Our family is in the same boat. Toyota and Honda have built up so much goodwill by selling us reliable and sturdy cars with good service centers that we’re willing to deal with the occasional problem. When Toyota runs a commercial saying they are fixing the problems and are committed to quality in the future, I believe them.
Ford and GM, on the other hand, sold us enough junk that they have no goodwill whatsoever. When GM runs a commercial saying, “May the best car win”, I think, “Honda and Toyota already have.”
That’s not to say there aren’t some GM products I wouldn’t like, and I’ve looked at them many times. I just can’t get over the doubt that they’ll be crappy in two years. Ford has never made a product I really want to buy.
exactly. 20 years of experience with multiple toyotas and nothing bad to report, NOT SO the random US car we have had [years ago i had a Chrysler town and country van and had the transmission go after 8 MONTHS, my husband’s Denali just had a starter go last week after 2 years]. Gov’t trashing of Toyota is suspect.