any car is prone to break and in my opinion the jap cars are not bullet proof. i bought a new tacoma in 2002 and it had 58 miles on it and the fuel pump went out leaving me on the side of the road...that truck was a pos and i got rid of it at 8,000 miles. look at toyotas recalls and hondas recalls lately? all the cars i ever had, the american car has never left me on the side of the road...my vette and silverado have been rock solid...fact: when a manufacture is selling a lot of cars as toyota has been of late your quality is going to suffer...they will not stop the line to fix a problem any more due to time restraints. another thing is toyota is always saying there vehicles are fuel efficient, i would put may silverado v-8, 4.8 up against any of toyotas truck engines...my tacoma v-6 sucked more gas then a night in the p.i. you military guys will understand that one...sooo that's my story and i am sticking to it. rant over...