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As I said earlier invoice is 8-9% off msrp depending on options but 13-15% is unheard of.Wish I was closer.
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Enjoy your new ride the red looks sharp.
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2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
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Offer will expire Monday August 3, 2009
Thank you for considering Boch Toyota South for your next vehicle purchase. Here is your Summer Drive Sales Event pricing special. I can sell this 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA S with an MSRP of $18,705 and Your Final Price will be $15,852 after the rebate and 0% financing. This is stock # XXXX.
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The Sandman :sick: :shades:
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Yea your correct, all that's been established already. Isn't that what I've been saying all along? Had the dealer not kept the buyers $500.00 rebate the buyer would have paid $16,898.00 .
Great deal and thanks for sharing.
On my first 2 hour driving trip between Los Angeles and San Diego, I noticed the tendency for the car to drift. When I returned, I checked the tire pressure and found one rear tire to be a 1/2 lbs lower than the other tires. Letting the car sit overnight in a garage, I carefully adjusted the tire pressure to 32 lbs using a tire gauge to exactly the same visual spot on the gauge on all 4 tires. Steering confidence increased significantly. Now I check my tires weekly and I find I have to make minute corrections using my 12v cigarette-lighter electric tire inflator I carry in the trunk.
I have always hated an out-of-align front-end. I think mine might be slightly out-of-align and I think this is what some car owners might be experiencing. I am not saying that the steering has the best characteristic, but exact tire pressure and out-of-alignment will magnify the tendency for the steering to have that wandering feel. Let's not forget wider tires can make a big difference on steering feel also.
I am getting 39-40 mpg+ combined city/hwy, if I accelerate gradually and cruise at a leisurely 62 mph in the slow lane on the freeway. I think that if I drove all highway miles, my mpg would be higher. I use cruise control and take my foot off the gas and naturally de-accelerate if I know I will be decreasing speed for a turn, off ramp or stoplight. If I am in a hurry, drive quickly and cruise at 70mph, my mileage can drop to 36+ mpg. If you drive it like a Prius, you will be rewarded. Reset the trip gauge and the mileage computer settings at each fill-up and see if you can get 400+ miles per tank.
I plan to use the 0w-20 synthetic oil for fuel efficiency, and maximum oil flow in the engine during start-up. Personally, I wouldn’t use the 5w-30, because the dealer said it was OK. Factory fill and Toyota’s bottled Ow-20 is a full-synthetic made for Toyota. I hear the additive package was specially developed. What could be better than a custom full synthetic oil.
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The only complaints about the manuals are rev hang, and from what I read all manufacturers' manual transmission models have it to get the emissions better. Rev hang is when you take your foot off the accelerator to shift to the next higher gear, but the rpms still do not drop for a while, kind of like if you did not take your foot off the accelerator.
Nice to see someone interested in manuals - I thought I was the only one!!!!
OK, yes, I understand what you are asking about looks, and that is just the difference in cars - all cars have different shifter set-ups, and they can feel different than others (and I'm sure look different too). I am still confused about "shifter also moves freely back-and-forth once in gear, but that doesn't seem to mess up what gear it's in." It should not move by itself at all, or maybe just a tiny bit (like a 1/16 inch or less back and forth as you press on the gas and then release it).
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It's just that I've driven manuals all my life (here and in Europe) and have never encountered anything like this before. I was a little confused about how it felt.
I'll keep you posted.
Going back to the original dealer tonight. I'll have another feel/look and see what the story is
Thanks.
By the way, could your rattle be from the attachent of the license plate attached? Sometimes they rattle if they are not seated firmly against the body.
Notice the CE model does not have "variable" intermitten wipers. My 2002 Corolla CE has variable intermittent wipers. Can't believe Toyota took such a useful feature away.
Can one change the wiper stalk for one with variable intermittent controls? Has this ever been done?
The basic warranty is 60,000/3 years. I do put on about 30,000km a year. At the rate I drive, the warranty will be up within 2 years.
In the first days of driving, I noticed the engine had a very faint but noticeable whine to it. This had me worried a bit because of some of the comments here. But after a bit of driving within the first 100km, the whine went away. The engine was as I had come to expect of my previous Corolla's, quiet. Idling was quiet as well.
Avoided quick starts and hard stops during the first 300km. Made sure to use a mix of speeds from 40km/hr to 90km/hr (mostly stayed to under 80km/hr). Car runs smoothly.
I was most curious about the electronic steering. On the very first day or two I thought I may have fidgeted slightly with the steering wheel. These were very extremely minute movements which I wouldn't even be aware of if not for reading some of the comments posted here. After a couple hundered kilometers more I barely even notice anything. I had driven a Chevy Cobalt rental for a week which also has electronic power steering so I knew what to expect. I didn't notice much of anything different as far as steering is concerned. The only time I noticed anything is when the car was stationary and I turned the steering wheel with great ease (a loose feeling). While the car is moving it felt like any other car I've driven previously.
I like the interior layout of the CE base model (automatic with enhanced option package). It's clean and nicely laid out. Armrest could be more forward. The little flip pocket (to hold parking passes, etc.) on the driver side is a bit low compared to my previous Corolla. I accidentally had it open and knocked my shin into it while getting into the car. Last time I'll forget to flip that little door up and closed (reality is I'll likely do it again a couple of times over the next few years). It was not an issue when that compartment was placed higher up. The higher position is now occupied by a couple of buttons (on my CE there are 2 active buttons and 2 blank ones....will use one of the blank ones to place my car alarm on light).
Neat thing about the radio is the AUX plug for hooking up an iPod. Worse thing is it no longer has a clock. The clock is placed very low down. While driving you would have to take your eyes off the road and look down to see it....it's that low. I have no idea who thought to put the clock down there! Why?? The clock is one of the tools I use a lot of...I check it for the time quite a bit in some situations.
The trunk is big...bit bigger than the one on my 2002 Corolla. It holds 3 tires on rims easily. I'll have to go look at it again to be sure (there are 3 tires in there right now).
Neat little feature which was a bit annoying until I found out how it worked. When you click on the remote, only the driver's door opens. The other 3 doors stay locked. Someone informed me that was designed purposely to do that for safety reasons (I'm not sure about that but makes sense). According to this person anyways, if you need to open the driver door quickly to get inside because of an unsafe situation, the other doors stay locked for security reasons. To open all 4 doors you need to engage the remote button a bit longer or twice (forget now). Interesting anyway.
I also notice there is a longer recommended interval between oil changes even for the FIRST oil change after the break-in period. I seem to recall the FIRST oil change came early on the 2002 Corolla due to engine parts breaking in etc. On the 2010 the interval before the FIRST oil change is the same as for the rest of the oil changes. I wonder what new technology now permits such a long time before you need to change the oil after the break-in period.
The break-in period is different as well from the 2002 Corolla. In the 2010 manual there is no mention about keeping the car under a certain speed within a given period of the break-in time. It just mentions to avoid hard starts and stops during the first 300km. Some precaution about not doing any towing during the break-in period. And for the first 1,600km to avoid "excessive" high speeds. Is 120 km/hr excessive?? Also for the first 1,600km to not drive at the same speed for long periods of time.
As a Toyota owner (Tercel and 2 previous Corolla CE) I am happy with the new 2010 model with the exception of the clock (I would like to know what the person who decided to put the clock that low down on the dash was thinking (or not). I like how it was done previously where the clock display came on after a few seconds tuning into a radio station. Besides, there's plenty of room on the radio display for a clock. Having the clock placed so low is dangerous if one needs to glance at it while driving. Maybe this will be fixed in the next generation of the Corolla.
Is the "great ease" of turning your steering wheel a plus for you or is the "loose feeling" a negative?
When you say the clock is located "very low" where exactly is your clock? On my new Corolla it's incorporated right into the left side odometer button.
Aren't most cars set -up where the doors require a two button push of the remote to open all doors? I really like this function. If my wife is driving alone and wants to open her doors to enter her vehicle she is only opening her door, and not allowing anyone else to get into her vehicle univited with her. She might be parked in a parking lot with someone lurking in a parked car along side of her on the passenger side just waiting for her to open up to jump inside with her.
Don't really believe they call it a break-in period any longer. I think most reasonably driving people would be fine just driving their normal way from day one. The longer oil change intervals can be attributed to the synthetic motor oil being used.
Just love my newest addition to my toyota family of cars and hope you do as well. Good Luck with your new Rolla!
Call me silly or what...maybe a tad paranoid perhaps.....but I only noticed the noise starting late last night. Someone had the car for about 2 minutes. I don't imagine someone could do somthing to it in that short amount of time to affect an engines noise. Nah.
Funny thing is I did not notice the noise up to late last night. I suppose people's perception can't always be relied upon as many factors can come into play (sound of the climate control system affecting perception of noise, etc.).
Having said that, I could almost swear I did not hear the same kind of 'growling' previously. Except for the very faint whine that went away as I broke the car in the initial 300km, the car was very quiet after that. My 2002 Corolla was like that as well. But now, I am very aware of the engine growling moving from a dead stop as at a traffic light. I mean, the sound is very noticeable. For the life of me, I don't know how this noise escaped my attention before.
To Terceltom: My 2002 Corolla CE opened all 4 doors when I pressed the remote.
As for the placement of the clock in the 2010 CE, it is like almost at the bottom of all the controls....let's say almost at seat level. You'd definitely need to take your eye off the road and look down to read the clock. Gee, hurts even more to read that the clock placement was changed starting with the 2010 models. I'd actually prefer it even in the odometer area as mentioned...at least you can still keep your eye on the road that way. Best of all was the way it was on the 2002, on the radio display. A quick glance was all that was needed.
As for the electronic steering, it is a non issue for me. That's how much I would notice any difference. Is it good or bad.......if I don't notice it, then it's good and not an issue.
As for the oil change interval being longer, I think many people are still using regular oil and not synthetic. I don't suppose Toyota can recommend the longer oil change interval based on that. The oil in my brand new 2010 is regular motor oil and not synthetic (I will use synthetic after). However, I will likely just get an oil change (regular oil) at about 3,000km. Then after 8,000km when the "first recommended oil change" is scheduled...I'll then switch to synthetic.
Here is a picture of the clock. Looks giantic on the website but it's very small in actuality. Don't go by the package measurements listed on the site.
http://www.bellautomotive.com/asp/product_details.asp?id=24529
My 2010 Corolla is breaking in nicely. I am quite happy with all the new features on the car. It's a lot more features than I got on the 2002 CE for about the same price or actually less. A happy Corolla owner.
Congratulations on your new car; hope it gives you as good a service as your last one.
I'm currently in the same position as you (own a 2002 Corolla LE and thinking of buying a 2010 model) and was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions I had.
First, I live in Toronto and we get our fair share of windy days. My 2002 Corolla, being with a low center of gravity and a slim profile, doesn't give me much trouble in the wind (and is noticeably more stable in those conditions than the 2003 model we also have). I'm wondering if you've driven your 2010 Corolla in the wind yet and, if so, how does it compare to the 2002 model?
The second point I wanted to ask is about steering feel. I know you said that steering on the 2010 was fine in terms of directional stability on the highway, but do you feel the road texture through the steering wheel? While no sports car by any stretch, I can "read" the road through the steering wheel of my 2002 model reasonably clearly, which is very useful in winter since I can sense when the front wheels start slipping because of ice early enough to make the necessary adjustments and avoid further slipping. I can't count the times this has helped me avoid crashes.. How do you think the 2010 model compares in this regard?
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