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I also rented one a couple of weeks back and kept thinking how much better my old Pontiac 6000 felt over it. Considering it only had 12K miles, it had terrible handling, poor interior, noisy brakes, and overall a noisy ride. The engine was also quite raspy and annoying. My brother’s 2004 Mazda 3 was waaaay better than the 2010 Toyota Corolla S. I’m not biased either. I love Ford, I’m diligently on BON checking the news, and pray for a full recovery to the number one spot. Saying that, I did purchase a used 2008 Sequoia Limited 4x2. Don’t like Toyota, the recalls (bought it before it made the list), and loathe the Tundra. But for some reason, the Sequoia seems like a pretty damn good package. It’s closest to a Minivan without being one. BTW, the Corolla was a loaner while they did the recall. My next purchase will be a Ford Edge for the wife.  That’ll make up for my infidelity.

Why, yes... LOL, during my stay the rental company gave me a new, white Grand Marquis. It was funny having my boss and I drive around San Fran (nice looking city BTW) and pulling up beside cars (many foreign) and seeing their worried faces. They thought it was a police car...

No rust? Hell, I had a 91 Ranger and 93 Cougar that had no rust when I got rid of them 12 and 14 years later. That’s no big deal.

I agree with you. But to me, a car costing more than $50K sure as hell better be very reliable. I don’t care how fancy the materials feel. And for this very reason, we will continue buying Lexus over BMW and Mercedes for years to come. But I do know what you’re saying. The car feels more solid, perhaps better material, etc. However, they need to make them more reliable. I’d put my money on the Mustang for actually being more reliable than the BMW.

During my brisk stay at South Beach a couple of weekends ago, I noticed a stark contrast from my stay at San Francisco a couple of years ago. In Miami, along with the hot bods and exotic supercars, I noticed at least 50 of the newer 2010+ Mustangs on the road. I’m guessing 95% of them were V6 models, but half of them were convertibles. I’m assuming they were all rentals, but I was impressed seeing the nice views and Ford domination on the roads. I had the pleasure of renting a 2010 Escape with black leather seats and Microsoft Sync – which is great btw! Needless-to-say, on my short drive on Collins Avenue I counted 3 Ferraris within 3 stop lights. NICE.

Put me down for not being impressed with BMW. It is all about prestige and for those comments that mention the BMW will last longer…seriously? My brother in law had a 3 series beemer (2004 model I think) and it was always in the shop. I don’t understand why everyone considers “German engineering” superior? To who – Chinese? It’s all about the prestige. Same goes for the whole Corvette vs. (insert foreign super car). Which, come to think of it, both the Mustang and Corvette offer amazing performance to compete with much more expensive offerings WHILE offering better MPGs – which is very important these days.

Any company and person for that matter...

And the 4Runner didn't experience the same issue according to the CNN article...

I like it!

We heard you already!! :stats:

And I bet it was an honor to see the latest Mustang redesigns heavily borrowing from his creation 45+ years ago.

I'm betting it's the oil temperature sensor...

You don't work for Toyota...DO YOU???

No Mustang but the Camaro? That sound was this study’s credibility walking out the door.

That was a good one.

SORRY TO TELL YOU FELLAS. BUT, SHE'S GONNA BOMB... :blah:

Conan sucked. Period. It's more of a cult-following. And, THAT'S my opinion.

Sequoias have fully-boxed frames and receive 5 star (driver) and 4 star (passenger) crash ratings. Both Expedition/Nav & Taho/Yukon/Escalades receive 5 star for both. However, the Sequoia gets a 4 star rating for rollover while the others mentioned only get 3 stars. :reading:

I don’t know if this would apply to what’s going on with the Toyotas. But, my brother is a certified diesel mechanic with 20+ years experience and he was on a semi truck a couple of weeks ago that was brought in by a customer that complained that the truck would idle high. On a test drive, the truck started to accelerate much like the stories from several Toyota owners. He pressed the brakes and the truck continued to accelerate forward. Imagine, this is a huge truck with SUA going down the freeway. They quickly put it in neutral and coasted off the freeway. They turned the truck off and started it back up. Again, the RPMs surged as if WOT. The culprit, he then determined, was a faulty OIL TEMPERATURE sensor. I wonder if this may be a possible cause on the Toyotas?

They still make them?

Fuuunnny. I left my Sony DVD camcorder out (in the rain) a few months ago. And yes, I tried to fix it myself. With a screwdriver. And, made it worse. When I put it back together – I had 2 extra screws left over. Mexican Hillbilly –> Ranchero

I guess I'm not understanding, Richard. Or, rather I'm not understanding the Study done by Dr. Gilbert. What all did he do aside from creating a 'short.' I guess, did he manipulate the circuitry to the point where no other car out there is the same? To me, it's like Toyoda is implying Dr. Gilbert pulled some circuit boards, pulled out wires (I dunno), splashed Acetone on them, spit on them, whatever and said, "Look, see it's possible for failure." How likely is it to happen in the real world? What does Toyota mean they did the same testing? If it is simply creating some short shouldn't it have done the same thing? I suppose it should've given an error code at the very least...

You mean the Chevy Cobalt? Why isn't this in the news?

Thanks for this post Richard!