Hello Toyota Previa

[jetlag 5000]

Hello all... we finally said goodbye to the RUBBISH - Mazda 5 :mad: which has blighted our lives for the past 3yrs.

So on 12/12/09 we finally got the Previa (Sienna -US). I have wanted a Toyota Previa for a VERY long time, and having travelled over 350 miles in the process, and I am not dissaponted with it. What a lovely car. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

My Yaris continues to run faultless, still doing it's 300 mile commute a week. We have recently returned from holiday in sunny Florida (FANTASTIC TIME).... both the Mazda + Yaris were both parked for 16 days. The Mazda would not start; called the breakdown - piece of S++T. My ever faithful Yaris fired-up straight away, it really is a magic little car. That's another reason why I wanted a Previa and NOT a Chrysler :mad: and certainly NOT a rubbish Renault :mad:
Regards.

[supmet]

I don't think the sienna and previa are the same thing, but congrats anyways.

[The Architect]

previa is the estima in japan or this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Toyota_Estima_%28third_generation%29_%28front%29%2 C_Serdang.jpg/250px-Toyota_Estima_%28third_generation%29_%28front%29%2 C_Serdang.jpg

as opposed to the sienna

http://i.cnn.net/money/galleries/2007/autos/0702/gallery.consumer_reports_top_picks/images/2007_toyota_sienna_xle.jpg

[slothman86]

VANS totally rock! If I have a child, I'm using it as and excuse to get a van!

[ivanmadeline]

Hello all... we finally said goodbye to the RUBBISH - Mazda 5 :mad: which has blighted our lives for the past 3yrs.

So on 12/12/09 we finally got the Previa (Sienna -US). I have wanted a Toyota Previa for a VERY long time, and having travelled over 350 miles in the process, and I am not dissaponted with it. What a lovely car. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

My Yaris continues to run faultless, still doing it's 300 mile commute a week. We have recently returned from holiday in sunny Florida (FANTASTIC TIME).... both the Mazda + Yaris were both parked for 16 days. The Mazda would not start; called the breakdown - piece of S++T. My ever faithful Yaris fired-up straight away, it really is a magic little car. That's another reason why I wanted a Previa and NOT a Chrysler :mad: and certainly NOT a rubbish Renault :mad:
Regards.
Good choice i bought a Chrysler for my wife it only lasted about 2 years before the engine started giving us problems. Finally i got tired an got her a Sienna and by they way I send the last payment on it tommorow. The joy of no payment.

[Thirty-Nine]

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you like the Mazda5? I've always said if I were to buy a minivan, that'd be what I'd get.

[Saskatchewan17]

Mazda5 = Rubbish?

Does not compute.

Care to explain? I have heard nothing but good things about the 5.

[tetzyamis]

I'm curious as well to know why Mazda 5 is a rubbish.
If I were to get a mini van in U.S., Mazda 5 will definitely be one of a few to consider.

[supmet]

lol, its like you guys don't believe him because a consumer reports article gave the mazda 5 stars

[xtremesniper]

I have a 1991 Toyota Previa that we use for transporting drywall and building materials from Home Depot to our house sometimes... It's still chugging and is by far one of the most reliable and tough vans I have ever seen.

It's a shame they stopped making them in North America though, the Sienna is fine but it's just not the same (for starters, drywall sticks out the back rather than fitting in completely).

Hell, the Previa had an ICE MAKER at the front under the console! Come on!

[jetlag 5000]

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you like the Mazda5? I've always said if I were to buy a minivan, that'd be what I'd get.

Hello, the Mazda although was good very many respects, the way it drove + the comfort etc + Mazda certainly do make cracking looking cars. But the reliabiltity of the suspension (front + rear) and also the front tyre wear, was enough.
The rear suspension strut had been replaced ONCE already - but when we did trade it... the same noise was yet AGAIN apparent.... enough was enough. The issues with the suspension are well documented.... BOTH sides of the Atlantic + dealers whom don't know how to put it right, or are even aware of the faults in the first place?

It was out of warranty, but even when it was still covered by it's warranty - the dealers whom where absolutely NAFF did not help. They came across as they did not have a clue. :frown::frown:
So please search MAZDA 5 suspension faults.......

[jetlag 5000]

I have a 1991 Toyota Previa that we use for transporting drywall and building materials from Home Depot to our house sometimes... It's still chugging and is by far one of the most reliable and tough vans I have ever seen.

It's a shame they stopped making them in North America though, the Sienna is fine but it's just not the same (for starters, drywall sticks out the back rather than fitting in completely).

Hell, the Previa had an ICE MAKER at the front under the console! Come on!

It's well cool... car, as I look over my shoulder it is covered in snow + it needs washing... but I love it so does my wife :smile: :smile:

[jetlag 5000]

VANS totally rock! If I have a child, I'm using it as and excuse to get a van!

Yeah one big cool limo......... :drool:

[jetlag 5000]

I have a 1991 Toyota Previa that we use for transporting drywall and building materials from Home Depot to our house sometimes... It's still chugging and is by far one of the most reliable and tough vans I have ever seen.

It's a shame they stopped making them in North America though, the Sienna is fine but it's just not the same (for starters, drywall sticks out the back rather than fitting in completely).

Hell, the Previa had an ICE MAKER at the front under the console! Come on!

Oh no drywall..... very dusty :thumbdown: :wink:

[Black Yaris]

I love how people from the UK use the word "rubbish" :)

[thebarber]

good info on the mazda5...might have to strike it off the list of bigger-cars when the time comes....what about if you go w/ mazda3 coilovers? does that solve the suspension issue? (in that case it might go back ON the list, lol)

hard to beleive you're excited about getting a minivan though....how many kids do you have?

[jetlag 5000]

good info on the mazda5...might have to strike it off the list of bigger-cars when the time comes....what about if you go w/ mazda3 coilovers? does that solve the suspension issue? (in that case it might go back ON the list, lol)

hard to beleive you're excited about getting a minivan though....how many kids do you have?

I know it is sad getting exited about a mini-van but have 3 children + one -on- the- way. And being Catholic..... :biggrin:

The Mazda isues were for myself VERY dissapionting...... NEVER thought it would need to see the inside of a garage on many occasions - ONLY when it needed a service.... how wrong I was.

[Yaris Hilton]

Nothing's wrong with minivans. I've still got my good old 1998 Mercury Villager.

[jetlag 5000]

Nothing's wrong with minivans. I've still got my good old 1998 Mercury Villager.

They are well cool.....:smile: It amazes me how some cars just run and run.

At my work we have 2 Toyoya Hiace' one is well barely run in at 14k.. but the other on has 87k .... once warmed up (Diesel) it runs lovely and will top a ton...... while watching for the Police of course... :thumbup: + and knowing where the speed camera's are sited!!
However fast... they are VERY light at the back and swing ronud to say hello..... brown pants. :redface:

[Sidicas]

Hell, the Previa had an ICE MAKER at the front under the console! Come on!
You should move farther up north... You'll find that all cars have an ice maker, just spray a little windshield washer fluid and it turns to ice the instant it hits your windshield..

I love how people from the UK use the word "rubbish" :)

Ya, every time I see it, I get this picture of my 85 year old grandpa in my head.. Talk like a WWII Vet, and I'll think you are one..

One of my friends was trying to talk me into buying an old conversion van instead of a Yaris.... Still, I went with the Yaris.. Those vans have just got too much of the "pedophile" and also the "1960s" stigmas in them..

[MUSKOKA800]

Nothing's wrong with minivans. I've still got my good old 1998 Mercury Villager.

:eek: How many exhaust manifolds have you had crack?

[Freestylin]

My dad has a USDM Toyota Previa ever since the 1990's and currently it has 420,000km on the engine and still running strong. All he ever did to maintain it was to do the usual oil change and the fact that the engine uses a timing chain is also a plus. I think that this car is very solid from my understanding and would definitely recommend it to others. Oh yeah, it is also RWD for anyone who wants to have some fun drifting in a van..lol

[xtremesniper]

You should move farther up north... You'll find that all cars have an ice maker, just spray a little windshield washer fluid and it turns to ice the instant it hits your windshield..

I live in Canada. Any further up north and I'll naturally become an eskimo.

And yes, that has happened to me once.. Not often, but one time I tried to clear the windshield and BAM. Ice.