Brand new Toyota GT86 ordered
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Thus far, it's making her previous car (10 year old Alfa GT V6 with over 100k) look reliable.
Throughout the entire ordering process, Toyota made Fiat & Alfa look like a well organised outfit too.
Just as people perceive Fiat / Alfa as being flaky, I perceived Toyota to be a paragon of virtue.
Wrong on both counts. My Mrs is gutted. I'm furious.
Throughout the entire ordering process, Toyota made Fiat & Alfa look like a well organised outfit too.
Just as people perceive Fiat / Alfa as being flaky, I perceived Toyota to be a paragon of virtue.
Wrong on both counts. My Mrs is gutted. I'm furious.
Toyota dealers are very hit and miss.
I hope it's a blip.
My wife needs a car she can trust & I don't need the hassle associated with a knackered car every few weeks.
The dealer have been good, making up for Toyota's inefficiencies along the way while waiting for the car (damaged at Portbury, delays, UK upgrade parts not available & so on).
My wife needs a car she can trust & I don't need the hassle associated with a knackered car every few weeks.
The dealer have been good, making up for Toyota's inefficiencies along the way while waiting for the car (damaged at Portbury, delays, UK upgrade parts not available & so on).
liner33 said:
Usually if something is going to go wrong it will do quickly , new cars are incredibly complex I'm sure it can be quickly sorted
this was my thought on the bangernomics thread. best years for a year are in the region of 2 - 5 (ish).i've had many problems, and loan cars for weeks, with new cars that may well then work fine for many years.
I got a call this morning about my car (it's my wife's so she's hopping about that now).
Seems it was an issue with an electrical connector to the pump / module.
On Toyota's insistence, the connection was broken, cleaned (like someone else mentioned, the under bonnet is lathered in green goo) & remade.
Tested, no further issues.
Fingers crossed then!
Seems it was an issue with an electrical connector to the pump / module.
On Toyota's insistence, the connection was broken, cleaned (like someone else mentioned, the under bonnet is lathered in green goo) & remade.
Tested, no further issues.
Fingers crossed then!
Maybe rubbing salt into the wound but when my A4 bog spec diesel broke down Audi gave me an A5 petrol specced to the hilt including quatro, the paddle shift and it was one of the speedy turbo versions. Not acceptable really if it keeps breaking down and they are only offering you a rubbish replacement.
Lucasdemoley said:
Maybe rubbing salt into the wound but when my A4 bog spec diesel broke down Audi gave me an A5 petrol specced to the hilt including quatro, the paddle shift and it was one of the speedy turbo versions. Not acceptable really if it keeps breaking down and they are only offering you a rubbish replacement.
It's Toyota....They don't currently have anything else in the range that isn't boring rubbish & most sites will only have one 86 demo so they couldn't let that out for 2 weeks. Maybe a Landcruiser but only the top, do no work & only turn up once every two weeks, director types have them as demos.
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