I must recommend 100 people OR MORE a year to Toyota product.

"Chris, are Volvos reliable?"

Now, how would you answer that? I always say, the powertrains are reliable. Which is true. But the rest of it? Not that much.

The bottom line is, if you want to drive anything that has a European nameplate on it, get ready to pay. I'm not including the old, no-tech product, but the stuff made since the days of environmental science, computers, EFI, etc. There is no European product on the road that won't end up costing you five times as much as a Toyota.

I have heard, countless times, how so-and-so has a Volvo and they haven't done shit to it ever, and the thing is JUST GREAT! Then I get to see it and if I'm not so lucky, I get to drive it. Always the same story. Dents on dents, rust everywhere, wheezy engine, clunky trans, dragging clutch, smells like a manure heap, and the windows are constantly fogged.

Yep... "Just GREAT". I suppose that the impression that person has is, if it goes down the road in one piece, it is "just great". What more could you ask for, right?

What more could you ask for?

So make of it what you want to. But in the long run, if you are really looking at the bottom line, forget about anything that started life on the continent. Or especially in Great Britain.

The only question remaining is, how many 18 year old Toyotas have you had?
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1992 940 wagon, 77k
as well as others.