Thursday, February 11, 2010

The Paradigm Shift of Toyota's Reputation

Darn...since I used such a big work on the title, do I have to make this a serious and profound blog entry? naaahhh...

I just thought I'd share an observation when I landed in Boston Logan Airport the other day -

As usual, I took the National Rental Car shuttle to their lot. Because I'm in their frequent traveler program, the shuttle drops you off in this lot where you can just pick your car and drive off without having to go in their office to do paperwork. Because I got in pretty late, I figured that all the "good" cars would be gone. And by "good" cars, I mean all the Toyota models and other types of SUVs and Crossovers. To my surprise, I found that a handful of Toyotas remained in the almost empty lot. As I walked towards one of the Toyota cars (I usually pick these because I hate how American models put the gas cap on the right side of their cars), I decided to turn the other way and go for the oh so cute(ugly) PT Cruiser.


The end.