This is an appliance for transport, not much soul or character IMO.
The brakes are the absolute worst of any late model I've driven. You apply the binders and you feel them engage, but the car doesn't slow down at all unless you stand on them, not linier at all. The auto trans is not bad on level ground, but mountain driving is where it looses its way. It spends all its time shifting up and down, down two or three them up one or two only to start over again. There is no grade retard coming down so one must try to figure out how to modulate the brakes which seem to be ON or OFF.
Gas mileage was acceptable though the readout lies about consumption, it said I was getting 34.2 but actual MPG was 29.3.
Not a bad car, just not suited for my style of driving. I won't go on about build quality because it doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Questions answered if asked.
Smoky
The brakes are the absolute worst of any late model I've driven. You apply the binders and you feel them engage, but the car doesn't slow down at all unless you stand on them, not linier at all. The auto trans is not bad on level ground, but mountain driving is where it looses its way. It spends all its time shifting up and down, down two or three them up one or two only to start over again. There is no grade retard coming down so one must try to figure out how to modulate the brakes which seem to be ON or OFF.
Gas mileage was acceptable though the readout lies about consumption, it said I was getting 34.2 but actual MPG was 29.3.
Not a bad car, just not suited for my style of driving. I won't go on about build quality because it doesn't seem to exist anymore.
Questions answered if asked.
Smoky