Things that have gone wrong:
Nothing thus far with 247 miles, BUT the dash has a very irritating rattle when the car is in drive at idle.
Oh, slightly rough idle in drive at a stand still.
Dealer said it might go away by 1000 mile break in, BUT we will see about that.
Our previous car was a 1986 Corolla 5 door hatchback with 203,000 miles on it. Wish we could find another one with low miles :P
Our new Corolla is doing just fine other than that darn rattle in the dash.
The car rides smooth, handles nicely, very very quite and the radio with cassette sounds great for a factory radio. Trunk is huge for this car.
My 2001 corolla have the same idling problem. The Corolla mechanic gave the same answer. I have 5000 mile on the car now and it still has the rough idle in drive. If anything it's getting worse. The Corolla mechanic during my last visit told me it could be the nature of the car. In other words that the way the car runs. I am very dissappointed in Toyota. I have already brought the car back twice and they kept telling me that the car set at the proper specifications and there is nothing wrong.
I have a 2002 Corolla with a whole sundry of squeaks/rattles and it hasn't even done 39000 kilometers yet (I'm in Canada). I drove/rode in 2003/4 Corolla who were not any better. Actually a bit noisier while accelerating. No mechanical troubles, though, and the car does exude refinement and quietness when driven on the high way, better than any other car in its price range, including subsequent Corollas, IMO.
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