To explain the premise, its one of value.
Arse, for all his frothing at the mouth regarding his hatred of toyotas and his ball-gargling of Don Peterson because of the hoe he saved (project Yuma)(
) he does have a slight point regarding the over-valuing of Toyota's in general. The pampered nature of Toyotas (and Hondas) by their first owners (more true of the cars for sure) is true in some cases for the trucks/suvs in modern times (more post-tacoma for trucks and post FJ-80 series for SUVs) has led to them lasting longer than some of the domestics over time. His criticism of the rust (which is an across-the-board flaw of all box-frame vehicles in the rust belt, I've had the "pleasure" of fixing them all) is also valid. One of the problems he doesn't identify is that the Ford Ranger is not a superior product, but as it is the clear number 2 with regard to compact pickups it is priced accordingly. Good examples of Rangers are priced like similar mileage and condition Toyotas (probably 15% cheaper in my observations) and people think that 300k beat examples are worth what 150k pampered ones are worth (sounds alot like the Toy market to me).
Now, this also works in reverse. The S10s and 2nd gen dodges I referenced (though there are several other platforms out there like it) aren't the garbage that many would say, though the 90's Ram interiors and the 80s/90s GM interiors have a tendency to make owners angry as it's what you have to touch every. single. time. that you get in one to drive. The 700R4 and its newer variants had a failure rate about the same as the overdrive 4spd Chryco autos, but they were in vehicles with a very loyal customer base (many of the first owners of the 2nd gen were coming from something else, truck market share doubled in the mid 90's and those owners came from somewhere) so the 700r4/4L6x owners were more willing to overlook their shortcomings. This has led to, 25 years later, to be able to get a good value truck buying one vs. a similar condition GMT400/800. The S10's were fairly solid little trucks that had a Cavalier interior that seemed to never get out of the 1986 GM FWD interior build quality. You can get a clean enough S10 4X4 around here for 1/2 of a Ford Ranger and 1/3 of a Toyota minitruck and you'll probably get decent service out of it.
So, as much as we all like to fanboi about our vehicle crushes, some of y'all are friend-zoned by a high maintenance bitch who only eats lobster, some of y'all are happy to get road head from the chubby chick who will happily go to out with you for a McDouble.
Personally, I've never paid more than $500 for a Toyota 4X4 and got a lot of miles out of them. I've also never paid more than a grand for... basically anything. I buy most things broken for myself and fix it because I'm not willing to spend good money buying a depreciating asset. My best buy, and the one I paid the most for ever, was a rust free V10 5spd dodge I gave 4500 for and picked up in AZ visiting family 10 years ago. I've got very little in it that's not maintenance costs, and I could probably sell it for 50-70% more than what I paid today. This is after putting 80k miles on it in that time. Most likely sold to someone who wants to put a cummins in it
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