My 2010 Corolla makes me very angry

[Gibson486]

What did you hate about it? I only ask to help find good company in those who share similar views of these things than me. My guess is that 2010 Corolla drives about exactly the same as a 1992 Corolla.

your guess is very wrong.

 

[ayabe]

My GF has an 05 Corolla and it makes me angry driving it. I cannot name a single thing positive about it other than MPG.

 

[Gibson486]

Most of these are completely undetectable on a test drive. I wouldn't notice the lights staying on unless I was test driving at night, after the dealership has closed, without their permission(shhh ). I didn't know how aggressive the traction control was since I test drove it in August. The cruise control fucking around mostly happens in a hilly area of the highway roughly 30 minutes north of Edmonton, so I wouldn't know about that unless I took it for an incredibly long test drive. Highway acceleration is like that as well; most highways around here are 2 lanes in each direction until about 30 minutes out of town, then it drops to 1 lane each direction and the acceleration becomes a big deal. The test drive car didn't have the remote starter; it was thrown in as a free extra while haggling. The seatbelt and automatic "please car jack me" are on lots of cars, so I can't really get away from that.


It's not the DRL that stays on, it's the actual night time headlights and fog lights. This car came with incredibly bright headlights, but the downside is that I look like a major asshole who's blinding everone even though I'm parked

Then you did it at night or when it got a little dark out. The Corolla has a a little unit on the dash that measure the amount of light it can capture. When the amount of light is low, it turns the headlights on automatically (and you can't turn it off, but you CAN turn off the fog lights...fog lights are a separate switch). If you do this in the day time, only the DRL will go on and they are dimmer. This is all in the manual.

 

[NoCreativity]

You might be able to change the door locks to not unlock when shift into park, check the manual.

 

[amdhunter]

lol I knew a kid that bought the seatbelt lock alone to stop the beeps. He got it at a junkyard, cut the belt and left the clip in the lock the whole time.

He is one of those guys that gets angry when I used to put my seatbelt on in the back seat. He used to ask me if I didn't trust his driving and make a big deal about me being a pussy for wearing it.

 

[ShawnD1]

What did you hate about it? I only ask to help find good company in those who share similar views of these things than me. My guess is that 2010 Corolla drives about exactly the same as a 1992 Corolla.

It's hard to explain what a Corolla feels like. It feels like a mixture between a 1992 Ford Tempo and a 1986 Pontiac Parisian. The car handles good, but it feels heavy. Accelerating in this car must be done with a heavy foot in order to keep the gearing low. If your foot lightens on the gas for a second, it will move to 4th gear then quickly drop back to third when you try to accelerate a little bit. Both the brake and gas pedals are very long compared to those in a Honda Civic, so they need to be pushed about twice as far to feel the same effect.

If you have some spare time on the weekend, try test driving one. Bring your 2 fattest friends to help weigh the car down then drive up a bunch of hills. It's like running Prime95 on your car

 

[phreaqe]

lol I knew a kid that bought the seatbelt lock alone to stop the beeps. He got it at a junkyard, cut the belt and left the clip in the lock the whole time.

He is one of those guys that gets angry when I used to put my seatbelt on in the back seat. He used to ask me if I didn't trust his driving and make a big deal about me being a pussy for wearing it.

that has to be one of the dumbest things i have ever read. who in there right mind hates seatbelts that much. personally i feel wierd if i am not wearing one.

 

[StageLeft]

your guess is very wrong.

Maybe but I was in an early 90's tercel and it didn't seem to drive much worse than a late model corolla I was in. I think they are just epic sh*t. Reliable like a stone is reliably a stone but it's hardly noteworthy. The engine sounds like it's being tortured when you ask for any power from it. And there's more slop in the steering wheel than a 24' uhaul truck with a broken steering rack.

I won't stop lamenting on this until the day I die and I already made a thread about when i was visiting family and compared a late model manual tranny corolla to a same vintage Mazda 3 and the comparison was like riding a $80 huffy and then getting onto a $3500 carbon fiber bike. Or going from a dodge neon to a new BMW. I felt my enjoyment of life leaking out of the car in the corolla and it was a hilly area so I got hear that engine scream for somebody to just sledge it out of its misery. And, hyperbole aside, it did have a great deal more slop and less responsivity than my 2004 MPV.

 

[kalrith]

My Mazda Tribute (with a 3L V6 and 200hp) does the same thing shifting between 3rd and 4th gear (and sometimes even to 2nd gear) on the highway. We'll come to a very easy hill, and instead of opening the throttle more in 4th, it'll shift to 3rd and keep the throttle more closed. On the drive from Springfield, MO to Tulsa, my '92 Cougar will downshift once or twice on the whole trip to maintain a 75-80 mph on cruise. I'd say the Tribute downshifts about 50 times. It makes for a very annoying trip and really, really crappy gas mileage (19-20mpg on the highway compared to 23mpg in my 5.0L V8 Cougar).

Edit: I feel the same way about the please-carjack-me feature in many cars. You're in downtown Detroit and pull into a shady-looking gas station, and your doors automatically unlock the second your put it into park. I don't think much thought was put into that "feature."

 

[Zap]

He is one of those guys that gets angry when I used to put my seatbelt on in the back seat. He used to ask me if I didn't trust his driving and make a big deal about me being a pussy for wearing it.

Tell him you don't trust OTHER people's driving.

Actually, with his attitude, I wouldn't trust HIS driving either.

 

[StageLeft]

Tell him you don't trust OTHER people's driving.

Actually, with his attitude, I wouldn't trust HIS driving either.

Yes if he's saying things like that it's a perfect litmus of his own abilities and knowledge of driving. I'd say immediate revocation of driver's license is in order. I can't believe attitudes like that still exist. How do people slip through the cracks like that? It would be like graduating highschool but somehow never learning what the solar system is or how do do basic division.

 

[TraumaRN]

I can understand everything except the seat belt thing. If it annoys people enough to force them to wear their seat belts that's a good thing. Unless they are going to pay their own medical bills if they get hurt they can take the 5 seconds it takes to buckle up.

This X10million

Last person I saw in a motor vehicle crash without a seat belt was so messed injury wise, we didn't even try doing CPR in the ER, we just called it right on the spot. Those warning beeps have a good purpose...

 

[waffleironhead]

Doesn't setting the parking brake turn off the headlights? All the auto-on light cars I have owned turn off if the parking brake is set.

 

[vshah]

wait, so you're annoyed that the corolla's traction can't be disabled, but you didn't get a civic because it didn't have traction control? you were fine with the civic before, why not just get another?

 

[ShawnD1]

Doesn't setting the parking brake turn off the headlights? All the auto-on light cars I have owned turn off if the parking brake is set.

Nope. I thought putting the car in park and setting the emergency brake would allow the lights to turn off, but it doesn't. My Civic allowed the lights to be turned off at any time, even while driving. Nissan Altimas have auomatic lights, but it's more of a hand/off/auto switch that allows the lights to be turned off at any time.

I felt my enjoyment of life leaking out of the car in the corolla and it was a hilly area so I got hear that engine scream for somebody to just sledge it out of its misery.

Fortunately they've fixed this. The modern ones can go up steep hills without making much noise. Just don't try to use the cruise control since it will still try to shift into 4th gear, drop 5km/h, shift back into 3rd gear, get back up to speed, repeat.

 

[MJinZ]

LMAO. This thread is hilarious.

Headlights - blame your government?

Clock - who cares?

Traction control - LOL. You think $15k Corollas allow you to turn off traction control? You'd be lucky to find a high performance sedan that lets you do this.

Highway - like all POS 4 bangers. Should have gotten something else.

Strange OEM remote - Waaaaaaaaah

Locking doors/Unlocking doors - ALL Toyotas have these. Learn to use Park when you are actually going to be PARKING. Or, there are a few things called NEUTRAL and Brakes.

Bing Bing Bing - Blame the laws for this shit. Or Microsoft.

 

[KK]

I know on my tundra, there is a sequence of actions you can do to disable the pinging for the seltbelt reminder.

 

[MJinZ]

I know on my tundra, there is a sequence of actions you can do to disable the pinging for the seltbelt reminder.

Same here. Wait 30 seconds, or... Take left hand, grab seat belt, secure belt lock.

 

[LTC8K6]

Steering? How's your steering???

 

[BassBomb]

LMAO. This thread is hilarious.

Headlights - blame your government?

Clock - who cares?

Traction control - LOL. You think $15k Corollas allow you to turn off traction control? You'd be lucky to find a high performance sedan that lets you do this.

Highway - like all POS 4 bangers. Should have gotten something else.

Strange OEM remote - Waaaaaaaaah

Locking doors/Unlocking doors - ALL Toyotas have these. Learn to use Park when you are actually going to be PARKING. Or, there are a few things called NEUTRAL and Brakes.

Bing Bing Bing - Blame the laws for this shit. Or Microsoft.

I have no problems on the highway with my 4 banger

This thread makes me glad I got my car instead of a Civic/Corolla

 

[KK]

I found the seatbelt chime procedure.

(1) Turn the Car "ON," but do not start the engine (leave your foot
off the brake, don't fasten seatbelt). Cycle your trip reset knob
until it reads ODO. Turn the ignition back off. Wait a couple of
seconds.
(2) Make sure your seat belt is not fastened.
(3) Turn the ignition back on, do not start the car (leave your foot
off the break, don't fasten seat belt). As soon as you see
everything light up, press and hold the trip reset knob and do a long
12 second count.
(4) Keep your finger on the trip reset knob. Fasten your seat belt.
As soon as you fasten your seat belt, you should see the ODO display go
from XXXX miles to "b-on." At that time, take your finger off the
trip reset knob and it should cycle to "b-off." If it doesn't,
just press the knob again until "b-off" appears. Once "b-off"
appears, turn the ignition off and unfasten your seat belt. Now, when
you start your car, you should hear the "normal" seatbelt beeping,
then when you go over 10 mph, if your seatbelt is not fastened, it
won't beep 54 times... the seatbelt signal will just continue to
flash... but no more annoying beep!!

 

[Gibson486]

I found the seatbelt chime procedure.

(1) Turn the Car "ON," but do not start the engine (leave your foot
off the brake, don't fasten seatbelt). Cycle your trip reset knob
until it reads ODO. Turn the ignition back off. Wait a couple of
seconds.
(2) Make sure your seat belt is not fastened.
(3) Turn the ignition back on, do not start the car (leave your foot
off the break, don't fasten seat belt). As soon as you see
everything light up, press and hold the trip reset knob and do a long
12 second count.
(4) Keep your finger on the trip reset knob. Fasten your seat belt.
As soon as you fasten your seat belt, you should see the ODO display go
from XXXX miles to "b-on." At that time, take your finger off the
trip reset knob and it should cycle to "b-off." If it doesn't,
just press the knob again until "b-off" appears. Once "b-off"
appears, turn the ignition off and unfasten your seat belt. Now, when
you start your car, you should hear the "normal" seatbelt beeping,
then when you go over 10 mph, if your seatbelt is not fastened, it
won't beep 54 times... the seatbelt signal will just continue to
flash... but no more annoying beep!!

WTF....isn't it easier to just buckle your seatbelt?

 

[KK]

WTF....isn't it easier to just buckle your seatbelt?

Ahhh...wheres the fun in that?

 

[Gibson486]

Ahhh...wheres the fun in that?

I guess it's all fun and games until someone's head goes through the windshield.....

 

[kalrith]

I guess it's all fun and games until someone's head goes through the windshield.....

Yeah, it's ridiculous how hard people will work towards putting their lives in danger. Oh well, natural selection will take care of them eventually (hopefully before they have the chance to breed).

Edit: And no one rides in my car without a seatbelt, even if it's legal for them to do so (>16yo in the back seat). I always tell them that they might not care enough to wear their seatbelt, but I don't want to live with the guilt of killing them when some idiot plows into us on the highway. They can either wear their seatbelt or not ride with me.