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#1 of 3522 Welcome... by L8_Apex Jul 16, 2000 (9:20 pm)
Welcome to the continuation of the Toyota Avalon - Two topic. Those of you joining us from that topic are welcome to continue your discussion. If you're new to this topic, you may want to follow the above link for additional archived posts. Thanks, L8_Apex Sedans Host Replies to this message: chebuck (Oct 01, 2007 2:12 pm) 55396 (Oct 01, 2007 4:06 pm)
#2 of 3522 XL or XLS by djamieson Jul 16, 2000 (10:25 pm)
I am thinking of buying the XL model with moon roof and the leather package with alloy wheels etc. Following which I'll install the wood grain trim kit myself for about $300. I figure cost to be $26,500. plus taxes. Does this sound right and am I missing anything major by not getting the XLS? Thanks for your opinions in advance.
#3 of 3522 Snipper, re your Post 689 by tallpaul2 Jul 17, 2000 (4:16 am)
Re your comments on the impact of the internet, I think you have made a number of good points. I don't know how this thing will finally shake out but there is no question the net will have a big impact. I was fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of one of the more adventurous recent efforts in online auto sales this past March. Bought my 2000 XLS from CarOrder.com. Pearl White, Pkg 6 (leather, wheels & JBL), wheel locks, gold pkg & mats (sorry now I didn't get the VSC). Total price $29660 including all taxes and state registration. Took me a little over two months but I got exactly what I wanted delivered to my front door and couldn't be happier. Minimum dealer/sales force contact (just one telephone question concerning my registration papers) and no heart burn. I live in Florida so I would have had to deal with the rather interesting SE Region distributorship surcharges had I purchased directly from a dealer. As it happened, CO absorbed that fee in my case. They are no longer doing this and their prices are much closer to well negotiated local dealer prices now. I guess my point is that if they are still in business, I would definitely give them a go again. If the prices were equivalent, I would stay with the local dealer everything else being equal. Otherwise, I would have absolutely no qualms about utilizing the net. My guess is that if I were equipped with a hard-copy internet price the next time I was in the market, it would help cut through a whole lot of preliminary malarky in any local negotiations. LOVE MY AVALON.
#4 of 3522 Terribly disappointed by jmiller475 Jul 18, 2000 (5:05 am)
footie: Our 2000 Avalon has got more squeaks and rattles than any other car we have owned (including American cars). When I called the service department today, the manager covered his you know what by saying he wouldn't be able to make the car "noise free". What a way to get out of any troublshooting. Toyota's quality has gone way down and to any of you out there I would think twice about purchasing one. e-miller1: As far as the locks, that feature of having to manually unlock all doors except the drivers is ridiculous. I hate the feature and am having a module installed that will unlock "all doors" when turning the engine off.
#5 of 3522 . by chuttie Jul 18, 2000 (10:52 am)
Recently purchased a 2000xls, love the car but have one glitch I'd like some info on. In regards to the climate control, my unit auto switches to recirc whenver there is a substantial difference between outside temp and inside temp. This happens on start up. Seems I read something on this before in an earlier post but don't think it was quite the same as this quirk Any input from others would be appreciated. Back to lurking.
#6 of 3522 Mudguards for 2000 Avalon? by mmcf Jul 18, 2000 (8:47 pm)
Thanks to you all after reading a jillion posts I confirmed I wanted an Avalon - and purchased one last week. Pretty happy except for little issues. First, the Diamond White Pearl shows tire spray something awful. I'd like to find black front and rear mudguards like Toyota offers for the Camry. The dealer said the Camry mudguards couldn't be put on the Avalon. Does anyone know of an aftermarket source? Second, I have an XL without leather, and the steering wheel has three small holes in the back at the top when the wheel is centered. Was told these are normal casting marks, and sure enough, other non-leather Avalon and Camry steering wheels have the same three holes. But in the others, the holes are visible but not feel-able. They're filled in with some vinyl. Mine have a depth and distinct edges and you can feel them with every turn. Bugs me. I asked for a steering wheel replacement and was told no. Should I press it or is this "normal"? Thanks in advance, I'll be checking here often.
#7 of 3522 AVALON 2K by wxchen Jul 19, 2000 (1:31 am)
just bought my av2k last week. love the car and the ride. its a xls with package#7, MOONROOF,tire lock and glass breakage sensor. paid $400 above invoice. A Few problems as fellow: rattle and squeaky noices from the passenger side, the glass sensor dose not sense, car pulled to the left at highway speed(michelin tires on board). The dealer is trying to fix them. I will post the results, hopefully will be happy ones. Any body's feedbacks would be appreciated.
#8 of 3522 best interior color? by gentlegiant Jul 19, 2000 (4:59 am)
Just test drove an XL w/o sunroof--amazing legroom and headroom. Wow. My concern? There is no dark leather interior option. That seems like a glaring omission to me! I like to keep cars for 8-10 years, and I can only imagine what that pale ivory would look like after only a few months. Am I overly converned? Any feedback would be much appreciated.
#9 of 3522 RE: Recirculation by playbak1 Jul 19, 2000 (3:17 pm)
Switching to recirculation on startup is a feature:-) The recirculate setting is a function of temperature differential triggering an automated response. Recirculated air is the fastest way for the system to bring the temp to the desired setting. When you switch from manual or turn it on, it's a pretty sure bet that there is at least a 5 degree difference between the internal temp and your setting. The system is programmed to eliminate this difference as quickly as possible, which includes top fan speed and and recirculation.   When you think about it, it is certainly much easier to cool the cooler air in the cabin than it is to keep pumping in very hot air from the outside. (In the case of the air conditioning) If this is a problem for you, the only way around it is to hit the recirc button to get outside air, or take the system off auto before you turn the car off so it won't come on when you start up. When you have an automatic setting, you lose some versatility for the privilege. But by turning off recirculate you compromise the efficiency of the system, something the designers probably did not anticipate. I can tell you that I had the same system in my Chrysler Concorde (probably the best working system in the car) and it did the same thing as the Avalon when it was in auto mode. So there you have it. The laws of physics strike again. I hope you find this info helpful. This explanation is a modified requote of the earlier posts you were alluding to. In that issue, the person asking the question wanted to know if this automated feature could be turned off (programmed differently) so the recirc wouldn't happen at all. I have to add that I find this very interesting that so many people object to recirculated air. There is always fresh air coming into the car through various areas in the car body. The car is not airtight. So what's wrong with recirculated air? It all passes through a filter and you can always hit a button to turn it off, although I can't imagine why anyone would want to keep pumping 106 degree dusty, ragweed infested Texas summer air into the car cabin. But that's just me. I know there are much cooler places in the world (we seem to get a lot of Canadians in this group and I sure envy them this month), but if you got a five degree differential, the system is designed to bring it down as quickly and economically as possible. I just shows the infinite variety of car owners preferences. That's why you have to take all of the comments in these forums with a grain of salt. Hope you enjoy your 2K Avalon as much as I have enjoyed mine.
#10 of 3522 mmcf by cliffy1 Jul 19, 2000 (8:10 pm)
Those holes are normal but I agree that it is annoying. As a salesman, I drive these cars all the time and have felt this on several Camrys and Avalons and if I owned one, I would probably try to fill it in with rubber cement. In case anybody wonders, while I don't own an Avalon, I do own a Tundra but that has a leather wrapped wheel.

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