Toyota Cressida owners hating on Nissan

Post by **S13240** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

It's funny how those Cressida guys are hating on Nissans. I didn't know those guys on there can hate nissan so much. They're too proud of their cars because it's "toyota".

I thought I'd just share that with you guys. Toyota hates Nissan. Nissan hates Honda. What's with all this hate?

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

I love toyota though? The Cressida is a wicked car. A lot of toyota owners, ahem mk4 supra owners, are Elitest bastards.

Post by **S13240** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Quick opinion.

I love the cressida as a daily driver that is why I was on their forum in the first place to try to locate a tranmission or to find out which other car uses the same transmission as the older cressidas with the 4M engine. My dad has an old 80 cressida 4 dr sedan sitting at my brother's place and it needs a new transmission so I'm planning to use that as my daily driver and then drive my s13 on occassions. Cressida going to be my beater to and from school mon-fri.

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

See I want a 92 cressida and swap for a tubo engine or turbo the exsisting engine.

Post by **slw240sx** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

i want a 85 cressida , with a 7mgte swap and auto to 5speed swap. mmm four doors rear wheel drive turbo car thats not a scooby ,

Post by **krazy skwerel** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

What about the wagon? That is indeed the real beast of the bunch. Plus you can get the older ones like your wanting with a 5 speed. Good times man good times.

Post by **Bubba1** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

I don't hate Cressidas, I'm just not sure why there is such an attraction to them by younger people. I know they're cheap and RWD and softly sprung, but they were not attractive, and the average Cressida buyers age when they were new was over 55. These cars are more comparable to a Gran Marquis/LTD than a Supra. I dunno.

Post by **Megaseth** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

in japan they're known as the Chaser and they are known for their drifting ability. they werent marketed towards younger guys here, but in japan they are used by them.

Post by **Nismo_Freak** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

S13240 wrote:It's funny how those Cressida guys are hating on Nissans. I didn't know those guys on there can hate nissan so much. They're too proud of their cars because it's "toyota".

I thought I'd just share that with you guys. Toyota hates Nissan. Nissan hates Honda. What's with all this hate?

Who cares... it's all internet tough guy crap anyways you won't hear these people telling you how they feel in your presence nor does it really matter (at least to me) what they think. I'll own my Nissans and not give a rats a$$.

Hating someone based on what they drive is idiotic in it's own right.

Post by **Bubba1** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Megaseth wrote:in japan they're known as the Chaser and they are known for their drifting ability. they werent marketed towards younger guys here, but in japan they are used by them.

That makes sense. Thanks. I didn't sense there was much interest in them here in the US as Toyota sold so few of them (as compared to the rest of their product line). I could be wrong. But the only buzz I've heard on them is the from the hearing aids of their owners.

Post by **Megaseth** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Yeah, they didnt do so hot over here, i think thats why they stopped selling them. As far as i know, they still sell them over in japan. but like most american versions of jap cars, we were given a watered down version. the late 80s versions have the 7mg, and an auto transmission. the jap versions had the 7mgte with a manny transmission. thats prolly one reason they didnt do so hot here.

Post by **AZhitman** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

The Cressida was WAY ahead of its time, and had many options that didn't show up in other luxury marques until a decade later.

I'd love to find an old Cressida with low miles... They're awesome cars.

Post by **Megaseth** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

my friend has one. its her dads car, kinda, but her and her brother drive it. she didnt even know about it till a buddy of mine told her.

Post by **APEXi240** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Plus its got that hot 80s styling. I love 80s styling.

Post by **MasterMan** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

supra owners are basturds.. i know 3 ppl with supras all of wich suck "yeah i have a 30,000$ car, its alright... i guess"

grr

Post by **Bubba1** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

I agree. Hitman. I think it was a great car, but I have no desire to own one as the styling was uninspiring. I believe if Toyota had paid a little more attention to the styling and marketing of the Cressida, it could have been a much bigger seller.

Post by **AZhitman** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Uninspiring indeed.

However, look at the LS400 - Even more boring than the Cressida, and it sold like hotcakes...

Post by **Mr1der** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

if you ask me, Toyota's styling has been bland since about '86 with a few exceptions in the Supras and MR2's. Yeah, even the AE86 is fairly plain.

I'd still drive a Cresta though (the Chaser is actually a turbo avalon, yeah, it messed with me too)

I personally think the coolest Toyota right now is the IS300 (well, that and the TRD trucks, those rock)

Post by **nametakennow** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

I've wanted an IS for 3 years or so... whenever, maybe many moons from now... that I get a new daily driver, that will be it, though then it will be an IS330... or maybe Toyota will kick some total *** and give us a IS430!

Website · Post by **elbles** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Just as a note, unless the Avalon became RWD, then the Chaser isn't a "Turbo Avalon", I would imagine . . . :-)

Post by **jEzTeR** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

I may be a bit behind the ball here but WTH is a cressida?LOLI have not been a bit fan of Toyota.Mostly because I feel that they are overpriced.I like alot of the Toyota/Lexas cars but for the $ of every one of them you can get a Nissan/Infinit and have a car just as good and even save some cash.Just my opinion.

Post by **jdmfreak** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Hmmm... In GT the Chaser is a 4 door car and in the one of my magazines I saw a 500+hp green one drifting. Unless Im wrong, isnt the Avalon a 2 door only car?

Post by **AREITU** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

The version of the cressida we had, when sold in japan, came with the 1JZGTE. In fact, you can pick up a chaser front clip and swap it. Grab a 1JZ 5-speed and toss that in, then you'll have yourself an old school drift machine with four doors.

Or you can go crazy and put the lexus 1UZ-FE in.

Post by **S13240** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Actually guys I read on the cressida forum that Toyota replaced the cressida with the is300. The is300 = cressida = chaser.

Post by **Bubba1** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

AZhitman wrote:Uninspiring indeed.

However, look at the LS400 - Even more boring than the Cressida, and it sold like hotcakes...

Boring but less ugly, and more comfortable/powerful. I mostly agree with you, but I believe Toyota's timing and marketing was so much smarter with the LS400 than the Cressida. The Cressida was indeed a well made thoughtfully designed car I think Toyota made a huge mistake by styling and marketing it toward an older generation that was not enthralled with Japanese products. There are a ton of people in that demographic that lived thru WW2 and did not care for the Japanese. My father was one of them.

Toyota introduced Lexus at a perfect time, when the Baby Boomers, that did not grow up during WW2, who drove well made small japanese cars (Corolla's/Celicas, etc) in their youth and liked them. Started making significantly more money and began wanting bigger fancier cars. At the same time the European makes were jacking up their prices, and Furd/GM were producing cars that were essentially unchanged from the 70's and were still built like crap. Enter Lexus and Infiniti who offered fresh, well designed, well made, reliable, luxurious cars (as nice as the Europeans) and sold them for not much more than the US products. Pretty dang brilliant if you ask me.

There are a lot of great cars that didn't sell well because of poor marketing. The Cressida was one example, the 240sx was another.

And the Avalon is not a descendant of the Cressida. The Avalon was a stretched FWD Camry.

Post by **Mr1der** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

so a Chaser isn't anything close to an avalon, but rather a goosed up Cressida or the Cresta in Japan. Found this out after me actually looking into something, I did however give myself a headache.

Car makers are confusing...

did you know that Toyota sells the Cavalier in Japan?

Post by **Bubba1** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

They do? I didn't know that. The only chaser I'd like to have contains beer.

Post by **Mr1der** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

bah, only light weights need chasers!

I'll take a lemonade, yep, not even a hard one:D

Post by **S13240** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

Mr1der wrote:so a Chaser isn't anything close to an avalon, but rather a goosed up Cressida or the Cresta in Japan. Found this out after me actually looking into something, I did however give myself a headache.

Car makers are confusing...

did you know that Toyota sells the Cavalier in Japan?

Yep Toyota sells the cavalier under their name. I've seen a few cavaliers around here with a toyota badge too haha...I guess they want to be JDM. :rolleyes

Post by **Megaseth** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:33 pm

the cressida is the chaser in japan. the altezza(IS300) is prolly the replacement. and the lexus was a toyota car, before it became the brand.

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