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Post by rodge on Feb 27, 2024 18:14:00 GMT
Had a Corolla last week while in California.
Believe it or not, it’s now classified as a “midsize or standard” car and was offered to me as an upgrade on my reserved compact.
Not a lot to report, I had a few of these as rentals before and while this was a basic model- I’m guessing this based on some expected standard functions not being there such as variable speed wipers, reverse sensors, and no fog lights- it was decent enough.
Black sedan, only 109 miles on it when I got it and gave about 36.5mpg (us) over the 1100 miles I drove, according to the trip computer. The thing I did like is that it was comfortable and it had self driving radar cruise and lane assist. These worked very well and even did in traffic that was stop start, it’s a big improvement on the system that was in Corollas about 3 years ago. It’s no longer jerky and swerving off the road whenever there’s an exit, and is better than the version that was in the Camry we had for work in my last job.
Not a bad car overall to be honest. It reminded me of the high level engineer I worked with a few years ago who announced that he had bought a new car, sold his BMW and ordered the cheapest car Toyota had- a white Corolla, because he was sick of expensive bills, high running costs and high fuel prices. He was delighted because the Corolla did as he expected.
This one did too.
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Post by PG on Feb 28, 2024 16:52:22 GMT
I had to google what a Corolla saloon looks like. Somehow the boot does make it look a bigger car.
But if a Corolla is a mid size / standard in US car hire terms, what on earth do they have as a compact? Or does everybody just get offered an "upgrade" to the smallest cars they have?
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Post by alf on Mar 5, 2024 9:23:12 GMT
What was it like inside? I appreciate they are far from new, but my only Toyota experience is usually taxi rides in places like Spain and Germany, and the interior material quality is always horrifically low-rent...
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 5, 2024 15:40:39 GMT
What was it like inside? I appreciate they are far from new, but my only Toyota experience is usually taxi rides in places like Spain and Germany, and the interior material quality is always horrificalyly low-rent... The Prius Uber I rode in in Kent a few months ago was shockingly cheap and nasty. I was surprised. I somehow expected more from Toyota.
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 5, 2024 20:56:10 GMT
What was it like inside? I appreciate they are far from new, but my only Toyota experience is usually taxi rides in places like Spain and Germany, and the interior material quality is always horrifically low-rent... My GR Yaris is fairly low-rent inside, but the important touchpoints are fine and you aren't really bothered by the interior quality when you're giving it the beans down a twisty road!
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Post by rodge on Mar 5, 2024 22:45:52 GMT
What was it like inside? I appreciate they are far from new, but my only Toyota experience is usually taxi rides in places like Spain and Germany, and the interior material quality is always horrifically low-rent... It was well put together but the materials were average. The top half of the dashboard was decent enough but the lower half was hard plastics.
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Post by alf on Mar 6, 2024 10:08:55 GMT
What was it like inside? I appreciate they are far from new, but my only Toyota experience is usually taxi rides in places like Spain and Germany, and the interior material quality is always horrificalyly low-rent... The Prius Uber I rode in in Kent a few months ago was shockingly cheap and nasty. I was surprised. I somehow expected more from Toyota. That was exactly what I thought - someone else hailed it, I got in without even taking in what it was in a busy city, then was thinking "yuck, is this another Dacia or something" before working out it was a Toyota. The "taxi" models are not well finished!
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