Toyota repeatedly halted Mexico plant after suppliers hit by worker shortage

We went through 3 new washing machines in 6 days, our original washing machine was 31 years old.

 

My elders used to say this. Now I’m the elder saying this. WTF

 

Sucks getting old.

 

lol. No shit!

 

I have a 24 and removed the lip. I’m averaging about the same as with the lip. Combined I get 22.4, my old taco at best got 18hwy. On the highway I have hit 27.9mpg for the trip in the 24.

 

Which one did you end up keeping? I'm looking at the Speed Queen TC5.

 

Heh tbh I'd love to see a Stout based on the Rav4 Prime drivetrain. Maybe with some extra features like a 'camp/genset' mode, a decent inverter that'll push out a couple of kW from the HV battery...

 

I've been in the building industry for ~11 years now. The current product quality sucks, I swear the first folks cut were QI during Covid. The supply is back, lead-times are good, but quality is WAY down. I am holding off on windows, appliances, etc. for my personal house. I would not build a house today, too expensive and poor quality (I am submersed in it daily)

 

We bought a no-frills Whirlpool. We recently bought a new dishwasher (our old one was 30+ years); we bought if from a family owned business, the guy that owns the business said everything he stocks (Whirlpool, Amana, Maytag...even Kitchen Aid) are all made by the same company at the same place (I think they're made in KY). He also said that Kitchen Aid is the exact same as all the others plus some extra buttons.



As plain as we could find.

 

Makes sense because Whirlpool owns Kitchen Aid, Amana, and Maytag.

 

I have a Whirlpool Cabrio washer and dryer. Been working great for several years.

https://www.whirlpool.com/blog/washers-and-dryers/upgrade-your-whirlpool-cabrio-washer-dryer.html

 

Whirlpool washers in a production delay thread.. wtaf

 

I bought 6 3rd Gen Tacomas from 2016-2023 . One was made during Covid and my last 2 were made after. I’ve not noticed any difference in quality of all 6. The only problem I’ve ever had was 2 of my batteries failed during the first year. Obviously defective batteries from the supplier.

 

Why did you skip one model year ? Very disappointing.

 

You bought one nearly every year? Why? Are you trying to best @TacoBuffet ?

 

Still got him beat by 2 lol

 

LG has solid washer and dryers, atleast the ones built 5+ years ago.

 

I get a discount since I work at the Toyota plant in Cambridge and with the high resale value the numbers worked great. I leased and my payments remained low. I even received cash back on 2 of the trade ins due to the fact that one year old Tacomas were going for more than new during Covid when wait times were 6 months to a year.

 

Not just the US.
The bubble will burst and shit will hit the fan.
as much as it's going to suck, the world needs it.