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(02-14-2019, 08:32 PM)DJC link Wrote:Our local Toyota dealer (Mrs DJC has a Toyota C-HR) has been very good so far. However, that may be more about the laid back and friendly attitude that seems to permeate the population of Sleepy Hollow (aka Geetroit).
Yes, I think you would get a more friendly approach away from The Big Smoke. Also, customer service probably varies from dealer to dealer, but we mainly have our own experiences to go on.
Reality always wins in the end.
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(02-14-2019, 11:20 AM)Professer E link Wrote:Toyota, like all manufacturers, slug you for spares....it's a bloody racket of epic proportions. Toyota's spares are so complicated they have a job called "parts interpreter", but that doesn't necessarily guarantee you're going to get what you want....
I'll pay that. I damaged the wing mirror on my Prado reversing down the driveway. Replacement cost from Toyota? $1300 plus painting for colour coding! Solution? Off to the wreckers and got one for $400. Meanwhile, I pulled the old one apart, pulled out the broken indicator and damaged fold back motor, sourced new ones on ebay and fixed it for $110. Now I have a spare for next time or can sell it for $510 and make my money back.
Replacement genuine windscreen? $2100. Left the chip in it!!
2017-16th
2018-Wooden Spoon
2019-16th
2020-dare to dream? 11th is better than last I suppose
2021-Pi$$ or get off the pot
2022- Real Deal or more of the same? 0.6%
2023- "Raise the Standard" - M. Voss Another year wasted Bar Set
2024-Back to the drawing boardNo excuses, its time
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Love Clint in Gran Torino when his son drives off in a GXL cruiser......grrrrrr
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?
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Some great lines in that film....
Get that cr@p off my lawn
Sometimes you run across somebody ya shouldnta f@@@ed with
A man can fix anything with a tin of that (WD40), some tape and pliers.
Those being some pearls of Clint wisdom.
Apparently the Hemsworth blokes and their ilk are "male action heros"..... the man with no name, William Munny, Harry or Josey Wales would eat their kind for breakfast.
DrE is no more... you ok with that harmonica man?
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We all have it coming kid!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"
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Mister Eastwood's first name says it all when spelled in capitals.
Love him.
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Just revisiting the death trap that is the Jeep Wrangler, ingloriously has achieved a one star Ancap safety rating and those disgraceful officials at Fiat Chrysler couldnt give a rats clacker about you and your loved ones.
At 64Kmh in the frontal impact barrier test with 40% contact on the drivers side the front passenger compartment starts to collapse, so your loved ones are going to be die in agony on the side of the road in an accident that in any other normal car they would be shook up but walk away from.
These structural shitheaps shouldnt be allowed on the road even though they come with AEB and numerous other toy safety devices, the spin from Fiat Chrysler about these cars is also amazing claiming they are engineering upgrades etc etc....they spent a lot of money changing the aero dynamics of the car to reduce the fuel costs but sacrificed structural safety. In the encap tests they didnt even bother with the side pole impact test as it was just assumed these master pieces of engineering wouldnt hold up.
And to think they want to charge you 75K for a Rubicon in Aus....
Good news for Nissan/Mitsubishi buyers too, as if it wasnt bad enough that Renault have allied themselves with them and screwed with their engineering it appears Renault want to take over Fiat Chrysler too.....I'd be avoiding all those brands...
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Thanks for that EB. I really need to brush up on this sort of knowledge. We've driven Mazdas for decades, and we simply buy those now by default.
