YOUR Toyota Stories

In the last couple of weeks, Jenny and I both shared our Toyota stories… we told you about what the assorted Camrys and Corollas we’ve each owned in our lifetime have done for us… but we never expected to get such a response from you.

We were so impressed with the comments you left and the stories you told about your Toyotas, that I thought I would share some of them here.

Tim wrote:
My first Corolla was a marriage saver. With two beat up old cars in our driveway that were money pits always falling apart, we drove our little crappy white honda civic cvcc hatchback into the Toyota dealership with gas spewing out of the backseat and distributor shaking so bad that the points burned half way off on our trip to the dealership. The 1987 Corolla stayed out of the shop for 8 years then some belts needed to be replaced. I drove it 80 miles a day. A few months later we bought a first generation Corolla-Tercel 1982 used for $1500, put new tires on it and drove it for 5 years and it never went to the shop, sold it to a friend for $500 and he drove it for 5 years (who also sold it to someone in drivable condition)… We still have a old Camry that my daughter drives, its a 2001 and has over 150,000 on it but keeps on turning.

A marriage saver! Pretty impressive, for a car.

Anna wrote:
My husband drove a 1985 toyota until he had to crawl into the backseat to get out of the car. And even at 300,000 miles when the body was falling apart, the engine was still great. Our father’s advice “Nothing is worse than a car payment.” It’s surprising how quickly savings to buy a car in cash adds up.

Now that I would like to see.

Charlie (Jenny’s dad) wrote about her first car:
I got Desmond for 125 dollars since she had a broken CV joint. Just put a junk yard axil in her and she was good to go. Did have to replace the gas tank after a while. Second best deal I ever got in a car.

I believe the first best deal he ever got on a car had something to do with a barn, a bird nest and Jenny’s brother, but that’s a story for another time.

Bobby (Jenny’s husband) wrote:
Desmond was a beast. He only quit running when a friend let it run dry of oil… it threw a rod… through the side of the engine block. That’s right, a great big hole in the side of the engine, oil everywhere… and the car would STILL START AND RUN. Unfortunately the damage was too great to repair. I keep a piece of one of the rod bearing caps ( that I found on the side of Interstate 675 ) from Desmond in my new Camry wagon for good luck.

I don’t know what a rod bearing cap is but I love that Bobby kept a car part for sentimental value.

Andrea wrote:
We do love our Toyota and the service policy as well. When we only had it less than a year (it was used), the transmission just up and died on us. Toyota replaced it and that was that. Yeah, we are having some spit and sputter issues now that it has 185,000 miles but we gotta get it to make us through so we can pay cash for a new one!

How about those stories?

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