I'm frankly sick of seeing Toyota (and now Honda) crucified for what I consider to be a relatively fast response recalling broken vehicles. This would've taken recall-adverse automakers many years in the past. (I won't name names because they probably ALL did this.) The press coverage demonstrates why automakers tend to not recall vehicles as ( Read more... )

Glad I got to know Toyota via Scion. And if Toyota ever stops working for me, Honda's right there! In two days, I will have had my car one year, and the fact I can get behind the wheel today and say, "I love this car" is still awesome ( Read more... )

If this article is to be believed, I certainly picked the right car to keep for 10 years. To be fair, the two Chevys I owned the previous 10 years didn't give me any major problems; it's the minor things (fit and finish, electrical problems, etc.) that conspired to move me to buy something I can worry less about ( Read more... )

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I think I'll have my car serviced at the Toyota dealer instead of what I've done to the last two cars. At least for the first several service intervals, since they're basically on Toyota.

Once upon a time, GM made cars that don't break (at least in the drivetrain). I wonder if they still do today.

I also have to wonder how Top Gear will respond to this. Cause you see, they just have to! It should be interesting.

(it is that same Buick, yes.)

There's a guy who has a farm in Ontario. His name is Dave. He has a bunch of cars.

Most of them work.

This one could possibly explain why I stuck with GM for so long, even though every GM car I had was shitty in one way or another. The common thread amongst them all was that the drivetrain wasn't one of the problems. Well, not usually, as my ( Read more... )

Sachsenring, East German automobile maker most famous for the Trabant, did some serious work on Wankel rotary engines (scroll to the very bottom to cut to the chase).

And oh... I cannot stop laughing at this commercial! It's the funniest thing I've seen in awhile.

Why pretend to play Frogger in an arcade when you can go to India and play for real?

This is one of many reasons I never buy new vehicles. Not to say that such a hidden fee can't be placed on a quality pre-ownedused car, but it's the tip of the haggle-riffic iceberg.

I bought a wired Apple keyboard last month because things changed to where I didn't need a KVM switch at my desk anymore. It's a USB keyboard with a built-in hub (which has 2 ports ( Read more... )