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    MPG Upgrades

    I also think they are a bit optimistic for most, Toyota being one of the exceptions. EPA ratings are in fact established by the manufacturer itself, using of course, idealistic conditions. EPA just randomly check some of them (hum ! hum ! Ford, Kia, Hyundai, would you come in the office for a...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    It's almost like court, only less formal and no lawyer. You'd have to submit a file in advance (contract, registration, date and proof of your visits to the dealer and his responses - plus the BBB one - and any other communications with Toyota representatives) that will all be forwarded to...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    Well, you might win or lose, just as in court and its a much simpler and less stressful procedure (not to mention more economical). Plus Toyota would officially know your case (I have a feeling that your dealer didn't present your hole story to Toyota...). Remember to be focused and prepared...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    When I bought my Eco Base, the sale "consultant" was desperately pushing another unit equiped with all gizmos, telling me how I would miss this and that if I went for a base model. When he told me he couldn't get a base model for weeks (but i could see one on the lot...) I simply said "OK, we...
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    LE or LE ECO?

    I have an LE Eco Base since last october and couldn't be happier. 11 months, about 11,000 miles, lifetime average of 39 mpg (50/50) - despite break-in period and harsh winter, easily 50+mpg on highway, which is where the Valvematic engine really shine. (They shoud put an hybrid system so city...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    Again, for the BBB, "resolved" doesn't mean that the consumer got satisfaction, it means that the BBB has done his job : getting an answer - any answer - from the business. Thats the total extend of their mandate.
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    BBB "resolved" Thats why I said that you wouldn't go far with the BBB. They are not a consumer protection organization, they merely act as an intermediate so that consumer and business can talk in a civilized way. "Resolved", in their vocabulary, does not mean that you got satisfaction, it...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    Right ! Most of us here are already satisfied Corolla owners including the paint ! Point is that we don't have to care about this argument since, even if it was true - which is obviously not the case - it is still a defect. It would be like GM refusing to repair an ignition switch beacause all...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    I agree. Internet pictures, even if you could establish that they haven’t been photoshoped, don’t prove much. Furthermore, using them would only make you enter in the dealer game by debating his argument (all Toyotas are like that) instead of yours. So what if all Toyotas are like that? It...
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    I think its very commendable not to involve someone else, specially family, as a co-signer. No, that person wouldn't become legal owner - actually the bank/finance is the sole legal owner anyway until you paid the last penny, though you have use and responsability of the good. But if you run...
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    Interior Illumunation Cutomization and Turn Signal Duration

    Yes ! It's rather a fixed amount of blinks than «a few seconds».
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    ... but maybe not when you bought the LE in the first place ;). Financilly, the «best deal» in car is always the car you have. But if it's making you really unhappy, nothing compare to the buzz of a new car. Alas, it rarely last :( !
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    2014 Corolla - Orange Peel

    I think this hole situation shows not to hurry when buying a car or other high price item. Generally speaking (regardless of this or any specific situation) a) Be sure of what you want, no matter what sales «consultant» (yeah...) tells you, to avoid buyer remorse. Otherwise you end...
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    LE and S Plus

    Wrong thread
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    Interior Illumunation Cutomization and Turn Signal Duration

    Entune Simply press setup on the head unit » select the vehicule button » choose the appropriate item from the menu » choose the setting you want among those available. (I don't think the number of blinks for changing line is avalaible though, despite what the owner manual say.) Entune premium...
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    Speed in Digital Readout

    I think that's not an option.
  17. J

    Foggy Marks Inside Headlights

    Same here also ! For wearing glasses, I can tell you that even if a lens seems perfectly clear, from a certain angle under certain light conditions, you see that they are not (dirt, marks from the manufacturing process and even the manufacturer name on some models) ! Great picture of the light...
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    LED Headlights

    Not here. I personally found them brighter but not that much. Whiter and crispier, yes ! Anyway they certainly make all the new Corollas stand out on road and streets ! If it's when they are close, maybe it's because of a particular angle.
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    USB Media - Super Slow

    Actually it does, in a way. Of course, translating binary in decimal is already misleading (as you explained). But FAT32 also uses larger clusters than NTFS. Since only “one data” (so to speak) can go in a cluster, a same size file would occupy more space (more clusters) on a FAT32 disk than...
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    USB Media - Super Slow

    Just a bit of clarification about the 32 GB thing. FAT/FAT16/FAT32 is the older Microsoft way of organizing space on a disk. It can mangage far more than 32 GB (up to 2TB actually) and is perfectly compatible with modern devices. It's limitations comes from our changing needs : - It can not...
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