and seeing that just after two years I can see how easy they are to work on and how it will be the boring and more expensive choice to just go with a Toyota.
It' like I've been sucked in by practicality. Not that it's bad. Just looking for other REAL options.
Somebody convince me that there is another maker with simply made non death trap, non (made that engine one year only) compact to mid sized car that isn't basically dead at 150k miles.