JJMalone
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- John
- Joined
- Mar 4, 2020
- Threads
- 8
- Messages
- 194
- Reaction score
- 400
- Location
- Eugene, Oregon
- Vehicle(s)
- 392, '20 JLR, '00 TRD Tacoma
Please calibrate your sarcasm meter and use your sense of humor. You will see in my profile that I own a Toyota.I don’t think that we should get at each either here - if he wants to drive a Toyota, just let him.
Personally, I do not really agree with the idea that a Toyota is a „soccer mom vehicle“:
First of - who says that is it a bad thing to be a soccer mom? I am sure that there are many soccer moms out there enjoying their Jeeps on the way to the soccer ground as well as off the road.
Secondly, I would agree with @631_Islander in that Toyotas are much respected vehicles. Toyota is very big in Australia, Africa and South America, many times used in situations where your means of transportation needs to be reliable, above all else.
I would see the big difference somewhere else: In my opinion, Toyotas, just like, unfortunately, many other of today’s vehicles, are lacking something that the Wrangler has preserved over so many decades, which is character. From my point of view, there are not many vehicles out there that have preserved their own character, with all the good and bad. Just look at the new Land Rover Defender, for example: It might still be a capable off-road vehicle (I do not want to go into that, as it’s not my point), but emotion-whise, it’s nothing like before.
From my point of view, the Wrangler still carries lots and lots of (positive) emotions, and we should just be happy about it and let others share in if they want to - and if not, we should just smile to ourselves and leave them be. At least that’s what I do...
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