gotta say, "letting it rip" here feels pretty good. thanks for the support, and good humor. dez is a funny dude, for sure - - beer and kick-ass tequila on me should we meet. ribs too, unless you're a vegetarian...
still, i've got the right ot be po'd. mickey's tale is sad too, but that's why we bought tundras over silverados, n'est pas? two wrongs don't make a right? and i'm completely at ease with mechanical "situations" but full-on uneasy with toyota's failure to take responsibility.
i expected more from toyota, and feel i was "promised" more when i bought the thing -- i very trusting, to a fault i'd say... i like my tundra and hope to someday soon get over the urge to
smash-the-dash-in-with-a-sledgehammer-every-time-time-i-drive-to- work because-toyota-can't-fix-it-but-says-it's-fixed-which-sucks-and-rattles-like-crazy-and-the hood-release-is-falling-out-and-the-dash-paint-is-flaking-off.
i have to say, that while i don't mean to bring anyone down here, you have to admit that it probably benefits all of us if we "call it out" when it's appropriate. i'm kinda insulted by implication that we're all a bit retarded, that we're all slimy let's-get something-for nothing freeloaders and that once toyota admits to REAL PROBLEMS, we're all going to to demand new vehicles because, say, the letters wore off out tires. ouch. or, maybe that's the way it goes and all humans are bad freeloading good for nothings and is big manufacturers didn't defend themselves from us a good truck might cost over 100,000.00
mickey, for real, if i were a chevy owner, and i let GM know how you were treated would you respond in the same way? what message are we sending if we accept this "washing of the hands" because it's "the nature of the beast. sorry, i expected more from toyota, and i can see more and more why toyota is getting a similar rep to the "big three"
a week or so after i bought my truck, i was listening to a broadcast but tom and ray on "Car Talk". they were commenting on the recent Consumer Reports ratings regarding the tundra and toyota in general. tom or ray, can't remember which, said, essentially, that if there were problems, toyota would take are of it. the other, said "well, we'll see" we'll i've seen and it's ugly.
ok, ok. back to the friendly stuff. i'm way less mad now hanging here. i want to say thanks for the support, the levity the humor and the insight. likely, i'll find a new dealer, get the truck fixed, feel validated by the week it will spend in the shop, and on to the good things the tundra has to offer.
cheers, and it's the martini talking.
jonathan