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Originally Posted by stovt001
Take it from someone who used to work at a Toyota dealership: The problems you're having with your Vette make it a lemon. Being used, you simply don't know what the previous owner did to it. And being that your newest car is 8 years old, you have to understand age does impact cars. It won't be as reliable as a new car. Now if it was a Toyota on the other hand, you'd be getting off light. I worked at the dealership during the summer of endless recalls. If you can go a month without taking a newer Toyota in to get fixed, you're very lucky. My grandma insisted on buying one on my discount against my warnings because she was told Toyotas were high quality and reliable. Her car goes in to the shop every few weeks with a computer problem now.
I hate to be blunt, but judging a product coming out a year from now based on an 8 year old previously used product is as illogical as it gets. Likewise, judging another company based on their reputation from 8 years ago (when they really did represent quality) only sets you up for disappointment.
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My 05 taco has yet to be in the shop for more than an oil change (at the proper intervals), now the techs at Toyota leave something to be desired. Since its my wifes truck she takes it in and they are always bothering here and upsetting her saying that she needs new brake pads (I looked at them myself well over 60% pad left), tranny fluid change, coolant change, and some such. I always check them when she comes home, because she knows better than to just pay without letting me check(heck I've done engine swaps and tranny rebuilds). I do all my own maint on my cars, she just prefers to have records for future trade-in.
I truly believe that how you treat your vehicle is more important that who makes it (except in the case of korean auto-makers).
THAT being said, I would NEVER touch a tundra/sequia/4runner. I have had friends that have had me do maint and repairs cuase the cost just in parts much less labor can be outrageous and in some older models (and in the case of tundras the newer ones) the failures are completely catastrophic(car won't run).
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On topic: I have seen every model of from almost every manufacturer have electrical/computer related problems. It comes with a more and more electronic driven engineering as opposed to physical driven engineering. Guy I work with just traded in a Lexus that had a bug that cost him 1400.00 to fix and still didnt remedy the problems. My 1990 escort blew its computer on the road one day, $300.00. Guy I went to highschool with replaced ALL the wiring and eletrical components in his 89 firebird and STILL couldn't get it to run. As stovt001 said, electrical lemons are out there. Trade the sucker in before it costs you too much.