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buck naked Regular Location: Perth Registered: October 2004	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update Mon, 29 August 2005 08:47 Well I took the car out for a drive today. I headed out to some abandoned roads on the fringes of the metro area and pushed the car to see what it could do, which the salesman was happy to let me do The showroom car was fitted with big heavy 18" wheels and 35 tyres, which is not my style. The stock wheels are already 16" on 45's, so I imagine the diameter would have been a long way out - putting the car further off the ground as well as well as well as slowing it down. The car was pleasant to drive in traffic and and cruised smoothly on the freeway. Below 6,800rpm the car isn't particularly exciting, but things get busy very quickly past it. Many times I was bouncing off the rev limiter before I realised and it chewed through the gears very quickly - it's a fun car to drive. The gearbox was smooth, a little resistant to push into 1st while decellerating, but I had no issues with its action or gearing. I'm 6'1" and with the seat at its lowest and the wheel tilted at the highest, the top of the instruments were a little obscured - which was a little dissapointing. I did find that the seats offered good support and it was very comfortable to drive. The gear, shift and steering actions were all very intuative, the car felt stable in all the situations I gave it. Rear room is great, even with the seat back for my driving position, I could still comfortably fit in the passenger seat behind it without having my knees at my ears or in the drivers back. And that for me is its selling point over the Celica. Maybe I should take the car out for another drive with the stock rims on... EDIT: A quick note on the great brakes, they were a really good example of ABS on a 'sports' (term used losely) car. The pulsing came in very late, and in many cases it didn't come in at all. I've driven a few cars with ABS, and this was much less intrusive, but still provided fantastic stopping power. This is one area the 18" wheels would have helped however. [Updated on: Mon, 29 August 2005 08:54] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Fri, 26 August 2005 09:36
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	FWDCelica	Sat, 27 August 2005 08:00
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Sat, 27 August 2005 08:28
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Shraka	Sat, 27 August 2005 08:52
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	4agte	Sat, 27 August 2005 09:19
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Shraka	Sat, 27 August 2005 09:23
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	THE WITZL	Sat, 27 August 2005 09:28
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Shraka	Sat, 27 August 2005 15:37
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Sat, 27 August 2005 16:32
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	esk34	Sat, 27 August 2005 16:54
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Shraka	Sat, 27 August 2005 17:11
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	bubbles	Sat, 27 August 2005 20:56
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Sat, 27 August 2005 21:30
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	MR2 4AGE	Sun, 28 August 2005 03:31
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Sun, 28 August 2005 08:13
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	berad	Sun, 28 August 2005 08:28
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	MR2 4AGE	Sun, 28 August 2005 08:38
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Sun, 28 August 2005 22:16
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	MR2 4AGE	Wed, 31 August 2005 11:42
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	illuminatus	Wed, 31 August 2005 23:52
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	MR2 4AGE	Fri, 02 September 2005 13:12
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Shraka	Sun, 28 August 2005 11:45
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	shovelnose	Sun, 28 August 2005 12:34
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	berad	Sun, 28 August 2005 12:05
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Sun, 28 August 2005 22:25
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Mon, 29 August 2005 08:47
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	shovelnose	Mon, 29 August 2005 11:14
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	BigWorm	Wed, 31 August 2005 14:47
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	esk34	Wed, 31 August 2005 15:08
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Wed, 31 August 2005 21:41
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	MR2 4AGE	Wed, 31 August 2005 23:15
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Corona RT142	Thu, 01 September 2005 00:12
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Thu, 01 September 2005 03:39
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Thu, 01 September 2005 03:53
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Camry_omega	Thu, 01 September 2005 05:31
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	illuminatus	Thu, 01 September 2005 06:21
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Thu, 01 September 2005 05:31
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	kingmick	Thu, 01 September 2005 05:34
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	buck naked	Thu, 01 September 2005 08:30
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	rthy	Thu, 01 September 2005 08:46
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	esk34	Thu, 01 September 2005 12:19
	Re: The Unspoken 2005 Corolla Sportivo Update	Rallystanza	Sat, 03 September 2005 01:27

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