That's not what I asked. <G>

Since Toyota is falling out of your favor, what will you buy?

Is $21,000.00 the purchase price of a new version of your truck? If yes,
where did you get the idea that you could sell it for that price? Toyotas
*do* hold their value well, but nobody's going to pay the "new" price for a
used vehicle. If you were talking about a collector's piece, like maybe a
1978 Porsche Carerra, it would be different.

At this time for an economical long lived passenger car, the choice
presently is still Toyota. But not by the wide margin it used to be.
Notice the things I listed are mostly body/interior issues. But the
fly-by-wire throttle crap is the first objection I have to Toyota's
electronic engine control foolishness. BUT ... there is one engine
mechanical matter that I'm watching. MOST PEOPLE do not know that the
current generation Corollas no longer have conventional valve seats.
Aluminum head ... no pressed in valve seats. Instead, there is a coating
process much like Nikasil cylinder coatings ... a process known as laser
cladding for valve seats. This makes for a cylinder head whose seats cannot
be reground in the unlikely event of a needed valve job. Now Toyotas
needing valve jobs is not common but ... that was in the past. Anybody have
300-400k miles on a 2003 Corolla? Time will tell and the public is the
ultimate test driver.

No, 21,000 was not near the purchase price. If there is a dealer
anywhere that would sell a 05 Tundra for that price sure would like to
have known about it this past July. Talked to the salesperson today that
I bought it from and his best price on an 06 like mine was right at 29k
even with the rebate. I took it in this morning to have the tranny fluid
changed. They kept it all day and called at 5pm and told me they would
have to order the fluid, did not have any for the 05,s. They drove my
truck again (including the salesperson) and said what I was feeling was
normal behavior for my model truck so I guess I will just have to live
with it. Make me feel like a dumbazz.

Phillip,
Just wondering, do you know if the heads could be cut and new replacement
seats be installed?
davidj92