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Corolla! For many the name is synonymous with sensible, fun-free transportation,

but this is a Corolla of a different color. Ah, the Toyota Corolla Hatchback.

Ponder its swoopy compact modernism. If this exact car rolled into hot import nights

way back in the day, heads would have exploded, especially with this Blue Flame

paint job. But underneath that superficial allure hides outstanding

value. The bass SE trim with destination charges starts around $21,000 and

includes automatic climate control, LED head and tail lights, seven airbags, a

5-year, 60,000 mile powertrain warranty, a leather steering wheel, and push-button

start with a smart key, so you'll never have to reach into your pocket or purse

to unlock the car. Also, standard is an 8-inch Entune 3.0 infotainment screen

placed near the drivers sight line featuring 6-speaker audio, 2 USB ports,

and OMG Apple CarPlay. Ah, thank you Toyota. Though Android Auto is not

available, but at least I got mine. Toyota's infotainment solution is a

breeze to use and like the best systems these days roughly blends well organized

screens with physical buttons around the bezel. Throughout the rest of the

interior I'm kind of blown away by the material quality. It's much softer and

stylish than the name Corolla hatchback would suggest and on the fancier XSE

trim, there stitching on the dash and doors. Like real stitching!

The center armrest could be more padded, but I love how it slides letting me rest

my elbows while keeping both hands on the wheel. I also dig the nicely

adjustable driving position and front seats that merge long-distance comfort

with superior lateral support. Speaking of support, the available power driver's

seat includes adjustable lumbar support.

Second row seating feels tight, but my knees and head actually do clear

though, that might not be the case with somebody taller driving. Move inboard and

a low center hump and decent headroom make the middle position workable for

short stints. I wouldn't want to live here, but it's okay. Where interior storage is

concerned there's a USB, adjacent phone corral, a damped average-sized glovebox,

bottle storage in the doors, two central cupholders, and a small nook in the

center console. Versus hatchback variants of the Honda Civic and Chevy Cruze the

Corolla's 18-cubic foot cargo area is small. Even so, it's a workable space and

the standard 60/40 split seats fold flat without much pain. I also like how the

headrest flip forward rather than having to be removed.

Another thoughtful touch is an indicator in the gauge cluster that shows which of

the rear seat seatbelts have been latched. As a concerned parents that

matters to me.

All Corolla Hatchbacks utilize a decently powerful 2.0-liter four-cylinder

engine. The standard transmission is a 6-speed manual with sports car inspired

downshift rev-matching abilities, impressive. Personally, I favor the manual

but, there are good reasons to choose the optional continuously variable

transmission. For $1100 the CVT simplifies stop and go commutes while

substantially boosting fuel economy. CVT models also make blind spot monitoring

available while adding full-speed abilities to the dynamic cruise control,

meaning in traffic the Corolla hatch can automatically slow itself to a complete

stop, but the best thing about the CVT is the complete absence of delay at any

speed. When you press the throttle engine revs rise immediately delivering

spunky acceleration. The same holds true when leaving from a stop where

continuously variable transmissions have traditionally struggled. The ingenious

incorporation of a launch gear into its CVT imparts the Corolla Hatchback with

strong smooth power off the line. Matching the powertrain's immediacy are brakes

that are right on the edge of being a little too touchy, but with a little

driver adaptation that immediacy becomes an asset, especially when driving

aggressively. There's a straight road. I can't drive aggressively, yet.

On that note, can a compliant ride coexist with quick steering and playful

handling? Apparently yes. This is the face of man who's having fun driving a car

with a badge that says Corolla. On the freeway wind noise is apparent but not

unacceptable for the category. Thick B and C pillars hinder visibility somewhat

to the rear and sides, but thin a pillars support a clear view forward, and for

strategically blocking your view of the sun there are fully effective sun visor

extenders because, you know, I have to talk about the sun visors. The Corolla

Hatchback's outstanding value is further elevated by a standard collection of

active driver assists called Safety Sense 2.0 that includes pre collision

warning with pedestrian detection, daytime cyclist detection, roadside

detection, dynamic cruise control and lane departure alert with steering

assist. I really like how instead of constantly beeping the system gives you

a visual alert in the gauge cluster, and then for really critical lane departure

warnings it'll beep at you.

Noted! CVT equipped models also get lane tracing assist, which tracks lane

markings and the vehicle ahead to keep your Corolla Hatchback in the center of

its lane, even when faced with curves or less than obvious lane markers. The

system works well, thoughtfully anticipating the vehicle's trajectory and

then proactively steering to keep it within its lane. If you want to live your

best Corolla Hatchback life the roughly $24,000 XSE trim offers upgraded

infotainment, front seat heaters, dual zone climate control, and 18-inch wheels

replacing the base car 16-inch alloys. Just keep in mind that the XSE gives up

three combined MPG versus the cheaper SE trim. Hatchback versions of the Mazda3,

Honda Civic, Volkswagen Golf, Chevy Cruze and Subaru Impreza have their pluses, but

man the Toyota Corolla Hatchback is compelling. Its competitively priced,

packed with safety features, it's a Toyota so resale value should remain

strong, it's fun to drive, comfortable, practical and most importantly it looks

cool. If I was in the market for a compact hatchback that's the one I'd buy.

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Why New Cars Aren't Built to Last, Even Toyotas - Duration: 5:00.

rev up your engines, and Andrian says I've seen your Toyota Celica is pretty

much bulletproof but what about in the seventh generation Celicas the t230s

are they as reliable as the older generations, no they're just not they're

all computer controlled and the ones that had those Yamaha designed engines they

blew up because something about the oil pan wasn't the right size when you

cornered it scavenged and suck air and then they blow from loss of oil pressure

now you could fix it yourself, they have kits where you put a different oil pan that's

wider and holds more oil and then they don't scavenge like that and they work

perfectly fine, I know guys that have done that and they haven't any problem since

then, they're just not as reliable as the older ones, it's sort of like if you want

the height of reliability, well-built, and they're gonna last a really long

time, basically you're talking to mid 90s to late 90s Toyota, cuz even the Toyotas

aren't as reliable as they used to be it's everything's going planned

obsolescence that's the world these days you know, they sit around said why should

we make a car that lasts a million miles then we won't sell as many, so you know

they're all kind of together with more plastic more computer-controlled

stuff that's gonna break, slow down low ten says Scotty what do you think of

the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant es with one hundred thousand miles for five hundred

bucks I'm from San Antonio the ac blows ice cold it's all I care about

do you think it's a good buy, well if it has ice cold AC, you're paying five

hundred bucks for a Japanese car that has 130 thousand miles and you road tested

it and it check out then yeah it's a good buy, I mean you want to rent a car, I rented a car for five

days that cost me 500 bucks, so what the heck give it a chance you know, if

it's an automatic they got real weak automatics and if you do have it and

after a while the automatic transmission goes bad on a Mitsubishi just get rid

of it, but what the heck why not buy it for five hundred bucks you know, that's

nothing, Lei lei says Scotty with a steering wheel conversion from

right-hand drive to left hand drive be worth it on say a Supra or GTR

not really cause it's such a pain in the butt to do and it costs so much money, I

mean that's why when I was in a Virgin Islands on vacation I thought what a

crazy country, it's the British Virgin Islands so they all drive on the left

side of the road but almost 95% of the cars there have the

steering wheel on the left not on the right like they do in England, because

even though it was the British Virgin Island the closest places they bought

cars from was Florida, so they were all American cars so they had the steering

wheel on the wrong side I didn't even see a single one that was converted over

every once in a while I'd see an Englishman who had an English sports car

like an old mg and it had the right in steering on it, but all the other ones

they were american-made cars and they were over there and nobody converted

them because it cost too much money to do, Larry baby says Scotty loved the show, I

got a silly questionnaire, there aren't any silly questions if you don't know the

answer, can you disconnect the battery so you drain all the juice will that reset

the computer abs, a lot of it depends on the vehicle, what type it is, what year it

is, but generally the ABS system has got a memory in it that's gonna stay, so if

you disconnect the battery wait a minute and put it back on and you got an ABS code

generally it's still gonna be on, I mean if you want to try it and it resets it great

but if your lights on generally it means you got a problem, so even if it reset it

and you turn it on you drive around the block and the computer sees, yep that

ABS problem still there it'll turn it right back on you know, it's no miracle, I

mean you can try, but on most modern cars they've got enough Keep Alive

memory in them that once they trip the code it's not gonna get rid of that code

unless you get a guy like me with a high level scan tool, that says reset all the

ABS codes, when we get it and we say reset codes, it give us a list of what codes we want to

reset so we can pick either all or one at a time to set, if you just take the

battery off usually it won't reset the ABS on most cars, any modern ones anyways,

travel mate 03 says Scotty I have a Toyota diesel I love it, if I put the

car in neutral on the clutch depress downhill on the brake there's a grinding

almost banging sound what could it be, okay you're putting down at neutral and

you're hearing a noise and you've picked up the clutch and noise goes away, then

you got a clutch problem, could be the throwout bearing is going or the clutch

pressure plate, Springs are going out and they're clanging around inside, it's time

to pull off the transmission and put a new clutch in, when you buy a new clutch

take my advice don't just think, oh I need this one piece, buy an entire clutch

kit because you can get clutch kits for less than 150 bucks most of the time if

you price around, it has every single piece that you need, has to throw out

bearing, the clutch pressure plate, has disk, it has all the parts that you need

and the good ones even have a little alignment tool so you can set it up and

have it aligned so the transmission slips in better, always buy the whole

kit, don't just buy one part it's an expensive job pulling a transmission takes a lot

of time, you don't want to try to save nickels when you're doing a job like

that, so if you never want to miss another one of my new car repair videos,

remember to ring that Bell!