Ended up with a Corolla as a rental. Had zero expectations but was actually kind of impressed. The tech was really good: drive assists better than many other cars I've been in, speed sign detection, adaptive auto braking even without cruise control (using radar sensor I assume), solid lane keep assist. Nice infotainment with good sized/well-integrated screen that flawlessly works with Android auto. Fuel efficient, reasonably quiet, good storage. Somewhat compact so easy to maneuver and park. Build quality seemed great and will presumably last forever and be cheap to repair. Not bad for what is (afaik) one of the cheapest new cars you can buy. Why do people spend more?
When I graduated, my car broke down. I was from a not so fortunate background, so a new car was a luxury for me. I decided to buy a new Toyota Corolla, but vowed that I would drive it to its death. Drove it for 15 years, 260K miles. Finally gave up on the drive to its death and bought a new car. Toyotas are awesome.
Which car did you buy?
Toyota gorilla
Depends on your personal situation. If you're using the car a lot to drive other people around, the back row might to be to squished
Stereotypes exist for a reason
We now call it supervised learning
Maxima is another nice one people seem to dislike it.
I've had one for a while and it's been pretty good. The interior is cheap looking on the base model though LOL
Had one about 20 years ago where after barely over 100k miles started getting expensive repair issues (head gasket white smoke, cylinder misfires, steering rack broken, etc)
Most variants are underpowered though. Some have AWD but most are FWD, which is terrible.
Generally don't need AWD in all places. Also I heard the engine wears out faster on an AWD
It depends on what you mean by underpowered. It will travel 70mph everyday, all day and do so very efficiently. It's just take 20 seconds to hit that speed, and if you try and overtake it sounds like the little engine that couldn't
Cockroach cars. Can't kill them. Except for the one my college GF bought in the 2000s. Got the 1 in a billion lemon that had a leaking wheel bearing and a cracked spark plug within the first year
Toyotas are the best
200 miles, 13 years. Only did oil change a year and the usual tyre and battery replacement.
Yep, cars have been getting better and those mass market cars have lots of feedback opportunities. But, of course, they optimize certain things and sacrifice others. Performance cars have tradeoffs like stiffer suspension. Some have an adaptive suspension that can do anything, but you’ll pay extra for that. But I agree that the A to B case has been solved beautifully in many ways. The consumer has won.
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