Goodbye Friends

[jmack]

Good Bye. I have given up on my car and just traded in the Solara. I want to thank everyone for their help over the months with the TSBs and other advice in general.

My reasons for trading the car in were: Got 23K on the trade in, which was a little more than I owed on the loan; The car was in the shop more times in 8 months than my previous car was in 10 years; Rarely got more than 16 mpg, even after ECM replacement; ECM replacement fixed the really scary throttle lag, but minor lag was still there; while the left drift problem was "fixed" ( after 4 tries), the handling of the car was never right. In fact, it seemed to handle better before the "fix"; pieces of the car started falling off in the interior. I may have had a bit more problems with the car than most, but after the initial excitement of ownership, I never was excited by the car, mostly because of the acceleration and handling problems. It was truly the most comfortable car I ever owned. Good luck to you all and take care. James

[Yanks0114]

sounds like you had a lemon

what car did you get instead

[Mole]

wow...

sorry to hear your bad experiences...

this is the 3rd gen2 that has gone byebye.


what car is next?

[michaels artic frost]

Goodbye and best wishes with your new ride. Sorry to see that you had so much trouble. I'm sure that was not what you wanted to see out of a brand new car.

-Michael

[boaclub923]

wow, that just sounds like my old accord...
dying very sadly, even the car has a very good reputation...

anwyay, wish u best luck with ur new car~

[jmack]

Thanks for the good wishes. Picked up an Indigo Blue Scion TC, so sort of keeping it in the family. Thanks again. James

[michaels artic frost]

Thanks for the good wishes. Picked up an Indigo Blue Scion TC, so sort of keeping it in the family. Thanks again. James

Nice! There are plenty of TCs rolling around this area now. But I see mostly older people driving them.

[mattyboyl]

Thanks for the good wishes. Picked up an Indigo Blue Scion TC, so sort of keeping it in the family. Thanks again. James

Nice! There are plenty of TCs rolling around this area now. But I see mostly older people driving them.

Mike,

I found that ironioc since the TC was geared towards the younger generation who enjoy putting dubs and interior lighting in their cars. Scion is one of the few that give people the option to customize the car with aftermarket goodies before buying it.

[michaels artic frost]

Thanks for the good wishes. Picked up an Indigo Blue Scion TC, so sort of keeping it in the family. Thanks again. James

Nice! There are plenty of TCs rolling around this area now. But I see mostly older people driving them.

Mike,

I found that ironioc since the TC was geared towards the younger generation who enjoy putting dubs and interior lighting in their cars. Scion is one of the few that give people the option to customize the car with aftermarket goodies before buying it.

Matt,

It must be only in KY, because I've seen so many Solaras and Scion TCs driven by older people and I've only seen 1 Gen 2 Solara locally that's dropped. I think most everyone in this area is about gettting a nice and comfortable ride...daily driver more less...lol. Nothing wrong with that.

[boaclub923]

tC!!!?
oh my god... if it wasn't because SIZE and V6 engine..
i would choose tC instead of solara!!

i'm still envy u~

my next buying plan is get a tC in my garage and still keeping my solara~ wahahah~

[robdaemon]

Good Bye. I have given up on my car and just traded in the Solara. I want to thank everyone for their help over the months with the TSBs and other advice in general.

I've been considering that with my 04 Solara SE Sport. It rattles everywhere. My other car, a 2001 Kia Rio, has never had a single problem, and I'm tired of Toyota dealerships telling me that my car doesn't rattle and there are no problems with it.

My left drift is back, my sunroof has been fixed twice, yesterday the dashboard started rattling, my CD player has _never_ worked right.

This car has been an absolute nightmare, so has the service departments at Frontier Toyota in Valencia, CA and Toyota of Santa Monica.