[Coley]

Some very good points here about Toyota.
The japanese car industry is arguably the best thing that ever happened to the American car industry over the last 40 years I think.
The quality and reliability of the Japanese vehicles, particularly Toyota...seriously eclipsed a lot of the poor quality that rolled out of detroit (or Berlin) in the 80's.
This forced everyone to up their game and get on track...North American and European.

I've had both American and japanese....and those Toyota's are darn near bullet proof. Not always the best looking vehicles but very reliable and tight.

As for the German stuff....despite the appearance and german cachet and class 'optics'...their cars still suffer from being unreliable after a few years, hence their immense depreciation.
For some reason....the german's don't understand electricity and electronics, lol...despite their great flair for mechanical, appearance and appointments lol.

all good
Coley