[stemmer]

Watch the tv news report of Toyotas rust problem...

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/video/1 ... index.html

[QBC]

Toyota has always seemed to have issues with their trucks rusting out. Even earlier models, the drive train was still awesome, but the frame and body panels would be rotten. My buddy was trying to build a hunting buggy using the Toyota diesel. After we had torn down 6, countem 6 trucks, only to find that we didn't have a repairable frame in the bunch. (This was over a few months of getting a truck, tear down, get another and so on.) They have holes in the frame that get clogged up with mud or rocks, they then hold water and mud up in the frame and they rot from the inside out. All the trucks we tore down "Looked" okay until you got the body off and started looking were you couldn't look until that stage. I think he's finally found one now that he can use. These were trucks ranging from 85-90 model years.

[poquas]

RUEZ RUEZ:

Maybe you could get to your point without taking shots at everyone.

Nope.

[Wally_Sconce]

imo, toyota builds nice trucks for people that: A)dont like trucks or B)dont need a hard working truck

[Lemmy]

stemmer stemmer:

Even 2008 Tundras have a rust problem....

Mine doesn't.

[stemmer]

Lemmy Lemmy:

stemmer stemmer:

Even 2008 Tundras have a rust problem....

Mine doesn't.

Good... I'm glad for you and hope it doesn't in the near future as well...

[poquas]

Lemmy Lemmy:

stemmer stemmer:

Even 2008 Tundras have a rust problem....

Mine doesn't.

Neither does my son in-law's and it's been in and out of enough construction sites around the province to be considered severe duty. Even where the stone chips have gone through the paint there's no rust.

We'll have to get some close up shots of Stemmer's Impala to see how good his is.

[stemmer]

Seriously...it's been driven winter in Atlantic Canada since year one and it's still solid underneath... Unlike those Toyotas that the owners were able to poke holes through with their fingers....

[Lemmy]

stemmer stemmer:

Seriously...it's been driven winter in Atlantic Canada since year one and it's still solid underneath... Unlike those Toyotas that the owners were able to poke holes through with their fingers....

99.994% of people survive general anaesthetic. 6 people in 10,000 don't.

[poquas]

stemmer stemmer:

Seriously...it's been driven winter in Atlantic Canada since year one and it's still solid underneath... Unlike those Toyotas that the owners were able to poke holes through with their fingers....

That of course makes your case that ALL North American products are BETTER than ALL imports, right?

[SprCForr]

Of course it doesn't.

This whole NA/Import bullshit is old.

Let it die.

[Lemmy]

SprCForr SprCForr:

Of course it doesn't.

This whole NA/Import bullshit is old.

Let it die.

Instead of just your personal comment, Spr, can we have that in blue ink as a moderator's warning?

[SprCForr]

QBC QBC:

They have holes in the frame that get clogged up with mud or rocks, they then hold water and mud up in the frame and they rot from the inside out.

That's like the Ford truck wheel well rust issues. I've made a particular effort to keep the box clean on my truck just to prevent that. Been eleven years and it's still OK.

Touch wood!

[SprCForr]

Lemmy Lemmy:

SprCForr SprCForr:

Of course it doesn't.

This whole NA/Import bullshit is old.

Let it die.

Instead of just your personal comment, Spr, can we have that in blue ink as a moderator's warning?

If need be, but I think the point's been made.

[poquas]

SprCForr SprCForr:

QBC QBC:

They have holes in the frame that get clogged up with mud or rocks, they then hold water and mud up in the frame and they rot from the inside out.

That's like the Ford truck wheel well rust issues. I've made a particular effort to keep the box clean on my truck just to prevent that. Been eleven years and it's still OK.

Touch wood!

That was the point I made earlier. One of my neighbours has four old Datsun trucks that look like they've been restored (they haven't). He's just fussy about cleaning and maintenance.