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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 874123" data-attributes="member: 12952">I drive Toyota, 16 yrs for the tacoma 4x4, it needs some serious work but still runs great.( I only drive it locally about 800 last year ). And a Highlander bought certified used ( a 2002) making it almost 10 years and used daily, I can&#039;t recall it ever having to be it the shop except for regular scheduled service.My family grew up on Chevys ( father had a friend who owned a dealership and after he died we switched to Ford ), always a Pinto, I think we bought 9 of those things. I had the last one bought used and it was the one with the exploding gas tank problem. Last Ford was the Escape ( 1981) which had a bad engine design , not until a year after I sold it as scrap metal , was I notified that they were recalling them to replace the engine.One nice tale about our first Pinto, as we we about to leave the dealership in it, I tried to pull out the passenger side bottom vent to cool the car, it was a hot sunny summer day, and I couldn&#039;t get it to work. Seems the factory never cut out the body panel hole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 874123, member: 12952"] I drive Toyota, 16 yrs for the tacoma 4x4, it needs some serious work but still runs great.( I only drive it locally about 800 last year ). And a Highlander bought certified used ( a 2002) making it almost 10 years and used daily, I can't recall it ever having to be it the shop except for regular scheduled service. My family grew up on Chevys ( father had a friend who owned a dealership and after he died we switched to Ford ), always a Pinto, I think we bought 9 of those things. I had the last one bought used and it was the one with the exploding gas tank problem. Last Ford was the Escape ( 1981) which had a bad engine design , not until a year after I sold it as scrap metal , was I notified that they were recalling them to replace the engine. One nice tale about our first Pinto, as we we about to leave the dealership in it, I tried to pull out the passenger side bottom vent to cool the car, it was a hot sunny summer day, and I couldn't get it to work. Seems the factory never cut out the body panel hole. [/QUOTE]

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