Posted by kari on March 5, 2006, 3:19 am
I also thought that the seats could use some improvement until my wife and I
travelled from California to Florida and back last fall. We did our trip
East in three days, spending up to 14 hours on the road in one day. The our
seats on the car seats held out quite well and both of us are in the AARP
age group.
Kari
> Does anyone really know how the car works? I have contacted the
> dealer and they have doubts about what is normal. I also contacted
> Toyota and asked to meet with one of their people and they say that
> isn't possible. That you must go to the dealer. Sounds like the run
> around to me.
> What I would really like to know is if they shut off the engine using
> the electrical or via the fuel supply. It seems reasonable to me that
> they would stop the fuel first by shutting off the fuel injectors, if
> they are electric, if not it still should not diesel. This is not good
> for a gas engine.
> The car is good, but not great. The seats suck. That is where a person
> spends most of the time. I still can't understand why an auto company
> wouldn't put in the best possible seats. They also suck in my Lexus,
> so Toyota keeps up the good work. They must be designed for small
> people.
>
Posted by Mike Rosenberg on February 20, 2006, 10:12 pm
> What is happening is similar to dieseling. If you hard brake there is
> still a bit of gas left in the lines which will burn causing the engine to
> continue to run roughly for about a second before completely shutting
> down.
In my case, I see no correlation at all between the shudder and hard
breaking.
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> dealer and they have doubts about what is normal. I also contacted
> Toyota and asked to meet with one of their people and they say that
> isn't possible. That you must go to the dealer. Sounds like the run
> around to me.
> What I would really like to know is if they shut off the engine using
> the electrical or via the fuel supply. It seems reasonable to me that
> they would stop the fuel first by shutting off the fuel injectors, if
> they are electric, if not it still should not diesel. This is not good
> for a gas engine.
> The car is good, but not great. The seats suck. That is where a person
> spends most of the time. I still can't understand why an auto company
> wouldn't put in the best possible seats. They also suck in my Lexus,
> so Toyota keeps up the good work. They must be designed for small
> people.
>