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To: sittnick

All Toyotas are great.


6 posted on 11/22/2006 1:44:26 PM PST by billhilly
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To: billhilly
All Toyotas are great.

Well, they have great reliability, granted. But I wouldn't purchase one for a myriad of other reasons.
9 posted on 11/22/2006 1:45:56 PM PST by JamesP81 (If you have to ask permission from Uncle Sam, then it's not a right)
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To: billhilly; UB355; Strategerist; AnotherUnixGeek

I suspect we have a different idea of what constitutes roominess. Yes, it's bigger than a Tercel or an Echo. I cannot say I have been in the current edition, but I hit my head on the headliner in the late-90's Camry.

My idea of roominess is a 1972 Chevy Impala, in a newer car maybe a Buick Roadmaster. A Grand Marquis is marginal. A Lincoln Town Car is about right.

A roomy car has room for at least (western height)six (western height) adults. (My 1966 "compact" Dodge Dart managed that).

Anyone who thinks that "all Toyotas are great" never had the displeasure of having to drive an early '90's Toyota Previa "minivan" (actually a barely made-over Japanese delivery van).

I have nothing against the company. I just don't think any of their cars qualify as roomy. Their current light-truck line-up very well might (this includes mini-vans, SUVs and pick-ups).

I suspect some of you hail from a different tradition, where your roominess benchmark is not a '72 Impala or Ford LTD wagon, but rather a Dodge Aries, Nissan Maxima or Chevy Nova ('80's edition), which were disingenuously touted as mid-sized.


29 posted on 11/22/2006 2:43:16 PM PST by sittnick (There is no salvation in politics.)
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