General Car Conversation 2024 - part 1
#151
Lexus Test Driver
i agree though i feel sorry for anyone with that car... like you're NOT getting anything remotely bronco-like with that sport model, pretty sure it's just a restyled ford escape or something
#153
Lexus Test Driver
also like many she doesn't really have a concept of HVAC operation and will turn the temperature way down to "cool things off quicker", even though the car is already cooling itself as quick as possible if it's been sitting in 85+ degree heat and sunlight regardless if you set the temperature for 70 or 65
#154
Oh I absolutely agree! It shouldn’t be called Bronco sport. Maybe Courier would have been a good name? I cringe when bronco sport refer to thier car as “My Bronco!” Ugh!
I do love the large regular Bronco though way more than the Wrangler.
I do love the large regular Bronco though way more than the Wrangler.
#155
Stroock639
Yep! I have given up trying to teach mom how to use auto climate control. Always sets it to a weird temperature and adjusts the fan speed manually!
Yep! I have given up trying to teach mom how to use auto climate control. Always sets it to a weird temperature and adjusts the fan speed manually!
#157
Lexus Test Driver
A used GS for half of a new Malibu sounds like a no brainer. Lol
That's what I would do too
well technically it's the 'bronco sport', a sub sub brand of the bronco sub brand
i agree though i feel sorry for anyone with that car... like you're NOT getting anything remotely bronco-like with that sport model, pretty sure it's just a restyled ford escape or something
i agree though i feel sorry for anyone with that car... like you're NOT getting anything remotely bronco-like with that sport model, pretty sure it's just a restyled ford escape or something
Ironically, it did NOT look sporty. 😂
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#160
Lexus Fanatic
in the case of a Camry, I’d rather have the larger NA engine over the smaller 1.5 you often see. Small little engines just don’t feel right. The larger size of an engine is still very desirable
#161
Meh, 4 cyl vs. 4 cyl. They both sound like crap to me, give me a good old V6 or V8 for refinement.
#162
Lexus Champion
My issue with the 2.5 in the Camry is not its power output, it's the graininess of the engine. I had it in an ES loaner and while I'm generally pretty forgiving of Lexus/Toyota decisions, I was blown away by how unrefined that engine was. When I was younger, my folks had a Camry (1995) and I remember that 4 cylinder being super smooth.
#163
Yeah I agree. My brother has a 2002 Camry 2.4l formerly my grandmothers car. I’ve always found that engine quite grainy and buzzy. It was the first Camry year to use a timing chain. Instead of a belt.
#164
Lexus Test Driver
My issue with the 2.5 in the Camry is not its power output, it's the graininess of the engine. I had it in an ES loaner and while I'm generally pretty forgiving of Lexus/Toyota decisions, I was blown away by how unrefined that engine was. When I was younger, my folks had a Camry (1995) and I remember that 4 cylinder being super smooth.
i know what you mean though, my old school simple port injected engines are both more consistent and smooth than the I6 in the GLE450... which should be perfectly smooth but it gets kind of buzzy between 2000 - 3000 rpm and is kind of rattly on cold start, always has been though and it hasn't gotten any worse over the 15,000 miles so i guess nothing to worry about lol