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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [backy]
by lls57
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Apr 08, 2009 (2:02 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 pm)
I have had my 09 Corolla since Feb 08, with over 15,000 miles on it, including a 2,000+ mile vacation. I never feel like it wanders around the road, and it doesn't require a great deal of attention to keep pointed straight. I am one of those people that just wants a car that gets me around town. Until I started reading posts here, I never knew that the steering was a "problem" for some people.
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- #3017 of 3074
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [backy]
by terceltom
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Apr 08, 2009 (2:58 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 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".
"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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- #3018 of 3074
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [terceltom]
by backy
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Apr 08, 2009 (3:26 pm)
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Replying to: terceltom (Apr 08, 2009 2:58 pm)
They are based on comments posted here by people who own or have driven the 2009 Corolla (note my words, "...as some have expressed here"), as well as on my own experience driving the 2009 Corolla.
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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- #3019 of 3074
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [backy]
by thegraduate
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Apr 08, 2009 (6:15 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Apr 08, 2009 1:12 pm)
Driving "easy" is different from driving "numb".
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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- #3020 of 3074
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Help Shut Down America
by 87silver
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Apr 08, 2009 (6:22 pm)
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Buy a Toyota. The USA has seen its days.
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- #3021 of 3074
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Re: Help Shut Down America [87silver]
by thegraduate
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Apr 08, 2009 (6:34 pm)
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Replying to: 87silver (Apr 08, 2009 6:22 pm)
Don't feed the troll, guys.
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- #3022 of 3074
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [lls57]
by mnf
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Apr 08, 2009 (7:54 pm)
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Replying to: lls57 (Apr 08, 2009 2:02 pm)
Same here with 12,800 miles use one handed driving most of the time no issues with my corolla. This after coming off a 2006 Honda CRV, 2004 Subaru, 2000 Honda Accord, 1998 Honda Civic and when she will let me my wifes 2000 Lexus RX 300.
MNF
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- #3023 of 3074
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [mnf]
by terceltom
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Apr 09, 2009 (6:40 am)
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Replying to: mnf (Apr 08, 2009 7:54 pm)
Thanks for your post. It seems like those of us that actually own a 2009 Corolla like and accept the new EPS while a large percentage of the negativity is coming from non-owners.
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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [terceltom]
by thegraduate
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Apr 09, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: terceltom (Apr 09, 2009 6:40 am)
a large percentage of the negativity is coming from non-owners.
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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Re: This discussion continues to try to put a square peg into a round hole [thegraduate]
by terceltom
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Apr 09, 2009 (7:04 am)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Apr 09, 2009 6:52 am)
Well whose oppinion would you trust more? Someone who did put out the 20K because they like the car as well as the steering and are very happy with their purchases or those who just sit back and critcize Toyota and it's steering and DON'T EVEN OWN ONE! Those of us with first hand experience are always so much more dependable rather than those that just took it out for a ten minute test drive, or pass on what they heard from some other disgruntleld owner because they can't adjust to new technology.
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