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From: tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: toyota reliability
Message-ID: <2c55bd13.2a75@apollo.uucp>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 14:05:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 14:05:08 1986
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Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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> I have never had any problems with mine (43000 miles on Corolla, 23000 on Tercel).
> Well that is, up until Saturday Feb 22nd.  
> 
> Scenario:
> 	The Tercel had had its 24month service at the local Toyota dealership at
> the end of January. 

    You don't have to go on: the root of your problem is evident in that
    last sentence.  The secret to success with a toyota is NEVER paying
    attention to it.  I have put 97K miles on my 1980 corrolla and have had
    to have the brakes repaired at MIDAS twice because I drive it pretty
    hard, changed the muffler a couple of times, and changed the oil once
    or twice a year, BUT I WOULD NEVER TAKE A TOYOTA IN FOR "24month service"
    unless there were something seriously wrong with it (after 24 months?).
    
    You are simply paying too much attention to your car.  If you want a car that
    needs service at regular intervals you should buy a fiero or something, never
    a toyota.

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

                                         
    Tom Gross
    Apollo Computer, Inc
    Chelmsford,  MA