[NSRCA-discussion] Toyota

[Terry Terrenoire]

I agree wholeheartedly! My last new car was a 1981 Chevette, but it got
me 185,000 miles
It was replaced with an 86 Chevette that went 135K before my wife went
deer hunting with it. 
That was replaced with my only foreign car, a 1989 Mazda 322. I got 170K
out of it, an it was truely on it's last legs at that point. 
The 1997 Ford Escort that replaced it now has 192k and still going
strong. Still has the original clutch. 
Got rid of a 1990 Chevy Lumina APV in the fall of 2004 that I drove for 8
years. It had 217K and I was still towing a utility trailer with it to
contests.
My personal goal is to limit my cost of ownership to $1000/ year for any
car I buy.; So far, I have averaged under $700.

I think I'll stick with the American made cars, Thank you!!

Terry T.


On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:51:59 -0500 "Dean Pappas" <d.pappas at kodeos.com>
writes:
You know, it's a terrible shame that after taking a deserved heck of a
beating for truly poor reliability/design back in the seventies,
Detroit has honest-to-for-really turned their act around ... and they
don't get credit for it!
My Grand Caravan with the Stow n'Go seats is a marvellously practical
vehicle.


Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Toyota


Not sure it works to say that 'all profits go to Japan' - at one  point,
GM owned 1% of Toyota. I just checked the Toyota corp's stock symbol-
there's a family of symbols shown - can't easily trace WHERE the
ownership is / where the profits go. 
When I did the 'buy a van' analysis in 2003 major factors were: 
-- The need to handle 36000 miles a year.
-- Reliability
-- Whether my van would outlive the payment stream. I wasn't / am not
confident that most 'US makes' will either do that.
-- Reputable dealer / support network.  
Based on the above factors, (Consumer Reports information and personal
experience with FMC/ Chrysler family / Gm dealers in the NJ area) my
choice narrowed  quickly to Honda and Toyota. 
Your mileage may vary; my search led me to a van that may not be the BEST
choice, but it's been good enough so far. 
-Rick 




From: DaveL322 at comcast.net
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Toyota
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:40:15 +0000


Ideally, for the US, it would be better to have the profits stay here as
well.

Nonetheless, the workers get to stay here, the workers salaries stay
here, taxes stay here, and Toyota has invested profits in the US building
the infrastructure to manufacture in the US.

Far better for the US than the only piece being point of sale.  Quite
possibly better for the US than many US firms which design and
manufacture overseas, and then import back to the US for point of sale.

Regards,

Dave

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Gerald Gallagher" <ggall at bellsouth.net> 

 Toyota, built in USA BUT, all Profits go to Japan. Something to think
about?

Jerry Gallagher






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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:34:25 +0000
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