At 10:23 AM 1/15/99 -0500, Patrick Hatcher wrote: >Sorry Phillip, gotta disagree. > >You asked how reliable a ten year old Totyota was? I drove my '86 >Toyota van for 150K until I sold it to help pay for my Westy, my sister >drove her '85 Toyota Van to 200K till she parked it (the interior was >trashed and she wanted a sportier car), and a good friend is still >driving her '85 at 250K, and here's the catch . . . all with NO MAJOR >ENGINE PROBLEMS. Add my 1985 Toyota pick-up to the list. 165,000 km and so far I've had to put in a clutch and a muffler. Other than that - nada. Now, let me tell you about my 1982 Westy, 142,000 km. Just did an engine job. $3,100. I could buy another Toyota for that. Why don't I? Same as everyone else. The Westy is more comfortable to sleep in, and the propane stove is safer than a bonfire in the box of the pick-up. But reliability? No contest. |
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