65% of Toyota Buyers Buy Another One

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
I guess thats what people who buy Toyotas want. Something predictable and reliable. Otherwise they'd probably get something like a Jetta instead of a Corolla.

And I don't think no matter how sporty a Cavalier is that it won't make up for its interior that shouts cheap.

The new Toyota interiors aren't much better than a Cavalier's.

 

[brianl703]

The only person I've ever known to have fallen asleep while driving a car did so in a Toyota Corolla. Maybe they really are that boring?

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

Either we're talking about two different Cavaliers or we have different perceptions of quality. Just my 2 cents.

 

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
Either we're talking about two different Cavaliers or we have different perceptions of quality. Just my 2 cents.

Have you sat in an 07 Camry lately?

 

[brianl703]

The 07 Camry with the stereo unit that looks like it was styled by the same team that makes GPX, Yorx, or Lennox, or any other quality brand of stereo found at Target, K-Mart, or Wal-Mart?

 

[asiancivicmaniac]

Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
Either we're talking about two different Cavaliers or we have different perceptions of quality. Just my 2 cents.

Have you sat in an 07 Camry lately?


Yes I have. The quality does seem a little lower than the last gen but the seats certainly don't feel like the potato sack cloth used in the Cavalier nor does the plastic seem like it was intended for use by Playskool to make those kitchen sets for three year olds. To each his own .

 

[ShiningArcanine]

Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
I guess thats what people who buy Toyotas want. Something predictable and reliable. Otherwise they'd probably get something like a Jetta instead of a Corolla.

And I don't think no matter how sporty a Cavalier is that it won't make up for its interior that shouts cheap.


I think you are right, as I drive a Toyota and I like it when my car starts in the morning.

 

[97tbird]

65% buy another one..
no wonder...people with no imagination tend to repeat stuff.

 

[kargo27]

Originally Posted By: brianl703
The only person I've ever known to have fallen asleep while driving a car did so in a Toyota Corolla. Maybe they really are that boring?


LMAO!

 

[javacontour]

You guys say it like boring is bad

I've survived the Army, Cancer and an unfaithful former wife.

There is an upside to boring

I've had enough drama for a while, let's stick with boring and reliable.

 

[01rangerxl]

I don't think the two have to be exclusive of each other.

I think my Explorer is fun. It gets beat on off road, then I drive it 40 miles round trip to/from work the next day.

My friend drives his warmed over Mustang GT almost everyday to work. No problems with it either. It is a car that can hold its own at the track too.

 

[javacontour]

I agree, they don't have to mutually exclusive.

Oilbabe's Camry is boring. (I'm not sure the newer Camrys will be as boring, LOL.

After going almost 175K before it's first actual repair, as well as my similar experience with my Geo Prizm (now at 216K or so) has me a fan of boring, LOL.

Of course, I still take exit ramps in both cars faster than most Explorer drivers, and fast than the occasional Mustang GT driver I encounter.

 

[tom slick]

I drove a toyota pickup for 10 years, sold it and bought a ford. my toyota was a little too exciting to drive, no ac, crank windows, 4" lift, 33" tires, lockers... I needed something boring, or at least ear plugs.

 

[01rangerxl]

Well, my roof is about the only undamaged body panel left, so I want to preserve it, lol. Once I'm on the highway, I like to give it an Italian tune up though. Two or three Italian tune ups a day keeps the mechanic away.

There is nothing wrong with boring if it works for you. Being young, I think I would lose my mind in a sedan though. The two vehicles I have owned have both had two doors and high insurance rates.

 

[JohnBrowning]

I do not think I would let priceing stratigies effect my purchase decission that much. You can get a Toyota for a good price if you are willing to hagle and keep on them all day and night if need be. This is especialy true if you can wait for sales to be down.... Toyota approaches priceing from a completly different perspective then say GM. Youhave to work usualy to get below sticker on Toyota but GM and Dodge dealership will usaly take $4k-$6K off the sticker with out you even asking about the price or starting to haggle etc.....They just rollover and start giveing up MSRP right fromt he go!

Most Toyota purchaser's are very educated and well informed people...I am not talking abut their level of formal schooling either I mean that they tend to be well read individuals no matter if their education is formal or self taught! They tend to be more analytical then most buyer's.Most of them have been researching what ever vechile they have in mind for months only about 20% are impulse buyer's.

 

[01rangerxl]

Originally Posted By: JohnBrowning
Most Toyota purchaser's are very educated and well informed people...I am not talking abut their level of formal schooling either I mean that they tend to be well read individuals no matter if their education is formal or self taught! They tend to be more analytical then most buyer's.Most of them have been researching what ever vechile they have in mind for months only about 20% are impulse buyer's.

Do you have some sources to back that up?

I know plenty of people who bought a Toyota "car" (many can't tell you the model, they have no idea) because they "last forever" and that was that. No research, no real clue about what they were buying, no clue about what else what out there. That certainly is not all Toyota buyers, but I highly doubt 80% of Toyota buyers flipped through a stack of brochures, researched what owners were saying, asked around, knew the specs of the car before they went to the dealer, etc... That goes for most anyone buying a car these days. People for the most part have no clue what they are buying and Toyota buyers are no exception.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Does the fact that an average Toyota is considered boring have something to do with the fact that pretty much all Camry and Corolla drivers I encounter on the roads are painfully slow? I try not to get stuck behind one at a traffic stop because if I do, 9 out of 10 times I will be one of the last ones to leave the intersection. I know it's no big deal, but I just find it amusing. It's as if the drivers were afraid to use the gas pedal, just hoping the car will eventually speed up on its own...

 

[brianl703]

I know how you get a Toyota driver to speed up.

Start to pass them.

 

[01rangerxl]

Originally Posted By: brianl703
I know how you get a Toyota driver to speed up.

Start to pass them.

LOL! That is a good one!

 

[PF52]

Originally Posted By: 01rangerxl


I know plenty of people who bought a Toyota "car" (many can't tell you the model, they have no idea) because they "last forever" and that was that. No research, no real clue about what they were buying, no clue about what else what out there.


I agree; many or most of the Toyota owners I've met are simply not "car guys" (or gals) but simply people who by their own admission know nothing about cars (and DON'T want to know anything about cars) so they buy the car they've heard "will last forever and require no repairs".

I'm not saying that "car guys" don't buy Toyotas, but moreso that people who are unfamiliar or dislike cars in general buy them in droves.