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| ...for all the blathering on Edmunds about dealers 'being able to detect a repaint from a mile away', it still seems better to me than EVERYONE being able to tell your car has been damaged from a mile away. People get into accidents, it's just a fact of life. Most used cars aren't perfect, but I think most would rather have one with well-repaired body work than not repaired, or one with major mechanical defects. | |
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Replying to: captain2 (Aug 11, 2006 10:06 am) I have to disagree with your contention. There are four adults on this trip. We take turns driving. None of us has experienced anything out of the ordinary with this car. Besides, as I alluded to earlier, I personally tried a variety of techniques to see if I can make this car hesitate,lurch, spike, or any other anomaly. Nada! It just goes, smoothly, consistently, and without any noticeable change under any circumstances. We're off in about 1/2 hour for the next leg of this trip, so I won't be on line until another web source come up. Hope to hear from you by then. Best take a hard look at that theory in the meantime.
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Replying to: gartmacd (Aug 12, 2006 5:28 am) Cj |
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There is no need to try to tell someone into that his Avalon behaves differently, or will behave differently if one of you drives it, than he reports. There is also no need for sarcasm. Gartmacd is happy with his car. Some of you are not happy with yours. That's terrible, really, but you don't need to tell people who are happy that they are wrong about their car's behavior. Let it go. |
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Replying to: gartmacd (Aug 12, 2006 5:28 am)
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Replying to: nimimi (Aug 12, 2006 9:36 am) |
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Replying to: madmancd (Aug 12, 2006 5:29 pm) the reports of others like yourself indicating no issue (and you are trying all sorts of stuff to create it) has to be both comforting and disconcerting to those with the issue. on the one hand it legitimizes their belief the company can build a good car, and the car they purchased should not hesitate. on the other hand, no one should be telling them it's normal, or they all do that. that isn't true.
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Replying to: user777 (Aug 12, 2006 8:25 pm) Bob
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Replying to: bobwiley (Aug 13, 2006 10:38 am) this is one of the reasons you'd never ever have a vehicle with this sort of designed in "natural" behavior in the hands of many - ala rental fleet etc. your son's assessment is on target. your vehicle is NOT operating as designed. plenty of other manufacturers have DBW technology, and they do not do this. there is something wrong with your vehicle. either the manufacturer is gonna stand behind their product and fix it, or you should move on and get rid of it. as they say, you have a lot riding on it, and you and your family deserve far far better. |
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Replying to: pat (Aug 12, 2006 8:53 am) One pill I find tough to swallow is that I when I bought my 05 Ltd, it had 280 hp on window sticker and that was a factor in purchasing this vehicle. Now BTW, Toyota says it's really 268! This is definitely a mis-calculation by Toyota no matter how they try to rationalize it and it falls under the category as false advertising to the consumer.
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