Reply #89: I hate my Corolla but it does get good mpg

[Tommy_Carcetti]

I drive a 2004 Corolla S (i.e. a Corolla with a spoiler)--I reluctuantly agreed to take it after my wife wanted to upgrade. Stupid thing accellerates like I'm driving an 18 wheeler. The steering on it feels very heavy. The thing makes the oddest sounds--like a rusty hinge when it stops, or this constant rattling which I still cannot pinpoint the source. The brakes on it have always sucked, even after I replaced it. Weird lights come on at odd times (like the seatbelt light) and then turn off just as inexplicably.

But with all that being said, it gets me about 30-35 mpg. And as of this month, it is finally paid off, so that is one less bill. So I'll suffer through driving this crappy car in the meantime.