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Replying to: terceltom (Apr 08, 2009 12:56 pm) No. I suggest that a large number of Americans, if not a majority, like to have a higher degree of steering feel than what the 2009 Corolla provides. Driving "easy" is different from driving "numb". I don't think we need to go back to manual steering to get a steering feel that is "easy" enough for folks like you and has enough precision and control for people who like that quality in a car. Other manufacturers have found combination to be possible. Toyota is fully capable of doing it too, if not on the entire Corolla lineup then maybe on just the sport-oriented XRS as I suggested. My sense of adventure doesn't include a car that wanders around the road and requires a great deal of attention to keep pointed straight on a straight road, as some have expressed here. That isn't "easy" driving for me. I guess your definition of "easy" and my definition are different.
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 pm) "My sense of adventure doesn't include a car that wanders around the road and requires a great deal of attention to keep pointed straight on a straight road, as some have expressed here". I'm going to assume that both of the above two statements were based on other peoples oppinions because a 2009 Corolla is not in your current inventory of cars, correct?
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Replying to: terceltom (Apr 08, 2009 2:58 pm) Actually, when I drove the car I didn't notice anything I would call a "problem" with the steering. It wasn't precise like some other small cars, and I would prefer more steering feel, but it didn't wander all over the road either. But I don't want to summarily dismiss the opinions of those Corolla owners who think there's a problem with the steering. It could just be a reaction to how the car handles vs. what they are used to, or it could be a defect in some number of cars. I think the 2009 Corolla is a nice little car in many ways, but not a car I care to own. With a few tweaks, I'd consider it though. |
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 pm) VERY true. Nissan, for awhile, has always had steering that was too light for my personal tastes, but it is at least communicative. You can have overboosted steering that is communicative (like in the last older Nissan I drove) and you can have heavily weighted steering that offers little in the way of feel (Pontiac comes to mind here). By "easy" I assume we're all referring to the physical effort it takes to move the wheel? I am. Just making sure we're on the same page. |
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Buy a Toyota. The USA has seen its days.
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Replying to: 87silver (Apr 08, 2009 6:22 pm) 
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Replying to: lls57 (Apr 08, 2009 2:02 pm) MNF
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Replying to: mnf (Apr 08, 2009 7:54 pm)
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Replying to: terceltom (Apr 09, 2009 6:40 am) Sure is. Those that have driven it and don't like the way this particular EPS system and suspension tuning is set up, probably wouldn't spend close to 20 grand on it. Just because the negative opinions aren't from owners don't mean they aren't valid.
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