TOYOTA MAN

Detroit is Hemorrhaging

I was a diehard american car man for years. GM drove me into the ground in the 70 and 80's. I owned Buicks (78 Elecrta 225, 80 Buick Park ave, 82 Buick Riviera, and an 85 Lasabre Limited) Each of these cars had all kinds of problems and the Dealer, who my wife worked for finally advised me to go foreign. I bought a Mitsubishi Tredia in 1987 and got rid of it in 1995. In seven years and 258,000 miles of driving into and out of NYC other than normal wear (oil changes, tires, brakes and three tuneups) i replaced to clutch at 180,000 miles. In 1995 I got rid of the car for a Chrysler New Yorker. That lemon went through transaxles(twice), every bit of the Airconditioner system and more problems then I have space to list. I finally bought Toyota's for my self and family 1985 Tercell, 1992 carolla, 2003 carolla, 2005 forerunner, and my current 2008 forerunner. The american car industry will have to show me they can build a car as good as the toyota's before I come back and my son and daughter are adament that they will never buy an american car. One last piece of info, my first car was a 1950 Mercury and I have been a professional truck driver for over 40 years. The american car industry needs to build a dependable auto at a competitive price and maybe they will finally get the american people to come back and buy american otherwise they will go the way of the american television manufacturers.