The Test Drive That Shattered Your Dream

55 messages, Last post on Sep 11, 2008 at 3:58 AM

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#53 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [Mr_Shiftright] by mattandi Sep 10, 2008 (1:29 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 27, 2008 7:42 am) Also it was a Toyota, so I just got in it and turned the key for the next couple of years. Well, that's one way to keep the miles off of it. Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 10, 2008 3:29 pm) andre1969 (Sep 11, 2008 3:58 am)
#54 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [mattandi] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Sep 10, 2008 (3:29 pm)
Replying to: mattandi (Sep 10, 2008 1:29 pm) Literalist! Replies to this message: andre1969 (Sep 11, 2008 3:58 am)
#55 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969 Sep 11, 2008 (3:58 am)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 10, 2008 3:29 pm) Actually, I know a couple people who killed Toyotas because they DID take that a bit too literally and turning the key was all they did! Well, that and driving it and putting gas in it. Little details like changing the oil or at least checking the oil level, replacing filters as necessary, etc, got overlooked. One of 'em was a mid-90's Corolla that blew up around 30,000 miles when it ran out of oil. The other was an early 90's Tercel that actually tolerated that abuse for about 60,000 before seizing up.