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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ready_fire_aim" data-source="post: 3850753" data-attributes="member: 50626">I’m young (early 30s) and I agree that newer vehicles are crap. They cost a fortune and are way too complicated. I like these types of conversations, because I am passionate about old Toyotas! We currently own 4 vehicles, all are early 2000’s Toyotas. My daily driver is a 1st gen Tacoma 5spd manual. I’m diligent with maintenance, 500k shouldn’t be an issue. I have family who make good money and they purchase newer cars. I’ve seen so much trouble they’ve had! My dad has a late model Chevy big diesel truck that he paid a literal fortune for and it’s been a lemon. Recently some computer part that controls the transmission messed up. Took months to find a new computer because there was only 3 in the nation and none of the dealers would sell them. Huge PITA… then literally like two weeks after he finally got his transmission fixed, the airbag light came on. Something went wrong electronically there. Took the shop forever to figure out the issue. I have a hard time wrapping my head around something that costs as much as a mortgage being a lemon. I firsthand have seen a late model Nissan SUV transmission fail at 70k, new jeeps full of issues, brother-in-law newer Subaru being a lemon, new Kia trashed motor less than 30k, it goes on and on… numerous times I’ve loaned friends/family one of my old Toyotas to drive while they’re vehicle they paid 6x as much for is in the shop haha!</blockquote>

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