• Shmokesshweed@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    there’s a reason Toyota specifically took so long to implement them.

    Because they were making money hand over fist from Tacoma and 4Runner buyers handing them 50k for dogshit engines and transmissions?

    • diamondpredator@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Define dogshit. If all I want is reliability then those engines are basically the best there is.

      If I’m willing to compromise MPG and some power for an engine that’ll last me 300k+ with minimal maintenance then that engine/trans is amazing. Does it also benefit Toyota to have such a long production cycle? Of course. But if people like it, and it works VERY well, why change it?

      They’re definitely hyped up by the consumers, but Toyota would be a bad company not to take advantage of that hype. I do wish they did more about dealer mark ups but that’s an issue with every manufacturer.