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#61 of 5646 ABS by vadp Oct 25, 2000 (11:42 pm)
People get in trouble with ABS not because they panic. ABS is a very useful feature in the wet and slippery conditions. And even if you can't steer around, in the panic situations it WILL make your stops shorter, no matter how good your standard brakes are to begin with. Some of the drivers simply don't understand what ABS stands for. They overestimate the benefits of the system and start to tailgate the cars in the front of them and pay less attention to the road conditions in general, believing that no matter what they do, ABS will save them. You don't have to be ingenious to practice how to use it. A couple of panic stops in the control environment of an empty parking lot on the rainy or snowy day will give you a very good idea what the system is all about. Worth of every penny.
#62 of 5646 echoluvrst & melodyecho by mong1 Oct 26, 2000 (12:28 am)
What!!!??? They don't have Seafoam Blue??? I saw that in the 2001 brochure! How could that be possible... oh no.... I don't want other color, what should I do?? Man,how many people like blue, let's get a poll here!!! melodyecho, how's the service in Molle? They seems real friendly, not like Superior Toyota who stress you out, just want your money.
#63 of 5646 Colors by echoluvrst Oct 26, 2000 (12:39 am)
Mong,      My belief on what colors are available is based on this site. I have not seen a 2001 brochure yet, but if it is in the brochure, they must be offering it. I asked Jay Wolfe Toyota to send me one, but they never did. I asked the internet sales manager about it in an email and she said that she was had one for me when I came in.      My favorite color was the seafoam blue, but now my favorite is Black Sand Pearl and that is the color I am planning on getting.      Did you tell the dealers you have been dealing with the color you wanted and that you wanted a 2001 model or did you just tell them that you wanted a seafoam blue one?
#64 of 5646 Intermitent wipers by echoluvrst Oct 26, 2000 (12:39 am)
Can you adjust how often the windshield wipers work or is it a fixed interval? My '92 Escort GT were adjustable and I really loved it. My '93 Escort Wagon has fixed interval wipers and sometimes one interval is too slow while the next interval is too fast.
#65 of 5646 ABS by echoluvrst Oct 26, 2000 (12:46 am)
I had never dealt with a vehicle with ABS until my mother got her '99 GMC Yukon. My mother lives four miles outside of town so one day when coming back from the grocery store, I took the Yukon up to 55 down a paved country road and then jammed on the brakes and activated the ABS. It was a little disconcerting to feel the pulsing through the brake pedal, but I was able to stop in a nice straight line. If I had done that in a vehicle without ABS, I would have ended up in a ditch.
#66 of 5646 Newsweek Oct 30, 00 Page 90D by babyboomer Oct 26, 2000 (1:21 am)
"Multibrand sites like Edmunds's will start giving carmakers better data on what customers really want, undistorted by dealers' arm twisting and massive showroom discounts."
#67 of 5646 RE Newsweek!!! by azecho Oct 26, 2000 (5:08 am)
Make us the perfect car and give us a deal we can't refuse and walk away from.... instead of letting us walk away and find out there was a better one! It leaves nothing but, a bad yuck feeling knowing you donated more to their bad dealing.... Actually, I think if Toyota perfected what they had, they would stay number one!! The only problem is when a dealer knows he is selling the better, they forget we are the buyer... Give the guys a deal...
#68 of 5646 Thanks again echonians! by djmick2 Oct 26, 2000 (9:39 am)
yes im still ins shopping. my car was sold but theres another one just like it waiting for me!(the price went up 250$ of coarse.)ive found bids as high as 300$ a month and as low as 100$ a month.(is there a catch?)if not ill have my echo this friday so i can hang with you fine people! wish me luck and thanks for your help.
#69 of 5646 Echo passes Echo, wins ticket by wrgraham Oct 26, 2000 (9:54 am)
I think I have a first for this group. I was following another car today and a silver Echo pulled up behind me just as we entered a 45mph zone. The lady in the silver Echo with CA plates couldn't wait so she passed both of us and also right by a cop waiting at a stop sign. Lights and sirens and she got a ticket.
#70 of 5646 Thanks everyone by lynnann1 Oct 26, 2000 (11:52 am)
for your condolences. I just hope that when I finally have to put her in the shop she's not gone too long. Sigh.

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