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“Let’s Go Places” in Toyota Cars

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The tagline, “Let’s Go places.”  This tagline was created in hopes to invite people all over the world on a journey “to see new places, discover new possibilities and dream big dreams together.”  This new campaign rolled out late 2012 and it was to inspire you to do big things! Over the years, people are learning and desiring a need to get back to the basics in life…enjoy the moment and take time to breath in the experiences along the way.  Life becomes more and more special once you have experienced rough times. Economically, we are coming out of a time of uncertainty and instability and Americans are longing for something more to lean on.  Toyota believes they can be a part of that experience and they long for that feeling in their customers as well. How did Toyota plan to accomplish this? …By doing so TOGETHER! …Their campaign centers around the word “Let’s”…Examples include: “Let’s… • Go extraordinary.” • Go to bat for those who went to battle.” • Go for the checkere

Toyota Entune Vehicle Availability

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Toyota Entune Vehicle Availability Weiss Toyota is excited to offer a huge selection of Toyota cars and trucks with Entune.  According to Toyota.com, “Entune is a collection of popular mobile applications and data services that are now accessible right from inside your Toyota.”  Let’s take a look at the Toyota models equipped with Entune. Toyota offers Entune on many of it’s new car and truck models.  The following models currently offer Entune with the listed multimedia system options: • 2014 4Runner – Display Audio with Navigation and Entune • 2013 Avalon –  Display Audio with Navigation and Entune or Premium HDD Navigation with Entune • 2014 Camry - Display Audio with Navigation and Entune or Premium HDD Navigation with Entune • 2014 Corolla - Display Audio with Navigation and Entune • 2013 Highlander - Premium HDD Navigation with Entune • 2013 Land Cruiser - Premium HDD Navigation with Entune • 2013 Prius Plug-In - Display Audio with Navigation and Entune or Pre

What to Expect When Purchasing a Toyota

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Purchasing a new or used Toyota vehicle is a big decision.   The process takes hours of research, even before you reach the showroom floor.  Whether this will be your first Toyota purchase or you just want to streamline the process, Weiss and Toyota want to make your dealership experience a little easier.  Here are a few tips from Toyota Financial services aimed at doing just that. Tips for before you come into the dealership: 1. Visit toyotafinancial.com 2. Use the online payment calculator to estimate your payment.  Your dealer will help you come up with the final cost of your Toyota, but the calculator can give you a good start.  Also remember that the cost of tax, title, and license are not figured in when using the online payment calculator tool. 3. Take a look at current Toyota Financial Services finance and lease offers.  Also be sure to explore the College Graduate Finance program, iFinance, used vehicles, and the many other programs offered through TFS. 4. Resea

Fact or Fiction for Fuel Savings

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Since the beginning of the invention of cars people have found interesting and creative ways to save money on both the maintenance costs as well as the fuel costs for their vehicle.  There are many crazy ideas out there about how to save money.  I once had a neighbor who literally had a dent in the front of his vehicle because he didn’t want to use his brakes when he pulled into his garage and would often lightly hit the wall to make him stop.  Drastic? …Yes…Did it save him money on the maintenance costs? …Highly unlikely…That being said, we are going to look at some fuel saving myths that you have probably heard a time or two and maybe have even secretly tried yourself in an effort to save money.  With the help of money.msn.com, we are debunking some of the common fuel saving myths out there today. 1. “Buy gas early in the morning.”  There is this idea that when you buy gas when it is cold that it will expand as it warms and actually give you more than you paid for.  However, the g

Travel Safe with the Toyota Camry

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Travel Safe with the Toyota Camry With the added traffic on the roadways these coming holidays, there is a need to take extra precautions when planning your trips between now and the first of the year.  State departments of transportation offices as well as many top news reporters in the automotive industry are going to great lengths to bring awareness to the roadways this year.  In a recent trip that I took through the state of Missouri, there were several illuminated road signs along the interstate with sobering facts and statistics regarding safety on the roads.  These signs are intended to get your attention and to remind you of the reality of safety concerns so you can take precautions.  One such sign revealed, “756 road deaths in MO this year, 64% unbuckled.”  The message here: use your seat belt…all the time…every time!  Another sign read, “Roadway deaths 3% higher in MO in 2012.”  Again, the message here is to slow down, drive cautiously, avoid distractions, and make healthy

Your Windshield, Your Safety

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The windshield of your new, used, or certified Toyota St. Louis car is an integral part of your safety, whether you’re driving or riding in the car. It works to keep the environmental elements out as well as keeping in the comfortable temperature controlled air. It will require maintenance over time and may even need a repair every now and again. In fact, if your windshield gets chipped by a rock or other material it is important to have it fixed as soon as possible. There are at home windshield repair kits. However, the most effective way is to have it serviced at the Toyota dealership in which you bought the car. Putting off repairing a chipped windshield may cause the small chip to begin to spread with each bump in the road. Overtime these small chips can turn into a crack reaching from one end of the windshield to another. At this point you would need to have then entire windshield replaced. This is far more costly to do than to simply fix the chip when it happens. When you replac

Toyota Will Donate 10,000 Child Safety Seats To Needy Families

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Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are excited to continue in the success of their Buckle Up For Life campaign by spreading awareness with a child passenger safety education campaign.  If you would like to help, be sure to visit www.Causes.com/Toyota to watch and then share a short video on the topic.  In recognition of support for the campaign, Toyota will donate 10,000 child safety seats to families in need. According to the Toyota USA Newsroom: “While cars and trucks today are safer than they’ve ever been, motor vehicle crashes are still the leading cause of death in the United States for children between the ages of one and 12,” said Patricia Salas Pineda, group vice president of National Philanthropy and the Toyota USA Foundation at Toyota Motor North America.  “Tragically, so many of these deaths and injuries could be avoided through the proper use of child car seats and seat belts.  We are pleased to be working with the visionary medical experts at Cincinn