I am on my 4th Ford diesel truck over the last 30 years. All the previous ones went 250,000 miles plus with nothing but oil/tire changes. A couple had some small issues like my older dually dropped the serpentine belt once and the plastic clutch pin (the size of a pencil connecting the clutch peddle in the cab to the linkage) broke. Another newer one the bed camera went out. Other than that, they all ran like champs and pulled trailers like nobody’s business. The two later models (2018 and later) got 22 mpg on the interstate running 75 to 80 mph running with no trailer or heavy bed load. Top it off you can hang meat in my trucks in the summer thanks to the AC unit.
I went off script a couple times and bought a couple chev half tons for running around trucks and they were nothing but trouble. Constant electrical issues and such.
When you buy a cheap car, you get what you pay for.
When you buy a cheap car, you get what you pay for.
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Not sure I generally agree with that.... I don’t think Toyotas are more money than most of the other comparable cars (size and how well equipped) on the list that are far less reliable. ‘Cheap’ also has to do with the cost of features....and the more features a car has, the more there is to go wrong.... Just ask anyone who has had to put in a new windshield lately (a regular windshield versus one that has rain sensors in it that not only are more expensive, there’s a ‘calibration’ cost to it.
My Tacomas, unless wrecked, are all still running with 400,000 plus miles. Of course, if I ever wanted to haul or tow anything of consequence, I’d have borrow someone’s Ford or Dodge.