That's how it's supposed to work, dumbass.
Learn to drive before condemning the car. Total user error......or stupidity......or both.
It does the gear dance even when cruise control is on.
What's funny is when taking on big hills on the highway. You can't set the cruise control if the gear selector is in "2" but the cruise control will gladly drop down to gear 2 and run at 6000rpm for a minute straight when the car is in "drive"
True that it's a slow work day, but none of the stuff I post is made up. I really do own a crayola, I did own a civic, the civic was a fine car but it was t-boned, corolla is a fine car too but it's broken right now. Apparently I was loading the vehicle past GVWR this whole time because I regularly ride around with 4 or 5 people in the car, but GVWR only allows for 1000lbs of people+goods. Much of the driving in my city is up hills (cities centered around rivers are usually hilly), so the constant gear hunting + overloading is doing a number on the transmission. Solution is to either buy a better vehicle or stop bathing in hopes that fewer people are willing to ride in my car. I keep comparing it to the Civic because the two cars are often directly compared and because I treated that car even more harsh than I treat this one but it still worked 100% until it was written off in an accident.
One thing I was going to post earlier was how google searching for a car and "transmission failure" usually relates to automatics. For the Corolla, there seems to be a major problem with their manual transmissions failing as well. Toyota quality indeed.
True that it's a slow work day, but none of the stuff I post is made up. I really do own a crayola, I did own a civic, the civic was a fine car but it was t-boned, corolla is a fine car too but it's broken right now. Apparently I was loading the vehicle past GVWR this whole time because I regularly ride around with 4 or 5 people in the car, but GVWR only allows for 1000lbs of people+goods. Much of the driving in my city is up hills (cities centered around rivers are usually hilly), so the constant gear hunting + overloading is doing a number on the transmission. Solution is to either buy a better vehicle or stop bathing in hopes that fewer people are willing to ride in my car. I keep comparing it to the Civic because the two cars are often directly compared and because I treated that car even more harsh than I treat this one but it still worked 100% until it was written off in an accident.
One thing I was going to post earlier was how google searching for a car and "transmission failure" usually relates to automatics. For the Corolla, there seems to be a major problem with their manual transmissions failing as well. Toyota quality indeed.
If I wanted to be an angry loner with no friends I would have bought a car with only 2 doors.Solution for you, when you get your car back drive around with nothing but yourself in it and notice the change.
Stop being an angry loner? Girlfriend + 2 friends = 4 people in car and even this is beyond the grasp of anandtech. Yikes!How do you have enough friends to ride around with 4-5 people in the car?
If I wanted to be an angry loner with no friends I would have bought a car with only 2 doors.
Stop being an angry loner? Girlfriend + 2 friends = 4 people in car and even this is beyond the grasp of anandtech. Yikes!
I didn't mean all the time.
If I wanted to be an angry loner with no friends I would have bought a car with only 2 doors.
Stop being an angry loner? Girlfriend + 2 friends = 4 people in car and even this is beyond the grasp of anandtech. Yikes!
so.....general consensus is you broke your car. good job =D
This is probably what killed my Ford Tempo as well. 3 gears of awesomeness packed full of young people because that was around the time when very few of us owned cars. 5 people in a tempo going up a hill means pedal to the floor the whole time :awe:
This is probably what killed my Ford Tempo as well. 3 gears of awesomeness packed full of young people because that was around the time when very few of us owned cars. 5 people in a tempo going up a hill means pedal to the floor the whole time :awe:
My car is officially not broken -
March 2009 Toyota Corrola 5MT
It's 5 months older than the OPs. That is all.
My sister in law's 2001 Corolla is also not broken
does the tranny bang when you take off real fast
That's how automatic transmissions work, the cruise control won't make it behave any differently. It sounds like you've tried to get your car to do things any reasonable person wouldn't even attempt, you broke it, you fix it.
He really doesn't have a clue. He wants the loaded car to take a big hill without downshifting...
A fully loaded Honda Civic can. I know because I owned one and it could climb those hills without a problem.
Take a trip to Alaska or Canada. Your prius will get stuck in 1" of snow and you'll die waiting for someone to come dig you out.
Prius drivers are everywhere up here..they do just fine.