Why So Many Toyota Fanbois on OzBargain?

LPeter Enis on 20/05/2017 - 21:45

So I started getting into reading OzBargain forums about 6 months ago and nowadays I find I don't skip a day without a visit to the site!
One thing that quickly became apparent was the number of Toyota recommendations in the automotive forums.

In pretty much every "which car should I buy?" post, within the first few replies there will always be someone recommending a Camry, and to a lesser extent a Corolla. Even if the OP asks something like "Should I buy an X-Trail or a MX5?" it won't be long for the Camry recommendations to show up.

Why is that? Am I missing a joke or something?

I have only ever driven one Camry and while it was a perfectly adequate vehicle for getting from A to B, I couldn't think of a car more boring and characterless. Yeah ok they are known for their reliability but then you've got to pay the "Toyota Tax" premium just to buy one because so many people are convinced that they are the best cars out there, so they hold their value. Even though there are so many options out there that are just as reliable nowadays (Hyundai/Kia for example), and offer a better pricing/features/warranty proposition.

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  • Wystri Warrick on 23/05/2017 - 14:08
    +3

    I can absolutely recommend Toyota.
    My parents have a 1975 Toyota 4WD, it's been all around Australia, done about 3-7 million km.
    It has also towed 24-30? foot caravan up and down the Stuart Highway 10 times.
    Recently it has been having mechanical issues, the last it wouldn't start, it has now been retired.
    It was so strong and powerful, it really was a beast, this is really a testament to Toyota's quality.

    When I buy my second car which will be my only car for a looong time, it will be a Toyota, oh what a feeling :).

  • HerpinDerp on 23/05/2017 - 17:04

    (profanity) 1jz cunce

  • guystingy on 23/05/2017 - 22:46
    +1

    I'm not a toyota fanboi. First car is a toyota corolla KE10. Had owned toyota, datsun, 4 fords (2 telstar which are rebadged mazda), 1 falcon and 1 cougar(rebadged mercury) a bimmer, 1 datsun,1 mitsi FTO,2 mercs, 2 hondas and a hyundai. To be fair, the toyota is bullet proof. The falcon is well, falcon(do I need to say anymore?) The cougar is a pain. Bimmer is good car,expensive to run. The old merc 1996 is bullet proof as well, parts slighly on the dear side. The newer merc(2010) fails my expectation. Both the honda are bullet proof as well (both sold at 300ks km). Very happy with the hyundai (current car,5 years old). Oh yes, recently got a proton for my daughter, pretty happy for the price I paid for it(2010, 90ks km, 1800) no problem so far (8months ownership). Didn't owns the mitsi long enough to comment (6 months). Ford? Never again. 2 brand that I'll look in the near future should I need to get a car, toyota and hyundai, boring but reliable.

  • vietken89 on 24/05/2017 - 09:04

    Rav4 > camry > accord euro

    BORINGGGGGGGGGGGG

    a45…wowwww that was something else

  • Cyphar on 24/05/2017 - 14:39

    so they hold their value. Even though there are so many options out there that are just as reliable nowadays (Hyundai/Kia for example)

    They may be reliable now, but how many mid 90's Kia's do you see on the road compared to mid 90's Toyota's? A mid 90's Tarago @ 250k km's still goes for around $5k and will still go another 200k. A similar aged Camry will cost about $2k - $4k and last longer than you will.

    Toyota have always been about quality, even if they are boring. Do you know how badly built many Kia vehicles were before they finally got it right? The Kia Carnival, until 2005, was built with a faulty engine mould so a large amount of them would just drop dead in the road and needed a complete engine replacement.

    So for an ozbargainer, Toyota's are a great choice. Cheap to buy, cheap to insure, cheap to maintain. If you don't understand that, perhaps consider your time here on ozBargain. It could be better spent on those fancy car forums where people talk about how sexy their Honda is while giving each brojobs.

    • Euphemistic on 26/05/2017 - 16:41

      To be fair Toyota had a significant head start on building cars over Kia/Hyundai. Noone would buy them when they first came out, they were rubbish. very quickly Toyota built better cars and now have their rep. Kia/Hyundai are similar, started out with rubbish noone would buy but they've picked up their game and now have a reputation for good value and long warranty, no doubt influenced by a vast improvement in quality.

      • Cyphar on 31/05/2017 - 11:38

        Noone would buy them when they first came out, they were rubbish.

        That's simply not true at all. Toyota have been producing the Camry & Corolla in Australia since 1963 and it has been a top seller ever since. The Land Cruiser has always been a top selling 4WD ever since they were imported in the 1950's. The notion that they were rubbish at some point is absurd.

  • Lockieasy on 26/05/2017 - 14:04

    I've had my Toyota 86 GT for 4 years now, which is an awesome car (despite needing an engine replacement like 3 days after I got it).

    That said, there's also been about 8 recall notices for various issues, the car is meant to be serviced every 6 months whereas the Subaru equivalent only every 12 months (fk that), and lastly just recently I put it in for it's big service (where they hold the car overnight) only for the muppets at the dealership to be missing spark plugs.

    So I have to put the damn thing in again overnight. In the meantime I just got another recall notice so I guess I can knock that one over too, lol. I'm never getting another Toyota.

  • Munki on 29/05/2017 - 13:39

    Had a 98 Celica which I inherited. It hadn't been serviced in years and was pushing 185k on the odo. Ran fine. After a huge service when I got it, it ran for a few more years perfectly. I eventually sold it for $3000 in 2010 with 200k+ on the odo.

    Bought a 2010 Aurion and it's still running smoothly. Had some issues with QA on certain parts (rear window seal, motor for driver seat needed replacing, driver side window motor fixed too). For a car I hadn't bothered to test drive, I still consider it a good purchase. It's definitely a reliable car.

  • DanAndrews on 11/03/2019 - 14:33

    OZBargain has been infiltrated by Scotty Kilmer subscribers. Lol.

    Jokes aside, I have a 2008 Rav4 with nearly 200K on the clock which has never skipped a beat. The engine (2AZ-FE) is now requiring minor oil top-ups between oil changes. That said, if you check the oil dip stick from time to time, the car works wonderfully well.

    There was a documentary on YT about the new Supra (Toyota-BMW Collaboration), which mentioned that BMW engineers were surprised at the level of QC/testing toyota performed on each and every nut and bolt of the car.

    • inasero on 11/03/2019 - 16:41

      Which one is it? I tried to find it but not sure which one you're referring to specifically

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