The Corolla Phenomenon

[imported_KirbsAw]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
it's because if you're on the west coast, 90% of corolla drivers are first-gen indian immigrants who have never driven before. you can tell the successful ones because they've upgraded to camrys.

so that was a huge stereotype, but i don't there's any denying that corollas are wildly popular with indian folks.

I'm on the west coast and drive a corolla but I'm white. None of the corolla drivers I know are Indian....

 

[Rogue]

What pisses me off is people who drive through a damn intersection slow. Does the general populace not realize that you are most likely to get in an accident or die at an intersection? I see mothers in minivans just take their sweet time through intersections all the time. Having worked as a cop, I hate intersections and do my best to get through them as quickly (not wrecklessly) as possible.

 

[RubySoHo]

Am Woman. Own Corolla. Drive like bat out of hell, to the point where bf is frightened. Beat the crap out of my poor little 4-banger.

IMHO, the Corolla doesn't have a lot of get-up-and-go, slow to take off from dead stop, not a lot of acceleration in higher gears, though manual shift helps. Low-end torque sucks. Has weird mushy steering that sometimes results in an oversteer and sometimes results in understeer. Car is very light and blows around a lot at highway speeds. Also has large blind spots due to rear roof supports.

Must say that most others I see driving Corollas are old, senile people or newbie drivers.

 

[Bassyhead]

havent noticed such a relationship between slow drivers and corollas

 

[dullard]

No problems with Corollas here. It is the SUVs and trucks which have been jacked up another 2 feet which are the problem drivers.

What you seem to be describing is elderly-like driving behavior. They tend to drive boats - not Corollas.