Petrol prices I have to sell my RAV4 so frustrated

Blackhawk47 said:
didn't grow up in the Philippines, where might I add Toyota's simply don't exist.

You win fox.
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http://www.toyota.com.ph/news_and_events/2010/241110_1.asp

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) sets the stage for the last quarter of 2010 after selling 5,352 units in October, cornering 37.4% market share. This is the highest monthly sales record achieved by TMP not only for the year but also since the start of its operations way back in 1988. Contributing to this milestone is the outstanding success of the Toyota Caravan held last October 3-6, 2010 at the Fort.

In the Passenger Car category, Toyota also reigned supreme after capturing 40.4% share with 2,050 units sold. This is attributed to the strong sales performance of the Vios, Altis and Camry models, each grabbing the top spot in their respective segments. Leading the PC line-up is the locally manufactured Vios having achieved 1,489 units sold with an astounding 53.2% share of the Sub-compact segment. To date, the Vios remains as the country’s bestselling vehicle in the country.

Toyota also swept the Commercial Vehicle category after selling 3,302 units, garnering 35.7% share of Total CV market. For the month of October, the Innova was the second bestselling vehicle in the market with total sales of 1,096 units.

Toyota continues to hit new milestones for the year owing to the strong automotive market performance. In October, Toyota registered the highest Passenger Car Sales since the financial crisis of 1997. Furthermore, it has already surpassed its 2009 sales level of 46,193 units registering the highest Toyota year-to-date sales since the start of its operations.

Based on the results of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI), total YTD sales reached 141, 218 units, with 33% year-on-year growth. Toyota continues to lead the automotive arena with YTD sales of 46, 633 units at 33% market share. CKD models Vios and Innova bested other vehicles as the consumer choice after bagging the top 2 spots in the market.

In a statement, TMP Executive Vice President Yuji Goto expressed, “While we are absolutely pleased with every sales milestone achieved by Toyota, we shall continue to pursue our top goal of providing quality, reliable and durable vehicles built with careful consideration of every customer’s needs.”
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Indeed.
 
I think he meant he actually knew all about Toyota all along as he lived somewhere else and therefore knows what a Soarer is. Amazingly he is posting all this to point out how much of a 'crank' I am :confused: :D
 
You say I don't know what Soarer is...I do know what it is...you continue to tell me I've never seen one...shock horror as I was born in 1991 and grew up in philippines (NOTE: I was born in England) where Toyota is a leading manufacturer. :confused: :rolleyes:
 
I can only assume the water supply in Yorkshire has had something funny put in it because Blackhawk and Vita have gone a bit bonkers in the last few days.
 
Blackhawk47 said:
Well let's face it. If I had say, mjt's car, things would be different from your point of view. :p
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It's not that though, is it?

I've never had any issues with you or your posts.
However, I have noticed that recently you've been giving (incorrect) advice on cars you know nothing about.
I don't really care, so I haven't commented on it, but Fox clearly has.

/2p
 
Joshy said:
I 'threw away' £20 compared to nearly £200. An extra £180 in my wallet means a lot to me.
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With respect Joshy, these are the sort of issues people refer to when talking of not being able to afford a performance car.

Joshy said:
Nobody has died and nobody has crashed.
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I appreciate it's a tenuous link, but I've heard this argument put across by those who drink drive. Neither drink-driving nor mismatched ditchfinders are a guarantee to crashing, but both impede your ability to control the car when things start to go wrong.

Imo, not crashing on mismatched ditchfinders is a testament to your luck, and not a defence of saving money on tyres.

Regardless of whether you can't afford the £180, or simply choose not to spend it because it's important to you (to an impartial 3rd party, that smacks of denial, and I don't mean that to sound elitist), ******* about with cheaper rubber is a gamble. Nothing wrong with a gamble, but the odds have got to be worth it. A 10mph shunt could cost you a bonnet/grill/bumper/headlight and land you a bill 10 times that which you 'saved' over better tyres that could have pulled you up in time.

I'm resolved to buying the best tyres available, simply because I'm not happy with the odds on that gamble. I ran Eagle F1's on the monster that was my Rover 216, so I certainly wouldn't skimp on something with twice the power, least of all in favour of a damn boost controller!
 
Kingy said:
With respect Joshy, these are the sort of issues people refer to when talking of not being able to afford a performance car.
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To be honest I don't quite think being tight fisted isn't a good enough reason not to own a performance car?

I do actually enjoy spending money on improving my car, I'd like to go a lot further with it than I can afford to, but like I said I live within my means. I do have enough money to pay for the little petrol I use, servicing, insurance, consumables and even the odd mod, but I cannot afford to spend money on something that I considered to be a bit of a waste.

Kingy said:
I appreciate it's a tenuous link, but I've heard this argument put across by those who drink drive. Neither drink-driving nor mismatched ditchfinders are a guarantee to crashing, but both impede your ability to control the car when things start to go wrong.
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As far as I'm concerned there is no use of crying over spilled milk. This applies to both cases. You can look back and it and think that it was a stupid thing but I don't see the use of getting overly worked up about it.

Kingy said:
Imo, not crashing on mismatched ditchfinders is a testament to your luck, and not a defence of saving money on tyres.
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To be fair tell that to just about every 'non car' person I know. My father, my mum, her friends, her friends' children who drive, etc. Even some of the guys I work with fit part worns, and though who don't generally tend to go for the cheapest Chinese rubbish they can find (Yes, I've seen linglongs :o).

Still yet to hear of a single tyre failure.

Kingy said:
I'm resolved to buying the best tyres available, simply because I'm not happy with the odds on that gamble. I ran Eagle F1's on the monster that was my Rover 216, so I certainly wouldn't skimp on something with twice the power, least of all in favour of a damn boost controller!
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Like I said, I had poor priorities - I then had a bit of a think, sobered up, spent the controller back and order a new pair of tyres on the same day :).
 
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