Why Did You Buy A Toyota Corolla?

What Was The Most Important Reason You Bought A Toyota Corolla?

  • Fuel economy.

    Votes: 12 19.0%
  • Quality.

    Votes: 28 44.4%
  • Price.

    Votes: 7 11.1%
  • Warranty.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Styling.

    Votes: 6 9.5%
  • Practicality.

    Votes: 10 15.9%

  • Total voters
    63
#2
Price was right. Large discounts cause it was a leftover. I like most things about the car. Mediocre gas milage.


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#4
I am buying one because of the price. I am getting a 1991 for the sum of $250.00. The only reason so low is because its from my brothers mother-in-law. So I couldn't turn it down. I haven't seen it yet but it runs good.
 
#7
I buy Toyota Corolla for so many reasons. Some of it are the quality, hybrid and price. Tradition and Innovation, Hybrid and Beyond are seen in the new model. The economy is beginning to rebound, which means you need to get out there and buy your vehicle right now. There are really good deals because Jan is a slow season.
 
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le+14

New Member
#8
I was impressed

This has been covered in the thread "Which car did you come from."

1.Previous car was totalled in an accident. (2000 Mercury Sable with 125,00 miles and ready to trade for a new car anyway for upcoming vacation trip.)

2.Rented a 2014 Corolla LE.

3.Was very much impressed .

4.Wife and daughter were very much impressed. Especially with more room and comfort - They never did like those leather seats !:no: LOL. They just love the cloth seats on the Corolla !

5.Wife and daughter suggested "Why don't we get one of these ?:yes: " (Instead of a Ford Fusion or Taurus.)

6.Got a good deal from local dealer - Upgrade to LE Plus at no additional cost.

7.Continue to be even more impressed the more I drive the Corolla.:laughing:

Incidentally this is my first Toyota (Previous: 8 Chrysler products; 8 Ford; 4 General Motors.)
 
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larg

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#9
i bought a 1980, an 89, a 99, and 2 2010, one for me and one for my eldest son. my mom bought a 2003 and she still has it. i mite buy a prius c, and give my 2010 corolla with a J vin to my younger son, although, i mite get a 2014 corolla. did i mention that i just got 42 mpg on a 600 mile hwy trip with my 2010 and that i havent called a tow truck or had a major repair in 34yrs?
 
#12
It began with my father, who bought a 2001 Corolla - no problems @ 250k km and still going.
My older sister then got a 199__? Corolla - again, no problems, also high mileage. Very reliable.

Father gave his '01 to my younger sister this summer, and bought a gently used 2013 - lot's of room, handles quite nicely, good mileage, Reliable.

My wife and I ditched our gas-gussling pig minivan and got a 2014 Corolla S w CVT, this past 2014 winter - it has an interesting and somewhat awkward-functioning CVT, but works flawlessly with even greater mileage! Wonderful car and Big inside (like some mid-size sedans!), really quite nice handling, and includes paddle shifters, manual mode and lot's of extras. It does sound like a sewing machine, at times because of the cvt, but is surprisingly quite peppy.

I dumped my '12 Focus in March this year 'cause it just totally pissed me off how they designed the thing - other than handling and performance, everything else about the car just Sucked!!!
...so
I picked up a 2010 Corolla XRS, 5MT - I flipp'n Love this little Beast sleeper of a car, like, oh my Heck! It's is balls out fun to drive, has the 2.4 from the Camry, handles like on rails, decent mileage, good room inside, and a very Nice torquey engine. Niiiiiiiice ! Puts a smile on ma face each time I drive it! The XRS is Not your mama's Corolla - really, a little beast :) Whoooosh! Very few people even know about this model.
I'm not into street racing (dumb!) or anything, but do appreciate that extra uumph when I need it in certain situations. As a sidenote, the only other car I was considering was a Subaru Impreza (having prev come from a '98 Forester) but it was more expensive - but I am very happy with the XRS.

So, 5 Corolla's in our family and not One major problem, other than reg maintenance, and everyone is happy. What more can you ask for? :)


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#13
The Corolla is boring. It's been around forever and a crazy lot of them were sold. But I like boring. Boring is something you can drive every day. Boring is safe, and reliable, economical and comfortable. Life is made up mostly of boring things. You survive and sustain yourself, hopefully for a long time. And boring is love. I love life. My wife of almost 40 years is boring, and I love the hell out of her—forever! I hope to love this little car 1/100 as much and 1/2 as long.
 
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Kev250R

This is my other car
#17
It fell into my lap :blink:

I have my Corolla because the family member I bought it for two years ago could no longer make the payments on it :thumbdown: Eventually it'll probably go away in favor of something else which can tow or go off-road but for now it's nice to have around. The gas mileage is awesome and on a recent 500 mile highway trip it did quite well. I've always been a fan of Toyota's and so far the Corolla hasn't let me down. Now if I could just get my friends to stop making snide comments about I'd be doing a lot better! :laughing:

Kevin
 
#18
Reliability, reliability and reliability! I hope our Togotas will last for many years and if problems occur, they are easy and inexpensive to fix.
 
#19
Price, Fuel economy (Big reason), simplicity of it and easy to work on, Parts readily available, and the good reputation of the engine and tranny.

Plus, it's for my mom, so she doesn't care about fast and fun cars or lots of features. Simplicity works best for her.
 
#20
Further Impressions

2014 Toyota Corolla LE Plus Four Door Sedan

On a recent 3,340 Miles round trip from Texas to California on vacation I was even more impressed with the Corolla.:D

The cruise control was set for 65 MPH and the speed was maintained even on some fairly steep upgrades in New Mexico and Arizona. The engine speed rarely increased from a constant of about 1,800 RPM on the tachometer.

The seating and legroom are far more comfortable and a bit more legroom in front than in the previous mid-size car. There is an appreciably noticeable larger amount of more legroom in the back seat. The front seats are especially more form fitting and give better support and comfort than anything in previous cars.:yes:

The interior appointments seem to be bit more upscale, too. It is admittedly one of the areas of subjective opinion, but I really like the layout of the dash and instrument panel. The back-up camera is a real help in backing out of a parking space or from the garage to the driveway.

Blue tooth cell phone connection is a nice feature, too.

The styling is not all that bad, just about the same as all the current compact cars. You can mistake the Corolla for a Camry or even a Lexus ES from a distance. The "Super White" is noticeably brighter than other white cars.:D

There are many other features which really seem to me that I actually upgraded in going from a mid-size car to a compact car.:D

Main big point has been the gas mileage. I have gone from a fairly constant 20 MPG in town - 30 MPG on the road on the mid-size car to a constant 30 MPG in town -40 MPG on the on the Corolla .Curiously enough, the "fill up checks" on the trip always came to just about an even exact 40 MPG.:D

Only little complaints were that that the engine tends to over-rev if you are descending a steep slope. But tapping the brake or dis-engaging the cruise control takes care of that and the over-revving is taken care of if you just go back to the ancient method of controlling the speed with the accelerator pedal:rolleyes: .

I do notice that the "Average MPG" reading seems to be a bit higher than the actual MPG checks on the "fill ups." :no:My theory is that maybe the "Average MPG" is the average of a certain number of recent MPG's rather than the overall MPG between "fill ups." Of course the "Instant MPG" readings constantly vary with 99.9 MPG on downgrades. I did notice some fairly constant reading of 45 to 50 MPG readings on straight level stretches on the Interstates at a constant 65 MPH.:huh:

Other criticism, if you can call it that. The specs on the luggage space say 13.0 Cubic Feet -vs-16.00 Cubic Feet for the mid-size. However, all of the usual luggage- 1 Large suitcase, 1 Medium size suitcase, 1 large roll around suitcase, a large garment bag for slacks, shirts and coats, shaving kit, several assorted bags and cartons of soft drinks fitted in nicely with some space leftover. I haven't measured carefully, but I think the luggage compartment may be just a bit shorter in depth -front to back-might be the difference in the volume measurements. :huh:

So far, my opinion is that I have actually upgraded for a car with a nicer and more comfortable interior without a loss from going to a compact from a mid-size without giving up anything but gaining a lot. And it is a lot more nimble in the parking spaces and the added economy too boot. With the 30-40 MPG in town and on the highway and gas now at $1.75 per gallon it has gotten a bit cheaper to drive, too.:laughing:
 
#21
I do notice that the "Average MPG" reading seems to be a bit higher than the actual MPG checks on the "fill ups." :no:My theory is that maybe the "Average MPG" is the average of a certain number of recent MPG's rather than the overall MPG between "fill ups." Of course the "Instant MPG" readings constantly vary with 99.9 MPG on downgrades. I did notice some fairly constant reading of 45 to 50 MPG readings on straight level stretches on the Interstates at a constant 65 MPH.:huh:
Average MPG is the average from the last reset until current time (you can reset it manually between fill-ups by holding DISP when it is displayed).

The reason it isn't accurate has to do with refresh rates. If you notice, the Average MPG figure only updates every few seconds on the screen (to save processing for higher priority items such as speed, engine RPM, etc.), and in order to calculate the average, it has to poll the total miles traveled and divide it by the total gallons of fuel consumed. Miles traveled is easy because it relies on the signal from the vehicle speed sensor, but total fuel consumed is where it gets tricky (because it has to poll the fuel injector rate from the PCM, and manipulate timing in order to get a total fuel consumed number). If the sensor polled 10,000 times per second, you'd find it to be very accurate. The reality is that the system bus can't be loaded with average MPG polls when more important sensors (such as the upsream HO2S) have priority over the system bus. Chances are, the information is polled only about 100 times a second, so little spurts or savings may get missed if they occur in-between polls.

Usually I'm off by +/- 2 mpg ... and some users have reported it being off by as much as 5. It all depends on the road surface and how smooth changes in throttle are.
 
#23
Well I buy Corolla for so many factors. Some of it are the top quality, multiple and cost. Custom and Advancement, Hybrid and beyond are seen in the new design.
 
#25
I wanted another Matrix after my lease was over, but Toyota stop manufacturing them in 2014. I never thought of getting a Corolla, especially that the interest rate for financing were way higher then the other manufacturers. Went to the Toyota dealer in Gatineau, to check on my lease and to arrange the return of the Matrix and saw the ugliest Corolla ever... A green LE (sorry guys, but I hate green cars with a pation!)... fell in love with the car (not the color!) after sitting in it! I then went outside to see a red Corolla S with the upgrade package and it drove like my Matrix! So I bought the car! :-D
 
#26
I didn't buy the Corolla my mom did. 2009 Corolla S. And it has been my nightmare since about 2011. I'm not saying its a bad car but it has been treated Very Very rough. I have had to learn a lot about the car and try to figure out how to fix about everything on it. I must say that I am pretty impressed with this little 4 cylinder 2zr-fe engine. Except maybe the electronics! But that's not the car's fault. Pretty good gas mileage. Not great but, not bad either. Every car that my mom has had ends up about the same. In the junk yard. A lot of miles, rough driving (little brother), Poor maintenance ( dad), a lot of dirt road driving, but mostly little brother! At least this engine has stood up to him. The rest of the car is pretty much falling apart but the engine is still hanging in there.
 
#27
Just got a 2015 LE a few days ago. Coming from a 2005 Hyundai Elantra w/164k on it and likely needing a clutch. Couldn't see spending $1500+ for a clutch repair on a car barely worth $1000. Wanted something with a great reliability record and all my research led me to the Corolla. Got a fair deal at my local dealer (Rockingham Toyota, Salem NH). Much bigger than I had thought inside, actually roomier than the 05 Elantra (I'm 6' 2"). About the only thing I have had to get used to is no shift point jerks with the CVT vs a "normal" automatic trans.
Like the Entune system, my OnePlus One Android phone works great with it

Sam
 
#29
What was your most important reason for buying a Toyota Corolla?
Reliability. I have owned a few Toyota Corollas and have never ever wondered IF or WHAT was going to go wrong with them while driving with one single exception; the timing belt tensioner in my 2010 Corolla CE. I have ran one of them right up to 440,000km and totalled it after a pancake flip. I expect to be able to get at least 600,000km out of any Corolla provided it has been well taken care of ( has had all of the manufacturer's scheduled check ups on time, regular fluid and filter changes, brakes pads, and from time to time struts replaced or any other simple replacements such as burnt out light bulbs. The Toyota Corolla is the epitomy
 
#30
I bought it for price. Toyota is pretty much giving them away with the massive incentives that are being offered both direct to consumers and hidden incentives given to dealers only. The Focus is a far better car, but was $3k more equipped the way I wanted. I just need a cheap car while I am back in school full time to get another degree for my career change. I also like how Toyota is the last to hold onto port injection engines versus direct injection.
 
#32
I went out to buy a Jeep Wrangler and thought I would stop by Toyota to check out the new Corolla's. It was 2014 and the current model had just come out.
Long story short, they made me one hell of a deal and I took it!
I had looked at them online and even did a "build". The exact car I "built" was sitting on their lot!
I still want the Jeep, once the Corolla is paid off. 0[[[[[[[0
 
#34
Wouldn't buy anything other than Toyota or Honda.

The corolla specifically was cheaper than my Tacoma, better gas mileage and still a great quality/reliable car. Also helps that it's way smaller than a mid sized truck (living in the city, that's a huge advantage)
 
#35
My current 2014 model was purchased as a result of loving my 09 model so much. My 09 gave me 150,000 miles of trouble free driving! The only reason I traded it in was because I really like the remodel of the 2014(11th gen). To answer the question, "why a corolla", there are many reasons; in no particular order...affordable, economic, style, reliability, resale value.
 
#37
I went for a Corolla because they are an excellent family car, very econoical and reliable.
My friend claims they are the best built cars in the world!!
 
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