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  1. I think Toyota should replace the whole door and replace the parts with paint stains all over the inside of the car. I'm of the opinion I was sold a demo car as new. They did try to sell me a demo car when I was looking. They said it was just as good as new. I said no thanks. I wanted a new car that time round. We live and we learn. I now use Nedlands Toyota to service our Toyotas. I can't sell it with all these stains all over it and things not working as they are suppose to work. The car isn't worth to much now. Can I post the car dealer in question or Is that a no no ?
  2. 15 months later and no action taken by Toyota or the dealer in question. The car is falling apart. Window wipers both front and back are stuffed:( The water to wash the front and rear window no longer works. The water in the tank is full but doesn't seem to want to suck it out to go on the front and rear windows. Door handle is falling off. This is the door that had scratch marks and was faded. The auto buttons for the windows sometime work but mainly they don't. I have to wait until mid year before my next service is due:(
  3. Seriously are you the villiage troll. You use an old car with good visability and obviously never driven these modern cars otherwise you'd know all about it. I beg your pardon! My parents own both ZZE and ZRE sedan Corollas. I've driven both multiple times and haven't had the most difficulty that you describe. No I do not know all about it because I'm not an open book or mechanic. A sedan is NOT a Hatchback. See you know less about cars than I do. Sedans are a totally different design. I never thought I'd see the day that someone would know less about cars than i do.
  4. Bingo! And they took perfect advange over this but like I said I've since discovered many others that knew more about cars than I did and they too been stung by them. One chap took his car in for service and just gone past the warranty period. He took it in for a service and picked up the car. Being a DR he was driving out to a patient and his car simply stopped. Called out the RAC road assistance people and found that the radiator had been drained which is why the car wasn't moving. They filled it up but damage was done. He was advised to drop the car in and order them to fix the damage caused by this. They agreed and then he goes to pick up the car and is asked to pay $1500. He told them they should pay and what happens next is a group of 5 big tall blokes surround him and intimidate him to pay the $1500. He no longer has his car serviced at any toyota dealer. He gets a mechanic friend to service his car and at a fraction of the price.
  5. You obviously have never bought a new car. First off you sign a contract and give them a deposit and you can't just go in there check it out and have the cash and buy then and there. Its not done that way. Rego plates all take time to put into your name. Then a few days later you go in with the bank cheque and buy the car. There is a whole lot of things to sign. They come out with a yellow packet with the car keys in it then off to the back area where the car was under a hanger area. Then you drive off. Next time I go to buy a new car I'll take a hidden camera with me. All the lies they do and my mistake was taking them at their word. I just didn't think a toyota dealer would even take the risk of doing that. I've since discovered many other disgrunted people that have bought from them. We live and we learn. Another site has taken my cause up and is going to post the car yard in question along with all the emails and letters to and from the car yard. I won't post the car yard in here. That may get me banned from posting so won't do that. I won't post the forum that is doing that as its not fair to the owners of this forum. Ethics 101. It will get sorted out long term I hope.
  6. If it is something of value, of course I do (I'm not going to ask the checkout chick at Woolies to open the packet of TimTams to make sure that I got the full 11). I bought a ~$1k DSLR camera package just before Christmas, and I made sure that the contents of the box matched what I wanted before I left the store. If I was buying a car, I would check to make sure that the VIN/spec etc matched what I had ordered, new or used. There is an old Latin saying that is very appropriate to car buyers - Caveat Emptor; let the buyer beware. Basically not only is it the seller's responsibility to supply the goods as described, it is also up to the buyer to confirm that they are receiving what they want. In a lot of transactions, the act of payment, delivery or package-opening is enough for the buyer to accept liability and thus void right of return I reckon you are a troll. No store would allow anyone to open up a sealed pack before buying.
  7. I have no idea what you are talking about. I was buying a new car. I wasn't selling a car. My car has paint stains all through it along with scratch marks which I'v eposted a few times in here. Here is the image again. When they sell their cars you pay them and then you are taken out back to their hanger area and then you drive it off. It did not even occur to me to look over the car. I signed a contract thinging I was suppose to get a brand new car and who would have thought about lookingh inside the car for paint stains. Like I have said I know nothing about cars. The car I test drove and the words seca on the back and was a thinner model car where the doors basically go vertically down from the top of the car where the one I have they jut out on a curved angle. I suggest you go try one before posting again. People that have them are saying the same things in many forums. You say your 8 year old could park it. Lets try that out. Get a camera and let him drive the 2011 model close to the petrol pump. You pay for the damages when he hits it or can't reach the pedals. I bet you your kid would scream like a little baby and be scared and probably go to the toilet in the car. lol.
  8. Why the need to swear to get your point across. I do not get the youth of today. Why should I lose $10,000 in selling it. You may have plenty of money to through at things but I don't. I'd lose if I sold and I'd have to spend money to fix up the inside because of these paint stains. As you can see these are just the ones on the inside of the car door. There are plenty more. This de values the car. It was sold to me in this condition along with other problems. I'm hoping the ACCC in the longer run will get around to it. If need be I'll go to the tv news media although 7 and 9 have advertising with toyota so manybe that is pointless.
  9. Are you trying to say it wasn't even the same MODEL car (as in you test-drove a ZZE but bought a ZRE)? And you still handed over the cheque? They take you into the front room where you can not see your car. Like I said I was hood winked. LIve and learn I guess. I've stated many times I do not know that much about cars. I assumed that these things were more of a myth and certain car dealers. My lesson is to take my brother wioth me next tiem when buying a new car and not buy from that place. Since found many other unhappy people that have bought from them. So you are saying when you buy anything you take it out and inspect it before buying. They must love in stores. lol. To many rotton things happened wuth this car. It had no pre inspection by the toyota dealer as it was not signed or filed in. I found that out later in the service manual which had not been filled in my the sales manager or the sales lady that sold me the car. Still that is life. Take the good with the bad and learn from it.
  10. I over compensate all the time because I do not want to hit another car. Never had asingle accident on over 30 years and I'm not going to start taking to many guesses with this car. When I park in the supermarket at the floreat forum on the bank side it is teh easiest place to park as I can use the window reflection to guide my car in between two cars. The added carcams make a difference now. When going to get petrol I think I'm really close to the bowser but when I get out I'm a good 2 metres away from it. Some of my friends have gone the roo bar option just to see the front of the car and soem have gone for little flags on the front corner of the car. One mate has even had these handle bar looking things up just behind the lights and high enough to see the front of the car when parking. They should have made these cars with cameras at the front and rear like soem other brands are now doing. Some newer brands like the ford focus even have a computer to automatically park the car. Theyt need that in the new corollas.
  11. Seriously are you the villiage troll. You use an old car with good visability and obviously never driven these modern cars otherwise you'd know all about it.
  12. Like I have stated many times in here before. When I test drove the corolla it wasn't the same car as I bought. I was hood winked by the dealer. The car I had the test drive it was much easier to drive. I thought I was buying that car. It was a thinner car and better visability. When I arrived with my bank cheque I then went into their hanger out the back to drive it off. When I was driving back home I noticed sdomething was different and it was the poor visability. My knowledge of cars is pretty much pathetic and they took advantage of this. When I got home I noticed the paint stains inside the car door along with the scratch marks. Here is the picture of the car door. There are other paint stains in thre car. The dealer is hopeless to deal with. They take the time when buying and email back and forth but after I bought it they ignore all my emails and even when I've gone there they get a bit narky so what can one do about it. Companed to the ACCC 13 months ago. They never do anything about much. They are understaffed. I've since found another Toyota dealer which are many times many times better and give good advice about the tyres and the general running of the car so I don't need to have the tyres constantly replaced. If the tyres had of been balanced in the first place then I wouldn't have needed two new tyres at the front. Oh well live and learn. Now that I've had my car serviced at the new toyota dealer I now go with the car is running much better. It no longer pulls on the steering wheel like it did before and much easier to drive.
  13. Thank you for your suggestions. I got that same advice from the new Toyota dealer that I am now going to. They said to make sure the tyre presure is at 32 PSI. The car after coming back from service handles so much easier now even better than when I first picked up the car. Its like driving a new car and easier to steer than ever before. The car can't have had all the tyres with the same pressure to begin with. The front two tyres had to be replaced. One was balding a bit on top but mainly on the outer edge where the other tyre was just on the outer edge. The car from day one was pulling a bit on the steering wheel. When I mentioned that where I bought it from they said that was normal so I didn't think anything of it. I'm not a car head like some of you in here. My knowledge of cars is rather pathetic. I'll do as you suggest check it more frequently. Years ago I owned one of those car tyre check things which connect up via the sig lighter. May look at buying one but no idea what brand is good or bad for these though. Anyway thank you for replying to my post.
  14. Thank you for your reply. Since found out that the tyres were not balanced correctly which is why the outer edges of the tyre were worn out. The place I went to advised I come in there every 3 months to check the tyres and they will do that for free which is good service. They said if I do that then this should not ware out so fast as it did with my car. Just a shame the place I bought it from didn't properly inspect the car in the first place as none of this would have happened. I know they didn't inspect the car as the pre-delivery service maintenence record was not filled in or signed which is on page 2 of the service manual. If they had of inspected the car then they would have seen the cut tyre and paint stains in the car which I've been arguing with them for 13 months now. I take my cars elsewhere now. Again thank you for your reply.
  15. I didn't think I needed to spoon feed you exactly. I thought what I was explaining was about balancing of the tyres not the car but there you go. You must need spoon feeding.
  16. You do like jumping down peoples throats when they post anything bad about their toyotas don;'t you. Do you work at a toyota service centre ? If you had of bothered reading my post in full you would have seen I said the outside of the tyres was balding. I then asked is this norman for a new car. I was polite, I was not rude like you have been. And there is nothing wrong with me posting that in 17 years on driving my previous toyota I only had one set of tyres replacxed. This was to illustrate that I do not speed or break hard. I drive my new car the same way and yet teh tyres are worn out on the sides. Since talked to my brother who knows more about cars than I do and he said the car itself might not have been balnced properly in the first place. Now if you new about cars you could hav eposted that but you are obviously like myself who knows nothing about cars which is why I posted a question politely.
  17. Just had my car serviced. They had to replace my tyres with new ones as the tread on the outside was a bit bald. I find that odd for a new car. I do not speed or break hard. To illustrate this my previous Toyota Corolla did 92,000KM and was serviced once or twice a year for 17 years only ever needed one second set of new tyres. My new car bought Dec of 2011 has only done 14,000KM. Roads in Perth are not that bad. Most have been resurfaced. I never drive in thre country only in Perth metro area. Is this normal for these newer Corollas please ? Is it because the car is so much heavier than my previous corolla ?
  18. Really? All I see is you p-issing and moaning about how big the pillars are, how the mirrors distort the image and how you are unable to drive an easy to drive vehicle, despite your 30 years of driving experience. Yes really. Like I said all modern new cars have these wider pillars. Maybe at some future point in time when more people get killed in car accidents they'll re look at the design of these cars. I really can't understand the logic of building a car where the driver can't see the front of the car. Its not just Toyota doing this either. Many brands have the bonnet slopping down to quickly to make it look more sporty. And if more people complained about it then maybe something would be done about it. The bonnet sloping is not about sportiness. It's about the crumble points on the vehicle if an accident were to happen, aerodynamics and probably various other reasons. Car manufacturers don't build cars they way they are to be unsafe etc. Pillars these days also house pillar airbags. All these gadgets make drivers lazy and reliant on technology to help them park the car or notice other vehicles, etc. That's possibly a reason why you notice so many drivers who can't park etc. Because people are just getting lazy. Maybe go ask these people you see who can't park why they can't. Takes one person to start something if you believe that you have "ground to stand on" that these car manufacturers are doing it wrong. Same goes with why Toyota won't bring out a 2L variant. Could be the market target, fuel economy, reliability, costs. etc. Anyway Corolla autos always lack in the power/performance area. The manuals aren't that bad. Perhaps Toyota's ambition is maintaining reliability or keeping within it's market. I don't quite get your theory about people being to lazy. Why is it lazy when one can't even see the front of the car. How on earth is anyone suppose to park a car when they can't see the front of the car. The only ones making money out of all this is the car cam companies who have seen a market for people needing to park their cars. Some car manufacturers have gone much further and have built in car cams at the front and rear along with a computer which will park the car itself which is quite amazing. Its all because of poor desin in the first place. There are more accidents on the two front corners of these cars than any other place which says everything. I don't allow my car to be hit in a car park by parking right in the middle of two car bays. I'm so sick of cars hitting the front corner of my car or parking to darn close where when they open the car doors they always manage to chip some paint of my car. The other day I was sitting in my car and just amking sure I bought everything and another older car came so close it was almost as if they were aiming at my car. The passenger called out to hhis partner to say someone was in ther car then they took a wider way in. Its almost as if people with older cars try to damage people with newer cars. My old car never was hit by any other car in a car park or anywhere else because it was a much thinner car. These later models are very wide indeed. Been told they are making cars wider because the population is getting fatter.
  19. Really? All I see is you p-issing and moaning about how big the pillars are, how the mirrors distort the image and how you are unable to drive an easy to drive vehicle, despite your 30 years of driving experience. Yes really. Like I said all modern new cars have these wider pillars. Maybe at some future point in time when more people get killed in car accidents they'll re look at the design of these cars. I really can't understand the logic of building a car where the driver can't see the front of the car. Its not just Toyota doing this either. Many brands have the bonnet slopping down to quickly to make it look more sporty. And if more people complained about it then maybe something would be done about it.
  20. My previous 1994 Toyota Corolla auto hatch took off more quickly and didn't rev like this one does when pressing the accelerator pedal to quickly. Don't get me wrong its a great car but does have things that could have been done much better. I paid $27,000 for mine (less $3000 for trade in from my old Toyota Corolla Auto Hatch). My knowledge of cars isn't good, in fact its pathetic. My brother on the other hand lives and breathes cars. I was tricked by the sales people when I bought the car. Was suppose to be a new one but have that in another post so won't go over old ground here. That thread is on this link below. http://au.toyotaowne...inside-the-car/ I did try out a Coroilla which I thought was a new one and turned out it was an old demo model and because my lack of knowledge with cars well I got tricked but that is life. The car I tried had better vision where the car I have is slightly different and a wider car and easier to park. My model the doors are curved going downwards where the one I tried was virtually a straight drop downwards making the car thinner and easier to park. Overall I'm happy with my car. It does a few new things which I quite like and posted that in here many times before.
  21. Upload all you want, i think Hiro is right, its the poor level of driver skill. I have a go pro and sunglass cam and to highlight how poor the visability is when going around corners I will upload my videos to Youtube so that you can see how poor the visability is. I'll also upload videos from an older car where there are thin pillars to highlight the difference and put them up as a split screen on the same corners. The Corolllas have a double pillar as a triangular corner with a very small window near the outside mirror causing a very ;large frontal blind spot when going into corners. As you will see the blind spot is disturbing and no way around it. I've never had a single accidejnt in over 30 years of driving and never used car insurance in my life. Its only a matter of time before another car like mine hits me. I'm extra careful going into corners a lot slower du eto this blind spot. This blind spot been mentioned in car review sites too. And how is not seeing any part of the front of the car a good thing. All one sees is the front windscreen. I'm over 6 feet tall and even if I put my head up near the roof I can't see any part of the front of the car which has to be an accident waiting to happen. It has to be best guess when parking or going between two objects. Its bad enough going to get petrol. I think I'm close enough to the bowser to get fuel but when I get out of the car I've over compensated and I'm nearly 2 metres away from thre petrol pump. I know many that own these later corollas and all say the same thing. Even have friends with other brands of cars and they too hav ethe same problem. One of the helpers we got in for my father said all the cars they use are like this and in the car parks mnost have hot the side of other cars because they can't see the front of the car. Almost designed that way on purpose. Designed so that they can make money from spare parts. That is the world we live in. Everything designed to fail.
  22. Yes looking at the inside cover with the car rego info and it has the mdoel as a 1.8 litre. Can't believe its so slow at going up a hill. My nephews 2 litre ford focus zooms up the hill.
  23. I don't OWN a new car. I have DRIVEN plenty of new cars however. You're twisting my words. I never said that poor visibility is a good thing, I said that a trade-off in visibility is required to ensure adequate crash safety and cost. You could make paper-thin A-pillars out of unobtainium which performs excellently in a crash AND gives you perfect visibility, but you would need to be a millionaire to buy a new car. It is the old "3 desirable options, can only pick 2" problem - you have crash performance/occupant protection, visibility, low cost - pick 2 and the one left over is negatively affected. Personally, I prefer my cars to not cost the earth and not kill me in an accident, so I would accept a trade-off to visibility (especially since it can be corrected - you can't easily strengthen an old car and you can't make an expensive car cheaper, but you can move your head and install blind-spot mirrors/cameras/poles) As for "most accidents are in newer cars", that is because people BUY new cars. The FCAI reports that 1.112 MILLION new cars were sold in Australia last year, that is one car for every 20 people. Australia's population growth rate is about 1.5%, that means that there are more new cars being sold than there are new people being born - ie there is a turnover in the car population, people get rid of older cars and buy new ones. As for "mirrors distorting the distance" (I can guarantee that the cameras are distorting the perspective too), there is this thing in your head between your ears called a BRAIN. It interprets things for you, and learns and adjusts to things. If it can't work out that the car that looks far away in the side mirror is only 2m behind you after driving for 30 years (and driving the same car for more than a few months), then you shouldn't be driving. You own an old car no doubt but the newer ones badly distort the distance from cars coming up from behind. A car coming up from behind looks as though its 5 car lengths back when in reality its less tnan a car length. No camera I know does this. I'm not the only one saying this. Many other car forums have many people posting about this very same thing. I'm surprised they get passed fit for sale in Australia. How can poor visability be safer. That is simply dumb. Its like the NRA in the US saying that its safer to own a gun that not, simply an argument that makes no sense what so ever. You don't sell new cars by chance ?
  24. 2 words - crash safety. Thicker pillars, smaller windows and higher belt-lines increase strength and occupant protection in the event of an accident. And, as you said, aid in the mounting of additional airbags. Exact same reason as to why cars are getting bigger and heavier over time despite improvements in space efficiency, materials and design. Car manufacturers have to compromise between visibility and occupant safety. By your logic the safest car would be a glass bubble, because you can see everything, yet I shudder to think what would happen if someone ran in to you. Conversely, a tank with slit windows is incredibly safe in an accident, but you can't see anything out the windows. Somewhere in the middle is the best compromise. Using an older car is not a good idea, because whilst visibility might be much better, crash performance is much worse - your current Corolla might be a 5-star ANCAP car with a visibility rating of 3, but your '94 model might only have a visibility rating of 4 (I have a '97, I'm rather tall and even I can't accurately determine the front or rear of the car without shifting my head and experience) but an ANCAP safety rating of 2 STARS under the current system....that's right 2 whole stars, as safe as a Great Wall or Chery which get slammed in modern reviews for being deathtraps on wheels. At the end of the day, the general public (ie Joe and Mrs Bloggs with 2.5 kids and a dog) want a safe car to protect their family, and can live with minor inconveniences like thick A-pillars and poor reversing visibility (or get workarounds such as reversing sensors/cameras). I would argue that despite newer cars having worse visibility, accidents are more likely to be caused by the extremely poor level of driver skill in this country, thick A-pillars or not. It only takes a fraction of a second to move your head to check a blind spot, but Little Miss Princess in her cosy new Civic with the music blaring and tapping away on her iPhone is much more likely to hit the kerb or another car when reverse parking because she is off in her own little La-La land. Hell, my wife (with ~6 years driving experience) can reverse-park her 5m long Soarer (as big as a current-model Commodore) with a bonnet a mile long and big thick pillars just as well as I can, it comes more down to skill and awareness than it does vehicle design. Then you've not got one of these newer cars. Your own photos of some cars all have thin pillars. How can not seeing the front or rear of the car be a good thing. Looking around when moving out to another lane all one sees is the middle pillar blocking most of the viewing area. I hav eto trust my outside mirrors which do cover the blind spot but they do distort the actual distance a car is behind. It swhy I've installed cameras at the back and front of the car. More accidents are caused by newer cars not by older ones which sort of makes your theory look a bit wacky. How is poor visability a good thing. If the pillars were thin there would be less car accidents.
  25. Is this serious ? You say you've been driving over 30 years and you say you take up 2 spots while parking ? With what your corolla ? I mean im not perfect or anything, but dont you use mirrors or anything ? and you notice you hit the curbs ? Really ? 30 years driving experience? It seems to me that you are ranting that you hate your corolla or something. i drive my mums corolla, the only thing i complain about is how high she puts the seat. However i do agree with you that the pillars are pretty big, but i make sure to move my head so i can see. I have a car cam and can upload many other people doing the same thing. Look at any new car and you will see marks on the corners of the car. Everytime I go out and drive I see many others going up over the curbs. I can take screen grabs if you wish and post them in here with the lic plates edited out.
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