Recent content by lovcom

For a Japanese vehicle, I would say he did badly...but it's a German car, so he did really good! LOL

Yes, I have, and although they were boring to drive, they were not junk, because they were reliable.

I don't have to drive the latest model... it's "heritage", and bad reputation precedes it. I prefer to buy from companies with excellent reputation. It's a Fiat, for heaven's sake, right?

Pour a few ounces of your oil into a glass, and swirl it around...hold the glass up to a light, and examine its "legs" on the side of the glass, and consider its bouquet of aromas...only then will you know it's good oil...

This is not true, at least regarding Toyota hybrid models, present to going back 10 years. Being "steady on the throttle" defeats the hybrid system's task of eeking out the best mileage, and it can prevent the computer from giving you the best MPG. And no, the cutting in and out of the gas...

How one drives a Toyota hybrid eCVT certainly does matter. I've owned 4 Priuses, and now a 2021 Rav4 hybrid, and between these I've logged over 250k miles. How one drives such cars can produce very, very different MPG. The best way to eek out the highest MPG is counter-intuitive, and...

The gas-hybrid-gas transition differences are insignificant...Toyota's e-CVT is far, far better than Honda's CVT. Honda kit is fantastic, but #2.

I'd expect far better MPG for a hybrid...

I don't understand what highway miles have to do with it. Our Rav4 Hybrid does at least 15% better than its gas-only counterpart in highway MPG. The EPA sticker says they're very close, but I've found that its easier to eek out better MPG with a hybrid than with a gas-only. This adds up. And...

The Hornet goes back to the 1960s...and in Europe, you can drive a "Hornet", but it has a different badge... it's junky. Have you driven one, ever?

Perhaps the Germans are better at maintaining their cars. However, their cars deserve their bad rap in America, because if what you say is true, that Americans are not as on top of their maintenance as Germans, then Japanese cars should have a bad rap, too. But they don't. The Japanese...

It sounds like your wife made several emotional decisions...my father was the same way with Chrysler products...every one of them was unreliable, but he kept buying them...he refused to look at Japanese makes...said they bribed Consumer Reports, and bribed dealers into selling them. LOL

You lucked out...good for you!

I've driven prior model years, and those who ignore history will suffer from it...the history of Chrysler, Dodge, Ram, Jeep, Fiat, Alpha Romeo, and their ilk is pretty bad, among the worst, so what makes you think that a rebadged Fiat is going to be a good car? Reputation matters...

Your responses are petty, silly, and say more about you than Toyota. Sure, Toyota has had a bad run of news regarding a few models, and engines, but their overall catalog of vehicles is the envy of all it's competitors...the sales numbers prove this.