Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
my brother recently got a 91 corolla, and the head gasket just went (he took it to shop today, couldn't get it to start back up to get home). i wonder if cold + his aggressive driving could have anything to do with it. the car has about 100k miles on it. now he has to spend half of what the car costs to get it running again. should have bought american. i think all imports are overpriced, and maybe my contour was underpriced.




Given the high-level of design, engineering, manufacturing and resale excellence that has been Toyota's claim-to-fame ever since they embraced about 35 years ago the practices of W. Edwards Deming -- an American visionary -- WAY before any US automaker paid any attention to Deming's genius ...

Smart money says your bro bought a Toyota whose basic maintenence had been badly neglected over the past 12 years.