When my 06 corolla totaled, I drove a G6 I4. Very similar specs to tC, but heavier and automatic. I thought it was pretty nice actually, but missed my corolla. Very glad that I got the tC when it totaled though.

 

Chevy Malibu as a loaner, very dull and very boring.

 

I remember driving a '07 Ford Fusion 5-speed with 16,000 miles a couple years ago. Every gear made a loud clunk and 2nd and 3rd was pretty dang rough. A lot of play b/w the gears.

 

I got a Malibu when the tC was in the shop. 2.2L Ecotec, 4-speed automatic, ugh. When I got back in the tC after a week, it felt like a sports car compared to the mushy suspension and lethargic engine/tranny combo in the 'Bu.

 

You must have been a salesmen then, those are the typical morons that say silly things like what you did....

 

huh no but keep talking.

 

Now now, play nice. I just realized mine is a V6, i never paid it any mind lol. Man, it's got no cajones in the low end! It'll give ya a slight kick up high, but as far as city driving goes, it's pretty vanilla.

 

With the travel I do, and using Nationals Emerald Aisle, I try to pick out something different every time to try things out They dont normally have anything special in the aisle, but every now and then you get a decent one, or they are short and place a premium in those spots. A few I had in the last year or so:

Cobalt - base model, pretty vanilla

Malibu - Alright car, but boring

Mustang - V6, pretty bland power wise, but rwd in a rental is a nice touch and it was fun to drive for a rental

Mazda 6 - Not what I would pick to buy, but a nice little car

Nissan Altima - CVT SUCKED, seemed so so overall at first, but already had tons of rattles and noises at about 5000 miles.

Vibe - Biggest POS ever, cant believe Toyota had a part in that one

Saturn Vue - IT was loaded, leather, all options.. so not too bad, but wouldnt buy one after I have seen how badly they age over 50,000 miles or so.

Dodge Magnum - Big, dumpy drives like a dump truck.. didnt like it at all

Volvo S40 - Felt nice, drove pretty nice. Not so pretty to look at and back seats were a joke. The fact that you can program pretty much every button in the car is a nice touch (auto up down on each side, one side, not at all, auto up but not down.. etc)

G6 - Ok car overall.. obviously not as nice in its rental form. But still kind of bland.. just another grand am

 

Wow, that Volvo's got some pretty smart buttons!! That was one of the first things I noticed about the Fusion, no auto up/down. It's amazing how you get used to little things like that, and when they're gone you miss 'em like crazy!

 

Can't agree with you more regarding the Altima. I rented one earlier this year, and it was a nightmare. The slot for the key fob spits the thing back out onto the floor 75% of the time. The car thinks it's got a flat tire for the entire 1700 mile trip, although everything was fine, I checked. The brake is like, when you step on it, there's nothing.... nothing... nothing... and bam! my face hits the windshield. And that CVT, when you want to reverse, it will go forward first, and then it remembers reverse is BACKWARDS and then it would back up. Same goes for drive.

As for the Vibe, I think it's Toyota getting back at GM for constantly running those meaningless anti-Toyota and Honda ads. "Woooo... we have Onstar! if your car breaks down, we would send help". Sure, breaking down, that's what GM cars does the best.

 

heh, way to stand your ground.....


on topic....

best rental car I ever had was a Chrysler 300... then again I am pretty biased...

worst was a Kia spectra with 30k miles on it, ran like ____, alignment was way off (going straight down the road the steering wheel was 70 degrees off to the left) and it had no *****.

 

damn bro your just looking for a fight
someone else bonin your wife or something?

 

lulz

no, im just stubborn

 

When we went to Hawai'i for two weeks for our honey moon we got a Nissan Xterra and it was fun a huge change as we both drive tCs but fun just the same and for the second week on a different island we somehow got stuck with a sky blue PT Cruiser...

I made my husband drive.

 

driven one plenty of times.

 

lol, i forgot what color mine was, but it was the most awful car ever.
i dont think it even had a cd player.
and i got cut off by like 3 semis on the way to the mall (yea i went to the mall in that thing...ouch)
it had no ponies so i had to shoulder it just to avoid being sideswiped.

 

LOL, when i needed a rental from Enterprise, they were going to give me a Ford Taurus (Is that spelled right?). And luckily enough they, at first were going to give me an Altima, but it was a Maxima instead, so they just lent it to me at the price of an Altima (dont really know why, but it was cheaper).

 

best rental car i had was an 08 camry se. i definately enjoyed that

 

Sure, you could type "V4", if you want...but you'd be wrong...because it's an inline-4, not a V4. Now that you know better, continuing to refer to the engine as a V4 is being ignorant, as you would be purposefully ignoring the correct nomenclature.

"V" would indicate that the engine is laid out in a V-configuration, which it is not. Soo...you're just wrong, dude.

 

omg the pt cruiser is the worst car ever made! hah that thing is soo slow and it takes like 20 minutes to get to 60! i remember trying to merge on the highway i had slam my foot through the floor and it still didnt budge. I think my xB has more grunt than that POS!