I have to buy a boring car.

tinman2 said

I know. I always wanted to favor American too. Until I bought a used 89 Toyota pickup. Other than oil and filters, front disc brake pads, a battery, maybe a starter (not sure), and a timing chain at 140k, it was trouble free. After that, I thought maybe I should change the 4 speed trans grease. I pulled the drain plug and it looked like honey pouring out... clean as brand new. When I sold it at 201k, it still had the original trouble free clutch.
My only drivable vehicle now is a 2005 Ram 1500 I bought new. 101k and good so far.
I have been a mopar fan since my first car. But I have been concerned about Chrysler for years.

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On the other hand, my wife bought a BRAND NEW Toyota Matrix XRS in 2001. It ate a clutch in 6000 miles!!!! I took it into Toyota and all I got was "CLUTCH ISN'T GUARANTEED " I said wait a minute, it's only 7 months old and it only has 6000 miles! "CLUTCH ISN'T GUARANTEED " .I said (in front of his entirely full waiting room) ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOUR PIECE OF SH*T TOYOTA ISN'T AS GOOD AS MY DODGE NEON SITTING AT THE CURB WITH 135,000 MILES ON IT?" "CLUTCH ISN'T GUARANTEED". I knew I was fighting a losing battle so just told him "fix it". When I picked up the car I flipped him my credit card and paid the $800.00 and didn't look at the bill. I stashed it in the glove box and didn't think about it until 4 years later when we were trading it in on our Dodge Caliber R/T AWD (which we are still driving with almost zero issues). I read the invoice and it said "Customer states the clutch slips in 5th and 6th gear, checked internet " COMMON PROBLEM " If I'd would have read that NO WAY would I have paid. Anyway nobody will ever convince me that a Toyota is a good car.