Over the past 18-20 years I have owned multiple Toyota products: two 4-Runners, three different models of Lexus, and a Tacoma truck. Because of my complete satisfaction with Toyota products I have owned no other brand of car. Over that span of six cars I have experienced the grand total of one mechanical problem. The left rear tail light on one of the 4-Runners burned out and needed replacing. That is the only problem in that long time span.
Does that make me a Toyota fan? You bet!
What about the current flap over the apparent lapse in Toyota quality? All of this has not affected my belief that Toyota produces a quality product. When I buy my next car, it will almost certainly be made by Toyota. As far as I am concerned, the current Toyota flap is a good example how the media and the politicians can inflame a non-issue into fodder for the trial lawyers.
My only worry is that the guy driving the Prius behind me doesn’t know the difference between his brake and his accelerator pedal. Or, that he may have the business card of a trial lawyer in his shirt pocket.
