Citizen watches are immensely under-rated in the world of watches, they do not get the rave reviews they deserve. Growing up, I have always heard of the not so popular Citizen watches. My sister brought her first watch as soon as she started to work, it was the inexpensive and not so popular Citizen watch. She wore that watch for 4 years without incident, and hardly had to wind it.
After she passed away, I wore that watch for another 5 years until one day it dropped from me and the stem got jammed into the watch. Amazingly, the watch still worked and for another few months until curiosity got the best of me and I pulled the stem out and the watch stopped working.
I was so impressed with Citizen that I had decided to purchase one of my own. I chose the Citizen Eco Drive and was told by the sales lady that all I had to do was pull the stem out and let it absorb the sunlight then set the time and it is good for a year. It has been 7 years since I had made that purchase and I have not regretted it, at one time I even forget to put it into the sunlight for 2 years. My Citizen Eco Drive works like a dream.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The Toyota Issue
The 'going ons' in the world always make me smile cynically and the most recent was the Toyota issue. Recently, Toyota had a spate of recalls due to one problem or another. Over the years, I have heard what a great resale value Toyota had and when I am looking to purchase my car buy a Toyota.
I am one of those person who are not so quick to jump on the bandwagon, and something about the Toyota resale value mantra kept bugging me. "Why?" you asked. The word was spreading quicker than California wildfires and then our local market was being flood by Toyotas of all kinds.
Now fast forwarding to the purchase of my car, which was a used car and it was not a Toyota (thank God) and I have had no problems with that car, as a matter of fact I call it 'Old Faithful'. However, a former colleague of mine had a Toyota and over the six odd years I worked with her, her car broken down at least four times and was in the mechanic's shop at least twice a year having some part or the other replaced. Well, my car over the same period had just one problem one would consider major and other two small problems.
I am not saying that Toyota do not have good vehicles, but in my humble opinion almost any brand car get you where you need to go if you take care of it. Oh ... and yes, the Toyota resale value is highly over-rated.
I am one of those person who are not so quick to jump on the bandwagon, and something about the Toyota resale value mantra kept bugging me. "Why?" you asked. The word was spreading quicker than California wildfires and then our local market was being flood by Toyotas of all kinds.
Now fast forwarding to the purchase of my car, which was a used car and it was not a Toyota (thank God) and I have had no problems with that car, as a matter of fact I call it 'Old Faithful'. However, a former colleague of mine had a Toyota and over the six odd years I worked with her, her car broken down at least four times and was in the mechanic's shop at least twice a year having some part or the other replaced. Well, my car over the same period had just one problem one would consider major and other two small problems.
I am not saying that Toyota do not have good vehicles, but in my humble opinion almost any brand car get you where you need to go if you take care of it. Oh ... and yes, the Toyota resale value is highly over-rated.
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