2000 Toyota ECHO review from North America

The only thing I had a little problem with was the automatic locks, but we added the locks onto the car from the dealer, and the dealer did a really bad job at installing it. At first they put a giant toggle switch, at this time my sister still owned the car. I was angry and argued with the dealer to put the correct switch, or simply give it to me to install. They changed it, but after me arguing with them for nearly two hours. Once in a while the car seems to drop low in RPM's and have a rough idle, it rarely happens though, you feel it on take off once in a while, but it only happened like 5 or 6 times.

Besides the mess at the dealer with the power door locks, the car has been very reliable, and cheap to maintain. It is incredibly easy to work on, the front brakes take me about 30 minutes to change both sides, the rear a bit longer due to the drum system on it. I would like to see a kit or something where it is 4 wheel disc brakes, simply because I hate ruining my hands pulling on those springs to change rear drum brakes. It drives nice, has power, but I would like it to have an rpm gauge like the new ones do. It is roomy and fun to drive, comes standard with a nice stereo system, and is easy to own.