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This seems to contradict earlier postings decrying lack of Bluetooth capability. Perhaps Toyota reads these postings and has added the capability, or the salesman is wrong. I'll know tomorrow.
Center console which covers the cup holders does not close anymore. I will have to take my Avalon once again back to the dealer to fix this new problem.
Love this car anyway!
Thanks for the offer, but if you reread my earlier post (on this forum and/or on the prices paid forum), I bought the car last Friday for $30,557 + ........ = $32,399.85 after tax, tags, etc.
Regards,
Deannie
At this time the UBS people would not sell a car to me in Montgomery County (MC) until a dealer in MC was found here that would agree with a UBS price. I asked if I could buy from the Glen Burnie dealer, but they would not issue the buyers certificate, and I did not want to bother dealing with a dealer so far away without knowing for sure I'd get the UBS price others were getting. I know I might have saved a few hundred more by waiting for UBS to come through in MC, but it would not be enough saved to convince me to wait because the dealers here, including Fitz..., Rose.. Hagerstown did not quote me anything less than $1700 over invoice. If you check my earlier post here and in the prices paid section, I detailed my purchase and believed I bought at a fairly good price.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Deannie
I ordered my Limited on March 12 and as the delivery date approaches wanted to ask a question about car's break in period. I heard about it, but still not sure how and for how long am I supposed to drive the car differently for break in period. Is there rule of thumb here ?
Thanks. I appreciate the response.
Dear yurik: Yes, you are correct, sir, there is a rule of thumb here. In fact, there are two rules of thumb here. The first is Toyota's. Toyota's rule of thumb is in the Owner's Manual, which you can now find online, at link title, under Section 2, Before Driving Your Toyota. Why Toyota has "break in period" under the section Before Driving... is not real clear to me. Must be an Oriental thing.
The second rule of thumb is mine. My rule of thumb is based on the fact that this, after all, is a Toyota, and that the car is under warranty during the break in period. Therefore, wherever possible, acceleration is under wide open throttle; shifts are at redline (with the shifter in that cool Porsche wannabee tiptronic mode); braking is basically in the "OHMYGODWE'RENOTGOINGTOSTOP" mode; and now is the best time to offer towing your neighbor's 42 foot Hatteras on the Pennsylvania turnpike.
The choice is yours. The boring Toyota way. Or mine.
Groza
Thanks - Zmann
Prior post # 3465 discusses a non-metalic window kit (Madico's Proline 3D) that Best Buy is already installing at some of their locations - here in the Phoenix area for one.
According to the manufacturer, a kit for the '05 Avalon should be available soon.
havalong
Also, if anyone purchased the car with this color or actually saw one at the dealer, any comments?
I bought the Cassis Pearl & it's TOO FINE !!!
Shopping for a 2005 Avalon XLS or Limited in Titanium with light grey interior and light wood trim... Problem is, all Titanium Avalons I have found have the graphite interior with the darker wood trim. A local dealership is telling me all his grey interiors are the same with dark wood trim and I won't be able to get the light wood/light grey combo. I don't believe that can be accurate. Can anyone shed some light on this please? I live in NY Metro area.
Thanks!
Mackabee
Mackabee
p.s. I have not heard anything about the current Avalon being Bluetooth compatible.
Welcome to the forum! I'm not sure what drugs the dealer you ran into was on, but over here on the other side of the country (Seattle, WA) I sat in an Avalon Limited Titanium with light grey interior and light wood trim. It looked very sharp.
-LoUdSpEaKeR
I believe I paid $199.00 for the blizzard pearl exterior color, about the same price Buick was charging in 2001 on their Park Avenue Ultra, a car I gladly gave up to get the Limited.
I'm sorry, Mack. My bad.
Groza
Yea...and this was supposedly ran by the "Sales Manger" twice, and he insisted there is no grey with light wood accent in 2005 Avalon... Sounds like he looked at what Avalons he has coming and wants to talk me in to one of them instead!
cozazz
Tee
MMG1
Thanks
El Jefe
I have just purchased a new Limited and wonder if anyone can help with the following:
1) I see from a search of the forum that someone asserts that the CD player can display tag information for CD's (i.e., the track name and artist). Has anyone actually done this successfully? I have never heard of .wav files having tags and would appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direction if this is indeed possible with the Avalon CD player.
2) I did a test run today of a route I have done many times in several different vehicles. It is always 97 miles plus or minus a few tenths. Today I also had a portable GPS with me which I used for even better accuracy, since it is accurate within 1/100 mile or so as long as it is locked on its satellites, which is was. It gave 97.1 miles. The Avalon odometer gave 94.5 miles, a 2.7% difference. Tire pressure was on spec and the speedometer seems right on, too. Anyone else do a calibration of the odometer, and if so, what were your results?
Thanks.
:shades:
Mackabee
p.s. I love these Emotorcons! Thanks Edmund's!
In answer to #1, the electronic manual says:
TEXT
This button is used to change the display
for the compact disc that contains text
data.
To change the display, quickly push and
release the “TEXT” button while the compact
disc is playing. The display changes
in the order from the elapsed time to disc
title to track title, then back to the
elapsed time.
If this button is pushed while a compact
disc that does not contain text data is
playing, “NO TITLE” will appear on the
display.
If the entire disc or track title does not
appear on the display, push and hold the
button until you hear a beep. The rest of
the title will appear.
http://www.mynewavalon.com/content/iGuide/pdf/11_Section_1-8.pdf
p. 205
I haven't tried this yet; will do later tonight. And I'll check the odometer accuracy on my way home now.
havalong
Thanks for the reply. I had seen the TEXT button in reference to the FM feature but had evidently overlooked it as it relates to CD's. I have burned a CD-R using Nero Express , entering track information manually and, indeed, I have gotten the track information to display, although I somehow missed the disc info......
So, success, it does work and I just need to experiment a little to see how to burn CD-R's properly to fully utilize the function.
Of course, I would have preferred that the system just accept MP3 CD's, like the $30 hand helds do now. I think the chip to do that costs, what, $5 or so? It certainly isn't a technical problem, so the issue must lie elsewhere.
Again, thanks. Will be interested in what your odometer check comes up with.
I see P215/55R 17 in some info and P225/55R 17 in others
Thanks
My odometer is accurate. Read 15.4 km from work to home; my previous Camry's odometer used to read 15.5. Of course, in absolute terms both could be off...
On the other hand, the digital clock has been running slow. It loses about half a minute per week. Anybody know if this is correctable?
On a positive note, I'm impressed by Avalon's weather monitoring capability and motherly instincts. The car was parked outside all day and it had hailed a while earlier. When I started the engine, a message flashed: MAY BE SLIPPERY. No car had ever talked to me like that!
havalong
Not sure if I'm going to feel well enough to go in to the office tomorrow.
Can you say what part of the country you are in and how much you paid Thanks!
Just picked up my new Limited this week. It has Michelin MXV4's in size P215/55R 17.
Max
For the 04 Avalon, see two links below that I think will be repeated for the 05 Avalon once the experience is given a chance. See the next to last link for the 05 with the excellent rating.
Highest retained value of a large car in it's class, open this link and see, hope it opens.
http://www.intellichoice.com/top10/Top_List/year/2004/list/Highest%20Retained%20Value
Lowest depreciation.
http://www.intellichoice.com/top10/Top_List/year/2004/list/Lowest%20Depreciation
Intellichoice Value Rating is excellent for the 05 Avalon.
http://www.intellichoice.com/reports/vehicleReport/vehicle_nmb/16928/type/new
The predicted ownership cost over 5 years is excellent for the Avalon 05, see link. This says it all and why the 05 is a bargain overall. http://www.intellichoice.com/reports/vehicleReport/vehicle_nmb/16928/section/ownership/typ- e/new
TOYOTA retail sales for 3/05 for the 05 Avalon (INCLUDES FLEET & HAWAII) were 8,625 versus 3,827 for the 04 Avalon. That is a huge increase of about 117%. The link is here. That tells more than anything how well the new 05 has been accepted by the public and many under 60.
http://www.autospectator.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1082
Location is midwest and paid 1000.00 over invoice. Ordered the car on 3/12/05 and just arrived and pickup today. Never paid this much over invoice in my life but I can tell you it was worth every dime. Normally I can get deals at almost invoice but this one had such a high demand it just wasn't going to happen. Can't wait to crank up that 12-speaker stereo tomorrow. Listen real carefully, you might hear me! Never got got high on a car b4, hope this lasts for a longgggggggggg time! :surprise:
And your from?
dcallies
No doubt if I had recently purchased one I would be trying to polish the unit with pinstripes, etc. but what I hope to discover is whether it succeeds as a competitive and well integrated driving machine. Thanks for any input from recent owners who have endured the break in and are now driving it in their own way.