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[mdoyle]

My neighbor has one, a few weeks back we all went in my H2 to an outdoor concert.

As we were leaving a family walked by and their boys started chanting, HUMMER, HUMMER, HUMMER.

I turned around to my neighbor, smiled and said, "that happens to you in your Yota sometimes doesn't it?"

His Wife about wet her pants laughing

[31_bandits]

Originally Posted by mdoyle

My neighbor has one, a few weeks back we all went in my H2 to an outdoor concert.

As we were leaving a family walked by and their boys started chanting, HUMMER, HUMMER, HUMMER.

I turned around to my neighbor, smiled and said, "that happens to you in your Yota sometimes doesn't it?"

His Wife about wet her pants laughing

thats funny.

somewhere in japan, some guy who's just as interested in his bottom line and stock price as the CEO or director of marketing of any other huge company (or small company) is laughing himself to sleep every night over how such a huge company can convince hollywood that they, and they more than anyone else if not they alone, truly love trees, and really, probably, they are only in business to try to help trees.

to be an brand enthusiast is totally cool and natural. I'm a GM pickup enthusiast and probably prone to judging other pickup types harshly. I'm an H2 enthusiast and probably prone to bias there as well.

But i'll never start a thread saying "thank god for GM, without them where would american industry be. thank god for the H2, all american to the core". Or freak out at somebody if they have a gripe about their truck.

Like 'em or hate 'em, i think we have to admire toyota. they're the antithesis of GM and Hummer when it comes to marketing. They get it done, and done so well, that their customers are walking recitals of the brochures.

I should wish for half as much skill and tact.

[BlueHUMMERH2]

Yes, they are fanatics, I must agree. They will pay any price for the "Toyota reliability" and really think nothing about getting raped on price. My dad loves is LC's but they can barely tow his two horse trailer, and when you get to a hill, it's time to floor it just to maintain about 50MPH, IF the hill isn't too steep. But he refuses to buy a real machine (like an H2, or Tahoe for that matter) because he doesn't trust American companies and their "reliability".

[f5fstop]

Toyota is great at marketing. If you have noticed lately, as Toyota increases production, they are also increasing the number of recalls they have each year.
Another oddity is that JD Powers actually shows quite a few GMs in the top 10 positions, and Saturn has always falling a close third behind Lexus and Infinity in Customer Satisfaction surveys.