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Originally Posted by EchoHoLiK
Who's this Patrick Hoey?  Yeah, my point exactly 
No offense, this so called "article" is merely an opinion, and can hardly say such a "blog" is unbiased. True that this new Tundra launch didn't go without a hitch (no pun intended), but that's the price to pay when there're risks involved, much like the stock market or gambling in the casino. The main thing is Toyota can afford to take a big hit or two, as if they haven't before. It's an expensive lesson learned, and surely this will help them improve on succeeding generations of trucks in the coming years. And who from Toyota said they're taking this domestic-truck-market-game lightly? Seems like this "blogger" is putting words into people's mouth, probably just to get his opinions acrossed.
There goes my 10 minutes writing that crap above in response to this blog. At the end of the day it's very simple: if you don't like the truck, don't buy it. There're plenty of competing trucks you can waste you money on. And last but not least, is it not commendable that Toyota is proactively replacing engines to the ones who had camshaft failures, even though it's the supplier's fault but Toyota had no choice but to be responsible for? What else do you expect Toyota to do? Keep it quiet, blame the customers for the camshafts snapping, and not do anything about it until more problems arise to the point where one can no longer hide such defects?
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Patrick Hoey is one of our writers, and yes, it's his point of view regarding the situation with the Tundra, which BTW, I think is interesting, although provocative. From a site perspective, we don't have any bias towards one make or another, but from an individual writer perspective, sure, the writers all have their likes and dislikes. They're humans, so it kind of goes with the territory.
I have one writer (Bruce McCulloch) who is a rabid, all-out Toyota and Lexus fan, as well as a supercar fanatic. Those are his two loves - the products of Toyota Motor Corporation and very expensive supercars. He hasn't written anything on Toyota lately, as he's been doing lots of supercar stuff.
I am always looking for more contributors to Autosavant in terms of writers with different interests - if you (or someone you know) would like to write for us, and carry the Toyota flag, I'd be happy to discuss that possibility with you. You just have to be able to write well, and in an entertaining manner, know your subject matter, etc.
Back to the post - Toyota's a great company, and they'll get the engine issue with the Tundra resolved soon enough. Toyota always learns from its mistakes and comes back stronger, it seems, and I'm sure this instance will be no different. They're not going to abandon the full-size truck segment because of this setback.
