Originally Posted By: 5AcresAndAFool
Originally Posted By: AZjeff
Originally Posted By: 5AcresAndAFool
We haven't seen a whole lot of issues with fuel dilution since the carburetor days until recently. These Engines with direct injection seem to have alot of issues, enough that its to the point I think i would avoid buying one if possible.
I hate to sound like "that guy", but can these direct injection engines get 300k plus on them with no issues like many recent gasoline engines?
Now I know I am painting a broad stroke here, I am sure some are more problematic than others, but they all seem hard on their oil to an extent, and many have fuel dilution issues.
Am I just being stubborn?
You currently own an 05 and 09 Toyota. If Toyota goes GDI before you're ready to move up will you buy older used or will you change brands or will you stick with the one you like?
How many people leave a favored brand because of a certain feature?
If there are no noted issues with Toyota GDI I would get one. But Toyota is falling off my list. Toyota can't even design doors that don't fail, at least back in 05. Our sienna has the door check problem, leaking rack, seat belt failure, dash failure ect... which to Toyota credit, the dash and seatbelts they fixed via recall.
Then there the oil burning scion.
I'm starting to look into hyundais, I haven't heard much bad abut them.
I was actually looking at 2010 malibus, 4k less than a camry, look good, and nice features. But I have read about direct injection issues on them among other things.
So I've driven both cars that you mentioned here.
I put about 5k miles on a 2010 Malibu (it wasn't mine) and while the ride was really quite comfortable, that thing steered like a boat. I couldn't stand its poor turning radius. It also got very average mpg, though it was a 4 cylinder that I felt the car was too big for. However, those were my only complaints with it. It was overall a good car with minimal road noise and handled the winters of northern Idaho very well.
I own a '17 Elantra and my mother-in-law drives a '15 Accent and both vehicles have been great so far (knock on wood). The Accent has about 65k miles on it and has only been to the shop once for a recall and my Elantra has averaged over 38 mpg over the life of the vehicle (by my own calculations) with no issues. Neither one will ever get mistaken for a race car, but they are highly efficient and, in the case of my Elantra, pretty high tech. I have the heated seats, leather steering wheel, back up camera, apple carplay and android auto, cross-traffic detection and blind spot monitoring all for $14,800 OTD. To get that same package in a Civic or Corolla, you're going to be paying more and receiving DI and a CVT transmission rather than the MPI and 6 speed in the Elantra. In short, it's a great car for the money and I'd buy it again.